After getting the lead on a late race pit stop, Jimmie Johnson would hold on to the lead for the final 51 laps to pick up his eighth Martinsville Grandfather Clock.
Lap 1 Marcos Ambrose leads on the outside
Lap 2 Jimmie Johnson finally clears Ambrose and grabs the lead.
Lap 7 Johnson leads Ambrose Vickers Logano Kahne Gordon Keselowski Kenseth Edwards Ky Busch
Lap 12 Keselowski passes Kahne
Lap 13 Kenseth and Edwards pass Kahne
Lap 14 Ky Busch passes Kahne
Lap 15 McMurray passes Kahne; Travis Kvapil bounces off the wall
Caution lap 16 Danica Patrick spins after Ken Schrader pinches her down. A few people head down pit road, including Kahne and McMurray
Restart lap 22 Johnson grabs the run off on the restart while Ambrose and Vickers fight for second.
Lap 23 Johnson Vickers Ambrose Goron Kenseth Logano Keselowski Ky Busch Edwards Montoya…Gordon passes Ambrose off of turn four
Lap 24 Kenseth passes Ambrose off of turn two
Lap 27 Logano passes Ambrose……Earnhardt Jr. and Bowyer pass Edwards
Lap 28 Keselowski, Ky Busch and Earnhardt pass Ambrose
Lap 30 Johnson leads Vickers Gordon Kenseth Logano Keselowski Ky Busch Earnhardt Ambrose Montoya
Lap 41 Johnson leads Vickers Gordon Kenseth Ky Busch Earnhardt Bowyer Logano Ambrose Harvick
Lap 45 Harvick, Keselowski and Kahne pass Ambrose
Lap 47 Ky Busch passes Kenseth; Kahne passes Keselowski
Lap 48 Gordon passes Vickers for second
Lap 50 Johnson leads Gordon Vickers Ky Busch Kenseth Earnhardt Bowyer Kahne Harvick Logano
Lap 60 Johnson leads Gordon Vickers Ky Busch Kenseth Bowyer Earnhardt Kahne McMurray Harvick
Lap 63 Kahne and McMurray pass Earnhardt
Lap 65 Ky Busch passes Vickers
Lap 67 Kahne and McMurray pass Bowyer; Burton passes Harvick
Lap 68 Johnson leads Gordon Ky Busch Vickers Kahne McMurray Kenseth Bowyer Earnhardt Truex
Caution lap 70 Scott Speed is stopped on the front stretch. Juan Pablo Montoya gets the lucky dog. Leaders head down pit road. Johnson leads Ky Busch McMuray Vickers Gordon Bowyer Kenseth Earnhardt Truex off pit road.
Restart Lap 77 Johnson gets the jump and Ky Busch tucks down behind him
Lap 80 Johnson leads Ky Busch Gordon Kenseth Earnhardt Vickers Bowyer Truex McMurray Kahne
Lap 81 Earnhardt passes Kenseth for fourth
Lap 90 Ky Busch takes the lead away from Johnson
Lap 98 Montoya with an unscheduled pit stop due to a flat tire
Lap 102 Ky Busch leads Johnson Gordon Earnhardt Kenseth Bowyer Vickers McMurray Kahne Harvick
Lap 104 Johnson passes Ky Busch back for the lead
Lap 120 Johnson leads Gordon Kenseth Ky Busch Bowyer McMurray Kahne Earnhardt Harvick Truex
Lap 125 Harvick and Truex passes Earnhardt
Lap 126 Vickers passes Earnhardt
lap 135 McMurray passes Bowyer
lap 136 Johnson leads Gordon Kenseth Ky Busch McMurray Bowyer Kahne Harvick Truex Vickers
lap 153 Johnson leads Kenseth Gordon Ky Busch McMurray Bowyer Kahne Harvick Truex Keselowski
lap 163 Ky Busch passes Gordon
lap 165 McMurray passes Gordon as Josh Wise gets up into the wall after contact from Menard, but continues
caution lap 171 debris as Stenhouse loses grill. Leaders hit pit road. Johnson leads Ky Busch Kenseth McMurray Gordon Boyer Harvick Kahne Earnhardt off pit road
restart lap 99
caution lap 101 Bowyer around as Truex and Logano have heavy front end damage. Burton has heavy front damage, Mark Martin with some side damage. Jr doesn’t get off the corner that hard, Vickers hits him, others make contact from behind. Caution comes out – Johnson slows up, McMurray hits him, Bowyer hits McMurray, Keselowski dumps Bowyer completely. No. 93 involved. Edwards gets the lucky dog. 1 9 11 15 22 31 55 56 88 and 93 have damage from the incident. Dale Earnhardt Jr. explained his view on radio: Said 5 slowed down in restart stackup, he got drilled by 55 then couldn’t go.
