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Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson celebrated an emotional victory at Martinsville for Hendrick Motorsports. Credit: Autostock

Lap-by-Lap: Martinsville

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October 23, 2006
11:54 AM EDT (15:54 GMT)

Lap 500 -- CHECKERED FLAG: Jimmie Johnson wins the Subway 500 after pulling away from Denny Hamlin.

Lap 495 -- Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson bang around the track for the lead.

Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson led the most laps at Martinsville. Credit: Autostock
Subway 500
Official Results
Pos. Driver Make
1. Jimmie Johnson Chevy
2. Denny Hamlin Chevy
3. Bobby Labonte Dodge
4. Tony Stewart Chevy
5. Jeff Gordon Chevy
6. Casey Mears Dodge
7. Kasey Kahne Dodge
8. Jeff Green Chevy
9. Kevin Harvick Chevy
10. Kyle Petty Dodge
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• Official standings, click here
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Lap 494 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson takes the green.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Bobby Labonte
4. Jeff Gordon
5. Casey Mears

Lap 489 -- YELLOW FLAG: Kenny Wallace spins in the turn and drives away with smoke everywhere.

Lap 484 -- Denny Hamlin gets around Bobby Labonte for second and now sets his sights on a fast Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 482 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson takes the green.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Bobby Labonte
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Jeff Gordon
5. Casey Mears

Lap 479 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. is on pit road. Mark Martin is on pit road again as his car is leaking water. Earnhardt will restart 24th, Martin 25th.

Lap 476 -- YELLOW FLAG: Dale Earnhardt Jr. spins in the turn trying to get around Kasey Kahne. Earnhardt made contact with Kahne when he got loose in the turn. He had been complaining about how Kahne needed to go or move over.

Lap 476 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson gets them going once again.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Bobby Labonte
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Jeff Gordon
5. Casey Mears

Lap 472 -- Mark Martin is on pit road. He has no water pressure and doesn't know if the motor is dry or if there is damage.

Lap 469 -- David Ragan gets the free pass.

Lap 468 -- YELLOW FLAG: Clint Bowyer spins in Turn 3 but is OK. He drives away.

Lap 466 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson gets them going again.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Bobby Labonte
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Jeff Gordon
5. Casey Mears

Lap 460 -- YELLOW FLAG: Casey Mears spins when David Gilliland tags him coming off Turn 4. Nobody has damage.

Lap 453 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson leads the field.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Bobby Labonte
3. Casey Mears
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Jeff Gordon

Lap 448 -- Kyle Busch is on pit road for repairs. Joe Nemechek gets the free pass.

Lap 447 -- YELLOW FLAG: David Ragan spins again in Turn 4, and Kyle Busch gets some damage to the right side after slapping the wall.

Lap 444 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson completes his battle from 10th and takes the point again over Bobby Labonte.

Lap 437 -- Jimmie Johnson has worked his way all the way to second. He's chasing leader Bobby Labonte.

Lap 411 -- Elliott Sadler is off the pace and heads to the garage. His motor is finished.

Matt Kenseth
Matt Kenseth came away from Martinsville with the points lead. Credit: Autostock
Chase for the Nextel Cup
After Martinsville
(6th of 10 races)
Pos. +/- Driver Behind
1. +1 Matt Kenseth Leader
2. +1 Kevin Harvick -36
3. +4 Jimmie Johnson -41
4. +2 Denny Hamlin -47
5. -4 Jeff Burton -48
6. -1 D. Earnhardt Jr. -94
7. -3 Mark Martin -96
8. -- Kasey Kahne -99
9. +1 Jeff Gordon -141
10. -1 Kyle Busch -171
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Lap 406 -- GREEN FLAG: Bobby Labonte leads the field to green. Jimmie Johnson restarts 10th.
1. Bobby Labonte
2. Casey Mears
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Clint Bowyer
5. Elliott Sadler

Lap 401 -- Bobby Labonte stays out to lead.

Lap 400 -- The leaders are in:
• Jimmie Johnson changes air pressure and gets tires
• Denny Hamlin's crew pulls the front fender away and gets four
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. was losing grip and drops half a round on the track bar
• Kyle Petty, Kasey Kahne and Jeff Green take two tires and will restart seventh, eight and ninth
• Tony Raines takes fuel only and restarts 12th

Lap 399 -- YELLOW FLAG: Jamie McMurray brings out the 13th caution when Bobby Labonte touched him and sent him spinning in Turn 2. He didn't hit anything.

