Denny Hamlin gets a home win at Martinsville

Denny Hamlin gets a home win at Martinsville

Denny Hamlin finally broke through at Martinsville Speedway after two close calls, and it wasn’t Hendrick Motorsports he had to beat. Hendrick’s drivers dominated all race long, but Hamlin foiled Jeff Burton’s late strategy of staying out while the rest of the leaders pitted, passing his fellow Virginia native on the 427th of 500 laps and holding on Sunday for his fourth career victory. Jeff Gordon, who along with Hendrick teammate Jimmie Johnson had combined to win eight of the last 10 races on the smallest, tightest oval in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series, rallied to finish second, followed by Burton, Johnson and Tony Stewart. “First Virginia win for me,” Hamlin said in Victory Lane. “Finally. The curse is over, I think. I hope. We’ve had such bad luck over these first few weeks.” RESULTS: FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER , MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS 1 2 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight 190/5 500 Running 2 1 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 175/5 500 Running 3 24 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet AT&T Mobility 170/5 500 Running 4 10 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s 165/5 500 Running 5 9 20 Tony Stewart Toyota The Home Depot 155/0 500 Running 6 22 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet AMP Energy / National Guard 160/10 500 Running 7 39 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet Kellogg’s / CARQUEST 146/0 500 Running 8 5 26 Jamie McMurray Ford IRWIN Industrial Tools 142/0 500 Running 9 27 99 Carl Edwards Ford Claritin 138/0 500 Running 10 12 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T 134/0 500 Running 11 4 6 David Ragan Ford AAA Insurance 130/0 500 Running 12 11 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 127/0 500 Running 13 29 42 Juan Montoya Dodge Wrigley’s Big Red 124/0 500 Running 14 33 01 Regan Smith * Chevrolet DEI / Principal Financial Group 121/0 500 Running 15 25 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge McDonald’s 118/0 500 Running 16 35 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet Pittsburgh Paints / Menards 115/0 500 Running 17 6 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 112/0 500 Running 18 14 28 Travis Kvapil Ford Yates Racing 109/0 499 Running 19 13 12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 106/0 499 Running 20 19 16 Greg Biffle Ford Jackson Hewitt 103/0 499 Running 21 42 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 100/0 499 Running 22 43 40 Dario Franchitti * Dodge Kennametal 97/0 499 Running 23 40 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 94/0 497 Running 24 21 38 David Gilliland Ford FreeCreditReport.com 91/0 497 Running 25 32 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios / Betty Crocker 93/5 497 Running 26 34 00 Michael McDowell Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 85/0 497 Running 27 23 96 J.J. Yeley Toyota DLP HDTV 82/0 497 Running 28 26 77 Sam Hornish Jr. * Dodge Mobil 1 79/0 497 Running 29 37 10 Patrick Carpentier * Dodge Charter Comm. 76/0 497 Running 30 28 17 Matt Kenseth Ford DEWALT 73/0 496 Running 31 30 84 Mike Skinner Toyota Red Bull 70/0 496 Running 32 31 70 Jeremy Mayfield Chevrolet Haas Automation 72/5 495 Running 33 20 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 64/0 493 Running 34 17 21 Bill Elliott Ford Little Debbie Nutty Bars 61/0 492 Running 35 16 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA AUTO PARTS 58/0 483 Running 36 38 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target 55/0 471 Running 37 7 49 Ken Schrader Toyota Microsoft Small Business 52/0 467 Running 38 8 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M’s 49/0 443 Running 39 15 44 David Reutimann Toyota UPS 51/5 441 Out of Race 40 41 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Charter Comm. 43/0 440 Running 41 36 66 Scott Riggs Chevrolet State Water Heaters 40/0 420 Running 42 3 8 Aric Almirola Chevrolet U.S. Army 37/0 379 Out of Race 43 18 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 39/5 374 Out of Race * Denotes Rookie

Date: March / 31 / 2008
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