Johnson said he slowed due to getting in marbles, not due to caution. Got lucky with scoring line. Kyle Busch: “He should be about sixth. It’s just perfect timing, horseshoe up his a**.” Kyle told NASCAR reverts back to last timing line.
Restart lap 197 as Johnson leads ahead of Kyle Busch
Lap 200 Johnson leads Ky Busch Gordon Kenseth Gordon Harvick Keselowski Kahne Ku Busch Newman
Lap 201 Ku Busch passes Kahne
Lap 203 Johnson leads Ky Busch Kenseth Gordon Harvick Keselowski Ku Busch Kahne Newman Stewart
Lap 213 Kenseth passes Ky Busch for second
Lap 215 Keselowski passes Harvick for fifth; McMurray passes Stewart for 11th
Lap 222 Kenseth takes the lead with a bump by Johnson in turn two
Lap 231 Kenseth leads Johnson Ky Busch Gordon Keselowski Harvick Kahne Newman McMurray Ku Busch
Lap 234 Stewart and Earnhardt pass Ku Busch
Lap 240 Caution David Reuitmann goes around after contact from Regan Smith. Kenseth leads Ky Busch Johnson Martin off pit road.
Restart lap 248 Kenseth wins the drag race into turn one as Ky Busch slides behind him.
Halfway
Lap 251 Kenseth leads Ky Busch Johnson Keselowski Harvick McMurray Earnhardt Newman Stewart Kahne
246 to go Earnhardt passes McMurray…..Caution as Edwards has a left rear flat tire and goes around. Leaders stay out while some others pit. Mark Martin comes in for four tires and Mark goes to pull away before the left front is tightened. Being held also for pitting outside box.
Restart 240 to go Kenseth grabs the clean line going into turn three. Kurt Busch has a left front tire down, Gordon bumps him out of the way. No caution. “You know that was the 22.”
236 to go Ky Busch passes Kenseth for the lead out of turn two as Kurt Busch makes it to pit road
231 to go Ky Busch leads Kenseth Johnson Keselowski Harvick McMurray Earnhardt Newman Stewart Logano
Caution lap 280 Truex goes for the spin in turns three and four.
Restart 215 to go Ky Busch grabs the lead on the restart as Keselowski gives Kenseth a shot. Johnson slips by Keselowski for third
208 to go Ky Busch leads Kenseth Johnson Keselowski McMurray Earnhardt Stewart Logano Harvick Kahne….Caution as Kurt Busch goes for a spin thanks to Gilliland. Leaders stay out. Some of the back runners pit.
Restart 202 to go Ky Busch grabs the lead on the restart with Kenseth tucked in line in second
200 to go Ky Busch leads Kenseth Keselowski Johnson Earnhardt
198 to go Johnson passes Keselowski for third
197 to go Ky Busch leads Kenseth Johnson Keselowski Earnhardt McMurray Kahne Stewart Harvick Vickers
191 to go Kenseth passes Kyle Busch for the lead
189 to go Johnson passes Kyle Busch for second
182 to go McMurray and Kahne by Earnhardt for fifth and sixth
180 to go Kenseth leads Johnson Ky Busch Keselowski McMurray Kahne Earnhardt Harvick Vickers Bowyer
159 to go Kenseth leads Johnson Ky Busch Keselowski Kahne McMurray Vickers Bowyer Harvick Gordon
152 to go Gordon passes Harvick; Kahne passes Keselowski. Kurt Busch holds up Kenseth, Kenseth gives him a poke and gets him sideways to cause a bottle neck on the front. No contact, no damage. Kenseth continues but now with Johnson and Ky Busch closer to bumper.