Lap 382 -- Kevin Harvick has smoke coming from his left-front fender when it rubs the tire. He made contact with someone after collecting damage in the same spot earlier.

Lap 381 -- Denny Hamlin gets by Dale Earnhardt Jr. for second place. Earnhardt settles in third.

Lap 375 -- Leader Jimmie Johnson can make it to the finish without pitting again. Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s team says the same. Denny Hamlin, however, may pit one more time.

Lap 371 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson takes the green. Jeff Gordon restarts 23rd.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Kyle Busch
5. Kasey Kahne

Lap 365 -- Jeff Gordon gives up fourth position to make a pit stop. He gets four tires and an air-pressure adjustment. Elliott Sadler is also on pit road for four tires.

Lap 364 -- Kurt Busch is on pit road for repairs. Ward Burton gets the free pass.

Lap 363 -- YELLOW FLAG: Kurt Busch spins as he crosses the start/finish line and smacks the inside wall. He drives away. Busch was passing Scott Riggs and went low, but Riggs made contact and Busch went spinning.

Bobby Labonte
Bobby Labonte led late in the race and held on to finish third. Credit: Autostock

Lap 361 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson gets it going again.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Kurt Busch
5. Jeff Gordon

Lap 356 -- Dale Jarrett gets the free pass.

Lap 355 -- YELLOW FLAG: David Ragan spins after getting tagged by Elliott Sadler. Ragan went into Turn 1 three-wide with Tony Stewart and Ward Burton. He backed down, but Sadler's nose clipped him.

Lap 353 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson takes the lead when Kurt Busch gets loose. Dale Earnhardt Jr. also gets by Busch, and Hamlin follows.

Lap 352 -- GREEN FLAG: Kurt Busch leads the field to green.
1. Kurt Busch
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Jeff Gordon

Lap 347 -- Jamie McMurray gets the free pass.

Lap 345 -- YELLOW FLAG: Mike Skinner stops in front of the start/finish line after being spun by Tony Raines. Skinner has heavy damage to the rear after smacking the inside wall.

Lap 339 -- GREEN FLAG: Kurt Busch gets the race going again.
1. Kurt Busch
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Jeff Gordon

Lap 332 -- Leaders are in:
• Jimmie Johnson makes a minor adjustment and gets four
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. makes no changes and gets four tires
• Kasey Kahne gets four tires and is off clean
• Kurt Busch has a 13.55-second stop and beats everyone off pit road
• Kyle Petty gets two tires and will restart eighth
• Bobby Labonte gets the free pass

Lap 331 -- YELLOW FLAG: Ken Schrader smashes hard into the wall while running seventh. David Ragan touched Schrader as the two headed into Turn 1, and Dale Jarrett got collected, too. Ragan and Jarrett drive away.

Kevin Harvick
Kevin Harvick still pulled out a top-10 despite front damage. Credit: Autostock

Lap 320 -- Six of the top seven are Chase drivers, with Kurt Busch being the lone ranger in second. Chasers Mark Martin, Kevin Harvick and Matt Kenseth run 13th, 14th and 15th, respectively.

Lap 300 -- Kurt Busch gets around Dale Earnhardt Jr. for second position.

Lap 286 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson leads the field to green again.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
3. Elliott Sadler
4. Kurt Busch
5. Denny Hamlin

Lap 281 -- The leaders head to pit road. Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. stay out:
• Kyle Busch is in for four tires and a track-bar adjustment
• Denny Hamlin's crew adds tape to the front to fix a handling problem
• Kurt Busch gets a track-bar adjustment
• Elliott Sadler takes two right-side tires and avoids Kasey Kahne on pit road

Lap 279 -- YELLOW FLAG: Matt Kenseth spins coming off Turn 4 after getting touched by Clint Bowyer. Kenseth doesn't hit anything and keeps going.

Lap 256 -- LEAD CHANGE: Denny Hamlin finally gets by Jeff Gordon to lead at his home track.

Lap 253 -- Denny Hamlin is side-by-side with Jeff Gordon for the lead. The two bump a few times.

