Jimmie Johnson could have the measurement of its coequipero, Jeff Gordon, in the Martinsville Speedway.
It gained here Sunday again to him. It was almost one repetition of the first race of this year here when Johnson contained in the end to Gordon, but Ryan Newman exceeded to Gordon a few returns before the end to take the second place.
After complaining about the radio of the equipment on it escapes of Newman, Gordon finalized third party, as soon as in front of his other coequipero in the Hendrick Motorsports, Kyle Busch, in a end of green, white flag and to pictures that a day of marks in yellow flags in this old and difficult track finalized.
A number record of 20 periods of yellow flag restrained to the contingent during a quarter of the race distance, but the Johnsons and Gordon were best of the contingent the almost all the day.
The Johnsons and Gordon finished first and secondly in a end of rubbing of defenses this spring in Martinsville. At several moments during the race of this Sunday, the cars of the stable of Rick Hendrick had the three first positions. The cars preparations by Hendrick gained eight of last the 10 races in Martinsville.
Matt Kenseth finalized fifth. Denny Hamlin was sixth and Greg Biffle seventh. Juan Pablo Montoya was eighth and led the race during several returns. Clint Bowyer arrived ninth and Kevin Harvick 10º.
Gordon fought from back of the contingent after having to make a shutdown in pits by bir it loose. Its result maintains thirdly it to the top of the positions in Caza by Glass NEXTEL of NASCAR. With 6.055 total points, it takes advantage of 53 on Johnson, 115 on Bowyer and 249 on Tony Stewart.
Gordon started from the privilege position as if outside owner of Martinsville and had begun to remove advantage from a return on some cars when to Robbie Gordon the right front rim burst to him and beat against the wall in curve 1 of return 44.
When the race was started again after shutdowns in pits in return 49, Gordon still was to the front. Its no. 24 DuPont Chevrolet ran as if it was beaten to the oval of average mile (847 meters).
Johnson escaped to Harvick in return 62 by the second place. Johnny Sauter trompeó in return 66 so that the yellows waved again.
Dale Jarrett struck to David Gilliland in curve 1 of return 81, which caused another period of yellow flag. Both cars were trompearon, but no made contact with enemy with the wall.
In the resumption of return 87, the cars of Hendrick went 1-2-3: Gordon, Johnson and Kyle Busch.
Another yellow flag restrained to the contingent in return 91. Kasey Kahne trompeó, as well as Scott Riggs, David Ragan and Aric Almirola. Once the dust by the trompeados cars dissipated, Riggs took its car again, struck to Reed Sorensen it rotated and it. Gordon remained of leader in the resumption.
Johnson escaped to Gordon by the leadership in return 108. A few returns later, began to leave smoke the car of Almirola and the yellow flag waved when it paused in the back straight line with fire leaving the engine compartment. The fire was extinguished quickly.
Dale Earnhardt Jr said to him to its equipment that its motor had false explosions shortly after the 100 returns. Nevertheless, he was in position 24, and it was not a factor in the race then.
Once the shutdowns in pits were completed and the race was reinitiated in return 126, Burton was to the front with Jeff Gordon in second and Montoya third. These pilots did not enter pits along with Johnson, Gordon, Harvick and others.
To Kurt Busch the right front rim was torn to him and beat against the wall in return 166, and so another yellow flag waved. This time, Kyle Busch, Kenseth, Jamie McMurray and Bowyer did not stop in pits like the others, and Kyle Busch went the leader to the resumption in return 172. Montoya returned to the track first between the cars that entered pits and was in the fifth position.
Gordon had to stop in pits due to loose bir it and fell for the second time to place 33 in the race positions. The cars as soon as they had accelerated when Michael Waltrip trompeó in curve 3, and so it brought about another period of yellow flag.
Busch continued of leader before a yellow by obstacles in the track restrained to the contingent in return 225.
This time, Montoya was the leader followed by the certain Earnhardt, that had taken its car to the second place. Stewart was third and Truex fourth. Gordon did not enter pits this time to recover positions in the track and was in the fifth place.
Earnhardt struck behind to Montoya to take the leadership in return 229. Stewart and exceeded it to Truex whereas Montoya withdrew to avoid that its car trompeara. Earnhardt finalized with a bad motor in 23ª position, and so it continued his gust of wind of problems with the motor.

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