Tony Stewart has won the Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville, fending off a late charge from Jimmie Johnson to secure the win.
Stewart passed Johnson on a restart with three laps to go, and survived the reigning champion’s desperate bids to get back in front.
The win has moved Stewart up to second place in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, now just eight points behind leader Carl Edwards. It was Stewart’s third win in this year’s Chase and his 42nd career win.
Immediately after the win, Stewart laid down the challenge to Edwards, who suggested that Edwards should be “worried” about his speed with three events to go.
“He’d better be worried, that’s all I can say,” Stewart said.
“He’s not going to have an easy three weeks.”
Edwards dug deep to score ninth place having dropped off the lead lap twice.
Jeff Gordon finished third, followed by Kevin Harvick, who climbed to third in the standings, 21 points behind Edwards. Denny Hamlin came home fifth ahead of Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt Jr, Martin Truex Jr, Edwards and Ryan Newman.
Australian Marcos Ambrose finished 29th.
Chase contenders Matt Kenseth and Brad Keselowski both experienced late trouble and finished 31st and 17th respectively.
See below for the full race result
|
FIN |
ST |
DRIVER |
MAKE |
SPONSOR |
PTS/BNS |
LAPS |
STATUS |
| 1 | 4 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Office Depot / Mobil 1 | 47/4 | 500 | Running |
| 2 | 7 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | MyLowe’s | 43/1 | 500 | Running |
| 3 | 10 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Drive to End Hunger | 42/1 | 500 | Running |
| 4 | 5 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Budweiser | 41/1 | 500 | Running |
| 5 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Ground | 40/1 | 500 | Running |
| 6 | 23 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 38/0 | 500 | Running |
| 7 | 9 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Diet Mountain Dew | 37/0 | 500 | Running |
| 8 | 24 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Auto Parts | 36/0 | 500 | Running |
| 9 | 1 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Scotts WinterGuard Fertilizer | 36/1 | 500 | Running |
| 10 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Haas Automation | 35/1 | 500 | Running |
| 11 | 16 | A.J. Allmendinger | Ford | AdvoCare | 34/1 | 500 | Running |
| 12 | 33 | Casey Mears | Toyota | GEICO | 32/0 | 500 | Running |
| 13 | 26 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row Companies | 31/0 | 500 | Running |
| 14 | 8 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Shell / Pennzoil | 30/0 | 500 | Running |
| 15 | 15 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M Filtrete | 29/0 | 500 | Running |
| 16 | 35 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | Long John Silver’s | 0 | 500 | Running |
| 17 | 3 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | 27/0 | 500 | Running |
| 18 | 22 | Joey Logano | Toyota | Interstate Batteries | 26/0 | 500 | Running |
| 19 | 13 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | American Ethanol | 25/0 | 500 | Running |
| 20 | 28 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Aaron’s Dream Machine | 24/0 | 500 | Running |
| 21 | 34 | Ken Schrader | Ford | U.S. Chrome | 23/0 | 500 | Running |
| 22 | 20 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 22/0 | 497 | Running |
| 23 | 32 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | Golden Corral | 21/0 | 497 | Running |
| 24 | 21 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Richmond / Menards | 20/0 | 497 | Running |
| 25 | 14 | Kasey Kahne | Toyota | Red Bull | 19/0 | 495 | Running |
| 26 | 36 | Hermie Sadler | Ford | Home Smart | 0 | 493 | Running |
| 27 | 6 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M’s Halloween | 19/2 | 493 | Running |