Lap 247 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon gets the race going. Jimmie Johnson restarts 16th, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 20th. Tony Stewart restarts 25th.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Elliott Sadler
4. Kurt Busch
5. Joe Nemechek

Lap 246 -- Tony Stewart pits for a tire issue at the last second. He is half a lap down.

Turn 4
A wreck stacked up cars in Turn 4, but everyone drove away. Credit: Autostock

Lap 244 -- Jeff Burton's day is finished. He currently sits 40th in the race. He says he thinks the car broke a valve train.

Lap 243 -- Jimmie Johnson is in but Jeff Gordon stays out:
• Jimmie Johnson gets four tires and a small adjustment
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. is in but not happy with the call
• Mark Martin is also on pit road for adjustments
• The top 18 cars stay out

Lap 242 -- YELLOW FLAG: Travis Kvapil is hard into the wall just as Tony Raines cuts a tire by making contact with David Ragan. Kvapil got a bump as cars slowed for Raines, who was running sixth.

Lap 240 -- Jeff Burton is out of his car as his crew works on the engine.

Lap 239 -- NASCAR warns Jimmie Johnson to maintain his speed on the restarts.

Lap 238 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson takes the green.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4. Tony Stewart
5. Denny Hamlin

lap 234 -- Ryan Newman gets the free pass.

Lap 233 -- Kevin Harvick is back in as the crew tries to pull the damaged sheet metal away from the left-front tire.

Lap 232 -- Kevin Harvick, Kasey Kahne, Brian Vickers and Greg Biffle are on pit road, mostly to repair any damage from the accident.

Lap 231 -- YELLOW FLAG: Several drivers get stacked up in Turn 3. Reed Sorenson spins with contact from Scott Riggs, clogging the entire turn. Kevin Harvick has left-front cosmetic damage with a deep tire rub after getting swiped by Mike Skinner. Travis Kvapil spins, and Greg Biffle gets some nose damage.

Jeff Burton
Jeff Burton's nose damage turned out to be the least of his problems. Credit: Autostock

Lap 228 -- As of now, Dale Earnhardt Jr. is the points leader with Matt Kenseth trailing by one point.

Lap 227 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson leads the field to green.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4. Tony Stewart
5. Denny Hamlin

Lap 223 -- Matt Kenseth, Kasey Kahne, Clint Bowyer and Dave Blaney make pit stops. Everyone else stays out.

Lap 222 -- YELLOW FLAG: Ward Burton spins in Turn 2. David Gilliland hopped off the curb and got into Burton, sending him up the top of the turn. Burton did not make contact with the wall.

Lap 218 -- Jeff Burton pulls directly to the garage. Owner Richard Childress told him to run the car a while. Burton responded: "If we keep running it, it will blow up."

Lap 212 -- Major problems with points leader Jeff Burton. He wiggles on the straightaways. He reported before pit stops that the engine was shutting off at the end of the straights. He thinks it is the carburetor.

Lap 208 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson gets the show going again.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4. Tony Stewart
5. Denny Hamlin

Lap 204 -- Leaders are on pit road:
• Jimmie Johnson goes with small air-pressure adjustments because of the sun
• Jeff Gordon is searching for help getting on and off the corners
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. gets four tires and an air-pressure adjustment
• Elliott Sadler takes two tires and moves from 14th to sixth
• Dave Blaney gets the free pass

Lap 203 -- YELLOW FLAG: Michael Waltrip spins in Turn 4 by himself. He gets it collected and drives away.

Lap 193 -- Eight of the 10 Chasers are driving in the top 16. Kasey Kahne is running 22nd, and Jeff Burton is 25th, one lap down.

Lap 161 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson leads the field to green.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Tony Stewart
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
5. Denny Hamlin

Kurt Busch
Kurt Busch started from the pole, but didn't get back up front until later in the race. Credit: Autostock

Lap 156 -- The leaders are in for pit stops:
• Jimmie Johnson gets a small chassis adjustment to get loose
• Jeff Gordon is searching for rear grip and gets four tires
• Tony Stewart takes out the wedge that was added before
• Kasey Kahne gets the free pass

Lap 155 -- YELLOW FLAG -- David Stremme spins around but gets going again.

Lap 153 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson goes back out front. Johnson said his car was about a tenth of a second faster than Gordon's.

