News and notes on the entire 43-car field for the STP 500
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1. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. Hamlin overcame an early pit road violation to win his fifth Martinsville grandfather clock and score the first 2015 victory for Toyota. He now ranks eighth in the points. | See how Hamlin was able to hold off Keselowski
2. Brad Keselowski, No. 2 Ford, Team Penske. Keselowski was on Hamlin’s bumper in the closing lap, and while a race-winning pass wasn’t possible, he left with his fifth straight top-10 result of the season. | Keselowski earns Hamlin’s respect
3. Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford, Team Penske. Logano, the pole-sitter, climbed back after getting spun on Lap 219 to record his sixth straight top-10 of the year. | Logano discusses his result
4. Matt Kenseth, No. 20 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. Kenseth ran consistently in the top 10 on Sunday en route to posting his best result this season. | Kenseth comes up a bit short
5. David Ragan, No. 18 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. A victim of the seven-car incident on Lap 228, Ragan rallied back to score his best finish of the year and improve to 13th in the points.
6. Martin Truex Jr., No. 78 Chevrolet, Furniture Row Racing. Truex made an early, unscheduled pit stop to address a steering issue before quietly marching to his sixth straight top-10 to open the season.
7. Danica Patrick, No. 10 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. Patrick spent most of the day running inside the top 10 before earning her best 2015 result and fifth career top-10. | Danica scores top-10 at Martinsville
8. Kevin Harvick, No. 4 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. Harvick’s streak of one-two finishes (eight) was snapped after the defending Cup champion had trouble passing late in the race. | Streak ends, but Harvick leads most laps
9. Jeff Gordon, No. 24 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. Gordon led 21 laps late in the race, but his effort was reset after a speeding penalty entering pit road on Lap 462. | Third straight top-10 for Gordon
10. Jamie McMurray, No. 1 Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing. At a track where passing is tough, McMurray rallied from a 19th starting spot to earn his second top-10 this year.
11. Kasey Kahne, No. 5 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. Despite an early speeding penalty on pit road, Kahne nearly recorded his third top-10 of the season and improves three spots to fifth in the points.
12. Aric Almirola, No. 43 Ford, Richard Petty Motorsports. A little bit of nose damage during the Lap 367 caution couldn’t keep Almirola from recording his third top-12 finish of the year.
13. Clint Bowyer, No. 15 Toyota, Michael Waltrip Racing. Bowyer stayed out of trouble on Sunday and worked through a loose-handling condition to achieve his best finish since the season-opening Daytona 500 (seventh).
14. Kurt Busch, No. 41 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. Busch led 21 laps during the first half of the race before later reporting that his rear tires were gone on Lap 350 and the car was lacking forward bite. | Sign up for Scanner today for in-car audio
15. Casey Mears, No. 13 Chevrolet, Germain Racing. Mears quietly climbed his way through the field after getting sideways during an incident on Lap 228.
16. Regan Smith, No. 42 Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing. Subbing in for a sidelined Kyle Larson, Smith recovered from a spin on Lap 286. | Smith impresses No. 42 team
17. Carl Edwards, No. 19 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. Edwards was running sixth during a relatively long green-flag run when his right-rear tire went flat and sent him spinning with 67 laps to go.
18. Trevor Bayne, No. 6 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing. Bayne, making his second Martinsville start, spun in Turn 2 just 11 laps into Sunday’s event, but returned to run on the lead lap as the race concluded.
19. Greg Biffle, No. 16 Ford, Roush-Fenway Racing. Biffle sustained damage and had to pit for repairs after a competitor’s spin triggered a multi-car incident on Lap 367.
20. Tony Stewart, No. 14 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. Stewart led eight laps late in the race after employing pit strategy, but needed longer green-flag runs — a rarity in Sunday’s caution-filled event – to make forward progress.
21. Landon Cassill, No. 40 Chevrolet, Hillman Smith Motorsports. It was a banner day for Cassill, who posted his best result of the 2015 season on Sunday.
22. Cole Whitt, No. 35 Ford, Front Row Motorsports. Whitt pitted twice for repairs after being involved in the Lap 228 incident and went on to match his best 2015 finish.
23. Paul Menard, No. 27 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing. Menard was involved in two multi-car incidents that happened within 140 laps of each other.
24. Chris Buescher, No. 34 Ford, Front Row Motorsports. Buescher, in just his second Cup outing, raced with patience, avoiding several mashups around Martinsville’s half-mile paperclip.
25. David Gilliland, No. 38 Ford, Front Row Motorsports. Gilliland ran as high as second on Sunday during his 300th Cup start.
26. J.J. Yeley, No. 23 Toyota, BK Racing. Yeley opened the race with a spin on Lap 54 in Turn 1 and struggled to return to the lead lap after being mired in traffic.
27. Ryan Newman, No. 31 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing. Newman couldn’t find the handle on the No. 31 Chevy after being tagged in the multi-car incident on Lap 286.
28. Brett Moffitt, No. 55 Toyota, Michael Waltrip Racing. The MWR developmental driver sustained contact during an early restart and later had to pit on Lap 78 so his team could fix his hood.
29. Jeb Burton, No. 26 Toyota, BK Racing. The fastest qualifying rookie, Burton managed to avoid all the major incidents and posted his best result of the 2015 season.
30. Josh Wise, No. 98 Ford, Phil Parsons Racing. Wise climbed as high as 29th after receiving a pass-through penalty on Lap 293.
31. Matt DiBenedetto, No. 83 Toyota, BK Racing. It was a long day for DiBenedetto but he did score his best Cup finish in his third start of the season.
32. Sam Hornish Jr., No. 9 Ford, Richard Petty Motorsports. Hornish’s No. 9 Ford sustained nose damage and an oil leak after he was involved in a multi-car incident on Lap 228.
33. Alex Kennedy, No. 33 Chevrolet, Circle Sport. On Lap 94, Kennedy’s 10th career Cup start was impacted after he spun in Turn 4.
34. Mike Bliss, No. 32 Ford, Go FAS Racing. Bliss improved from his 40th starting spot to lead Lap 57 while the majority of teams pitted under caution.
35. Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. A steering box issue crept up during the first half of the race and briefly sidelined the eight-time Martinsville winner. Johnson slips to 11th in the points.
36. Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 88 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. Junior went through three shifters in the first half of the race, before returning to lose his radiator during a multi-car incident on Lap 228. He drops to ninth in the points. | Wreck ruins Junior’s day
37. Alex Bowman, No. 7 Chevrolet, Tommy Baldwin Racing. Bowman reported to the garage early for a new oil cooler after his No. 7 Chevy started smoking.
38. Chase Elliott, No. 25 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. Making his Cup debut, the defending XFINITY Series Champion ultimately lost power steering after making contact with another competitor during a Lap 61 restart. | Rough Cup start for Elliott
39. Michael Annett, No. 46 Chevrolet, HScott Motorsports. Annett, in just his second Martinsville start, got loose in Turn 2 and collected Joey Logano to bring out the ninth caution of the day. | Logano, Annett go for a spin
40. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 17, Roush Fenway Racing. Stenhouse spun twice and hit the wall once before reporting to the garage during the first half of the 500-mile event.
41. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing. Dillon made an unscheduled pit stop on Lap 311 after his No. 3 Chevy started smoking due to a mechanical issue.
42. Justin Allgaier, No. 51 Chevrolet, HScott Motorsports. Just past halfway, Allgaier pounded the Turn 4 wall to bring out the 11th caution flag of the day.
43. AJ Allmendinger, No. 47 Chevrolet, JTG-Daugherty Racing. Allmendinger was running seventh on Lap 146 when a motor issue arose.
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