| 28 | 19 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | Carquest / GoDaddy.com | 16/0 | 491 | Running |
| 29 | 17 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | Stanley | 15/0 | 488 | Running |
| 30 | 25 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull | 14/0 | 484 | Accident |
| 31 | 2 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Crown Royal | 14/1 | 477 | Running |
| 32 | 29 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Grilling.com | 12/0 | 464 | Running |
| 33 | 18 | David Ragan | Ford | UPS My Choice | 11/0 | 444 | Running |
| 34 | 31 | David Gilliland | Ford | Front Row Motorsports | 11/1 | 357 | Accident |
| 35 | 27 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | McDonald’s | 9/0 | 85 | Accident |
| 36 | 37 | Reed Sorenson | Dodge | Speed Energy | 0 | 77 | Vibration |
| 37 | 39 | Scott Speed | Ford | Green Stuff Absorbent | 0 | 74 | Rear Gear |
| 38 | 42 | David Stremme | Chevrolet | Inception Motorsports | 6/0 | 52 | Brakes |
| 39 | 40 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | Victory Junction | 5/0 | 45 | Brakes |
| 40 | 43 | J.J. Yeley | Ford | Front Row Motorsports | 4/0 | 40 | Brakes |
| 41 | 41 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | AMFMEnergy.com | 0 | 33 | Rear Gear |
| 42 | 30 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | Phoenix Construction | 0 | 27 | Brakes |
| 43 | 38 | Mike Skinner | Ford | Max Q Motorsports | 0 | 7 | Accident |
See below for the updated championship points standings
|
RANK |
DRIVER |
POINTS |
| 1 | Carl Edwards | 2273 |
| 2 | Tony Stewart | 2265 |
| 3 | Kevin Harvick | 2252 |
| 4 | Brad Keselowski | 2246 |
| 5 | Matt Kenseth | 2237 |
| 6 | Jimmie Johnson | 2230 |
| 7 | Kyle Busch | 2216 |
| 8 | Kurt Busch | 2215 |
| 9 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 2200 |
| 10 | Jeff Gordon | 2197 |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | 2193 |
| 12 | Ryan Newman | 2184 |
| 13 | Clint Bowyer | 940 |
| 14 | Greg Biffle | 916 |
| 15 | Kasey Kahne | 915 |
| 16 | A.J. Allmendinger | 912 |
| 17 | Juan Montoya | 863 |
| 18 | Marcos Ambrose | 862 |
| 19 | David Ragan | 857 |
| 20 | Mark Martin | 857 |
| 21 | Paul Menard | 854 |
| 22 | Jeff Burton | 842 |
| 23 | Joey Logano | 837 |
| 24 | Martin Truex Jr. | 835 |
| 25 | Brian Vickers | 775 |
| 26 | Regan Smith | 762 |
| 27 | Jamie McMurray | 730 |
| 28 | David Reutimann | 672 |
| 29 | Bobby Labonte | 614 |
| 30 | David Gilliland | 535 |
| 31 | Casey Mears | 486 |
| 32 | Dave Blaney | 466 |
| 33 | Andy Lally* | 383 |
| 34 | Robby Gordon | 259 |
| 35 | J.J. Yeley | 171 |
| 36 | Tony Raines | 129 |
| 37 | Michael McDowell | 123 |
| 38 | Ken Schrader | 110 |
| 39 | Terry Labonte | 102 |
| 40 | Bill Elliott | 100 |
| 41 | David Stremme | 78 |
| 42 | Michael Waltrip | 56 |
| 43 | Boris Said | 38 |
| 44 | Stephen Leicht | 20 |
| 45 | Andy Pilgrim | 18 |
| 46 | Chris Cook | 17 |
| 47 | T.J. Bell* | 14 |
| 48 | Brian Simo | 11 |
| 49 | Geoffrey Bodine | 6 |
| 50 | Brian Keselowski* | 3 |
| 51 | Erik Darnell | 2 |
| 52 | Steve Park | 2 |
| 53 | Trevor Bayne | 0 |
| 54 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 0 |
| 55 | Landon Cassill | 0 |
| 56 | Travis Kvapil | 0 |
| 57 | Steve Wallace | 0 |
| 58 | Mike Skinner | 0 |
| 59 | Mike Bliss | 0 |
| 60 | Hermie Sadler | 0 |
| 61 | Austin Dillon | 0 |
| 62 | Scott Wimmer | 0 |
| 63 | David Starr | 0 |
| 64 | Patrick Carpentier | 0 |
| 65 | Joe Nemechek | 0 |
| 66 | Ron Fellows | 0 |
| 67 | Scott Speed | 0 |
| 68 | Jason White | 0 |
| 69 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 0 |
| 70 | Andrew Ranger | 0 |
| 71 | Johnny Sauter | 0 |
| 72 | Reed Sorenson | 0 |
| 73 | Josh Wise | 0 |
| 74 | Todd Bodine | 0 |
| 75 | Dennis Setzer | 0 |
| 76 | Robert Richardson Jr. | 0 |
| 77 | Scott Riggs | 0 |
| 78 | Kevin Conway | 0 |
| 79 | P.J. Jones | 0 |
| 80 | Jeff Green | 0 |
| 81 | Derrike Cope | 0 |
| 82 | Tony Ave | 0 |
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