147 to go Kenseth leads Johnson Ky Busch Kahne Keselowski Vickers McMurray Bowyer Gordon Harvick
Lap 361 Caution as Newman has a flat tire. Leaders hit pit road. Johnson first off pit road. NASCAR says that Ryan Newman deliberately caused the caution so they are holding him for three laps on pit road.
Restart lap 368 as Johnson holds the lead on the restart ahead of Kenseth
125 to go Johnson leads Kenseth Kahne Ky Busch Bowyer Keselowski Gordon McMurray Harvick Vickers
124 to go Stremme gave Schrader a bump, Schrader returned the favor. Stremme holds on to it. No caution.
123 to go Kahne passes Kenseth
119 to go Johnson leads Kahne Kenseth Bowyer Ky Busch Gordon Keselowski McMurray Harvick Stewart
101 to go Johnson leads Kahne Bowyer Kenseth Ky Busch Gordon McMurray Keselowski Vickers Harvick
92 to go Gordon passes Ky Busch; Reuitmann slow down the front stretch with a flat tire.
91 to go Reuitmann makes it to pit road
89 to go Vickers passes Keselowski for eighth
87 to go Johnson leads Kahne Bowyer Kenseth Gordon Ky Busch McMurray Keselowski Vickers and Harvick
76 to go Ryan Newman to pit road with another flat tire
74 to go Johnson leads Kahne Bowyer Gordon Kenseth Ky Busch McMurray Keselowski Vickers Harvick
67 to go Ky Busch passes Kenseth
61 to go Gordon passes Bowyer for third
Caution lap 449 Brian Vickers goes around with a flat tire. Leaders head down pit road. Johnson leads Gordon Bowyer Ky Busch Kahne Kenseth Harvick Burton McMurray off pit road.
Restart 42 to go as Johnson and Gordon drag race to turn one. Johnson gets the run off of turn two as Gordon pulls down behind him.
40 to go Johnson leads Gordon Bowyer Ky Busch Kahne Kenseth Harvick Burton McMurray Biffle
36 to go McMurray, Keselowski and Ambrose pass Burton for position
35 to go Bowyer passes Gordon for second……Caution Vickers into Danica, which put her into Dale Jr. Jr goes for the spin. Vickers gets the lucky dog
Restart 27 to go Johnson gets a good jump on the start and Bowyer falls back in line behind him
25 to go Johnson leads Bowyer Gordon Ky Busch Kahne Harvick Kenseth McMurray Burton Biffle
23 to go Biffle and Ambrose pass Burton for ninth and 10th
15 to go Johnson leads Bowyer Gordon Ky Busch Kahne Harvick Kenseth McMurray Keselowski Biffle
Caution 14 to go Kurt Busch hits the wall and catches fire. Once they restart, you will have Johnson leading Bowyer Gordon Ky Busch and Kahne. Almirola gets the free pass. Most stay out, while a couple pit including Kenseth, Harvick and Edwards
Restart 8 to go Johnson escapes Bowyer off of turn two. Bowyer looks low on Johnson, but Johnson holds the line into turn three
7 to go Johnson leads Bowyer Gordon Kahne and Ky Busch
Johnson wins. Bowyer. Gordon. Kahne. Ky Busch. Keselowski. McMurray. Ambrose. Biffle. Vickers. Patrick. Harvick.
After the race, Harvick spins Vickers. They made contact as they were coming to the checkered.
