Jimmie Johnson gained the race 2006 SUBWAY 500 of east Glass NEXTEL of NASCAR Sunday, in the Martinsville Speedway before a multitude considered in 65,000 fans.
Johnson (no. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet), who gained $191.886,00 dollars in prizes, finished with 0,544 seconds of advantage on Denny Hamlin (no. 11 Fedex Freight Chevrolet) to mark victory 23 in their race in Glass NEXTEL of NASCAR, its starting 179. Johnson scaled of the seventh the third party in the positions of the Championship, to 41 points behind the first place of Matt Kenseth. Johnson tied for all time in place 25 in the list of triumphs of NASCAR with Ricky Rudd.
This was the fifth victory of Johnson in the 2006. Also it gained races in Daytona, the Fertile valleys, Talladega and Indianapolis. Johnson became the fourth pilot in Caza that determines a victory to the first six races of Caza. Johnson wrote down his second victory in 10 races in Martinsville. The previous triumph of Johnson in Martinsville was in October of the 2004.
Johnson marked his 20º result between the 10 first in the 2006, the greater number between all the pilots in this campaign. This marked his ninth result the thread between the 10 first in Martinsville. Johnson finalized in place 35 in his first race in Martinsville, its unique retirement and its unique result outside the 10 first. Johnson classified itself between the 10 best ones by 101 consecutive races.
The victory of Johnson of today was 20ª of Chevrolet in 32 races in the 2006. Johnson to begin with gained the race from the ninth position. Both races in Martinsville in gained them to the 2006 from a position of exit in the 10 first. Johnson for the second time headed the greater number of returns in the 2006 and for the first time from Kansas, she makes three races. Johnson led seven times by 245 of the 500 disputed turns. In addition, Johnson headed the 56 final returns in SUBWAY 500 of the 2006 in the Martinsville Speedway.
This was victory 149 of the proprietor of equipment Rick Hendrick in Glass NEXTEL of NASCAR. Hendrick marked nine victories in the 2006. Those victories obtained Jimmie Johnson (five), Jeff Gordon (two), Kyle Busch (one) and Brian Vickers (one). This is victory 14 of Hendrick in Martinsville, to classify itself second between all the proprietors of cars.
Denny Hamlin with its second site accumulated his 16º result between the 10 first in the 2006. It was his second result between the 10 best ones in three races in Martinsville. He was the novice who finished better by 15ª occasion in the 2006.

Notes of Caza

Jeff Burton (42º) fell of the first the fifth position in the scores to mark the first time in which the leadership in the points changes in second half of Caza from the beginning of the program in the 2004. Five of the 10 pilots of Caza finalized in the 10 first. Nine of the 10 pilots of the Hunting changed of positions in the points in Martinsville. There were five changes in the second place in the points in the six races in Caza.
The five first in the points are in favor separated of only 48 units. Four of the six races in Caza gained pilots in Caza. Matt Kenseth is the unique pilot who determines five results between the 15 first to the six races of Caza. Jeff Burton is the unique pilot of Caza that obtains four results between the 10 first in the six races in Caza. Matt Kenseth, Jeff Burton, Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon led in four of the six races in Caza. Jimmie Johnson is the unique pilot in Caza that determines five results between the 10 first to the six races in Caza.
Bobby Labonte (no. 43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge) was followed third party of Tony Stewart (no. 20 The Home Depot Chevrolet) and this one last one continues in 11º in the scores with an advantage of 246 units on 12º site of Carl Edwards. Jeff Gordon (no. 24 DuPont Chevrolet) completed the five first positions.

Time of race - 3 hours, 44 minutes, 0 seconds
Returns: 500
Average of speed - 113,348 Km/h (70,446 mph)
Margin of victory - 0,544 seconds
Inexperienced Raybestos of the Race - Denny Hamlin

Glass NEXTEL of NASCAR continues with race no. 33 of its calendar of 36 competitions, the 29 of October in the Motor Atlanta Speedway, an oval of 2,478 km (1,54 miles) in Atlanta, Georgia.

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