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3rd Chase Win for Smoke!!!

Tony Stewart wins Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville: #14 Tony Stewart won the “Tums Fast Relief 500” Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway for his 42nd career win and 3rd of the season. He passed #48 Jimmie Johnson with two laps to go to take the lead.
Jimmie Johnson finished 2nd followed by #24 Jeff Gordon, #29 Kevin Harvick, #11 Denny Hamlin, #31 Jeff Burton, #88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr., #56 Martin Truex, Jr., #99 Carl Edwards (who was a lap down on two separate occasions and got the lucky dog twice), and #39 Ryan Newman. #17 Matt Kenseth, who came into the race second in points and started second, was involved in a late race accident and finished 31st.
#99 Carl Edwards leads the Chase by 8 points over #14 Tony Stewart.
There were 23 lead changes among 12 drivers and 18 cautions for 108 yellow flag laps.

 

 










2011 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Chase Points Standings:

[after Martinsville, race 33 of 36 and Chase race 7 of 10]
1) #99-Carl Edwards [1 win], 2273                                          
2) #14-Tony Stewart [3 wins], 2265, -8
3) #29-Kevin Harvick [4 wins], 2252, -21
4) #2-Brad Keselowski [3 wins], 2246, -27
5) #17-Matt Kenseth [3 wins], 2237, -36
6) #48-Jimmie Johnson [2 wins], 2230, -43
these drivers are more then a race out:
7) #18-Kyle Busch [4 wins], 2216, -57
8) #22-Kurt Busch [2 wins], 2215, -58
9) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [0 wins], 2200, -73
10) #24-Jeff Gordon [3 wins], 2197, -76
top 10 go to the banquet in Vegas
11) #11-Denny Hamlin [1 win], 2193, -80
12) #39-Ryan Newman [1 win], 2184, -89
(ties broken by 1sts, 2nds, 3rd, etc)

 

 Denny Hamlin wins the Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville: Denny Hamlin, driving the #18-Traxxas Toyota for Kyle Busch Motorsports, wins the Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway. It was a typical short-track race, with a lot of beating and banging; damage to just about every truck on the track. A late race restart saw #18 Denny Hamlin on fresher tires and he was able to get by both #3 Austin Dillon and #33 Ron Hornaday on lap 187 to take the checkers and pick up the win. This is his first victory in twelve NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races. #33 Ron Hornaday Jr. was second. Rounding out the top ten were; #3 Austin Dillon, #13 Johnny Sauter, #22 Joey Coulter, #2 Kevin Harvick, #21 Cale Gale, #17 Timothy Peters, #62 Brendan Gaughan, #31 James Buescher. There were 12 lead changes among 8 drivers with 9 cautions for 50 laps.



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10/31/2011 10:06AM
3rd Chase Win for Smoke!!!
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