Lap 145 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon takes the lead back after Jimmie Johnson collects his five bonus points.

Lap 144 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson becomes just the second driver to lead today, getting past his teammate Jeff Gordon. Gordon led the first 143 laps.

Lap 140 -- After two cautions and 70 laps of green-flag racing, just 22 cars remain on the lead lap.

Lap 130 -- Jimmie Johnson gets around Dale Earnhardt Jr. for second place as the leaders battle through heavy lapped traffic.

Lap 106 -- Jeff Gordon puts Jeff Burton a lap down after a side-by-side battle for three laps. Gordon touched Burton as he went by.

Lap 98 -- Jeff Burton is just two cars ahead of leader Jeff Gordon and trying to stay on the lead lap. Burton is battling a hot racecar because of the tape on the hood.

Lap 94 -- J.J. Yeley is on pit road for a flat left-rear tire.

Lap 83 -- Kevin Harvick is telling his crew he has a bad vibration after his pit stop. He's running 11th.

Lap 71 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon gets things going again. After hood repairs, Jeff Burton will restart 29th.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Tony Raines
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4. Tony Stewart
5. Denny Hamlin

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Lap 67 -- Greg Biffle pulls behind the wall with brake problems.

Lap 66 -- NASCAR sends Ryan Newman to the tail of the longest line for aggressive driving. Newman will restart 30th.

Lap 65 -- Everyone is on pit road:
• Jimmie Johnson asks for adjustments and gets tires
• Jeff Gordon changes nothing and gets four tires
• Jeff Burton's crew adds tape to the right-front of the car to repair the loose hood.
• Tony Raines gets off pit road second with two tires, gaining seven positions

Lap 64 -- YELLOW FLAG: Casey Mears turns it around in Turn 2 after getting touched by Ryan Newman. The two drove a lap around the track beating and banging before Mears was spun. Mears was running 11th.

Lap 45 -- Second-place driver Denny Hamlin is reporting a miss in the engine and that it is worse when he comes off the corner.

Lap 40 -- The damage on Jeff Burton's nose is more critical than he thought. His car is missing two hoodpins, but he continues to run 19th.

Lap 17 -- Denny Hamlin gets around Kurt Busch for second place and now chases Jeff Gordon.

Lap 10 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon gets the race going again.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Kurt Busch
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Ryan Newman
5. Tony Stewart

Lap 5 -- Jeff Burton got some front-end damage by swiping Joe Nemechek's rear and is concerned with the radiator.

Lap 3 -- YELLOW FLAG: A accordion clogs up Turn 4 to bring out the first caution. Martin Truex Jr. gets the worst of it as he spins around. Sterling Marlin, Reed Sorenson and Kyle Petty also have damage. Truex heads to the garage.

Lap 1 -- Jeff Gordon gets around Kurt Busch on the outside to lead the first lap.

1 p.m. -- GREEN FLAG: Kurt Busch and Jeff Gordon get the Subway 500 under way into the tight Turn 1.

12:56 p.m. -- Cars are rolling on the track as cleaning trucks finish sweeping the surface.

12:55 p.m. -- Wally Dallenbach takes Dale Earnhardt Jr. around Martinsville in "Wally's World" ... to teach him a thing or two. Junior says he's already had five famous hot dogs from Martinsville.

12:54 p.m. -- Scott Riggs and Kenny Wallace will drop to the back because of engine changes.

12:50 p.m. -- Jared Fogle from the Subway commercials delivers the command: "Gentlemen, start your engines!"

12:43 p.m. -- The Martinsville High School marching band performs the national anthem.

12:42 p.m. -- Eldrid Davis delivers the invocation.

12:40 p.m. -- Jeff Gordon says his Chase is all about winning races now. He's a seven-time Martinsville winner and will start second on the grid today.

12:34 p.m. -- Jeff Burton says this race could change the point standings just as Talladega did. He finished fifth at Martinsville last fall.

12:32 p.m. -- NBC is on the air. NASCAR is in hurry-up mode with the green set to fly at 12:55 p.m. ET.

11:45 a.m. -- It's a chilly 48 degrees and overcast at Martinsville Speedway, as rain has fallen this morning. Things are drying with the Subway 500 more than an hour away, but showers are the forecast.

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