RACE RECAP | DARLINGTON
10 Matt Kenseth the pole sitter
9 Joey Logano great finish for a rookie
8 Greg Biffle led the most laps
7 Brad Keselowski great finish for a rookie
6 Martin Truex Jr. led a bunch of laps
5 Jeff Gordon nice recovery after being a lap down
4 Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas continues with solid finishes
3 Tony Stewart tewart-Haas continues with solid finishes, best ever finish at Darlington
2 Jimmie Johnson amazing finish after spinning in qualifying
VICTORY LANE
1 Mark Martin takes home his second win of the season, and second career win at Darlington. It’s Mark’s 37th career win, and in the last 7 races he’s got 6 top 10’s. This is his first multiple win season since 1999. Martin is now 11th in the point standings.
OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY
Scott Speed driving Joe Nemechek’s car spun Max Papis
Michael Waltrip spun his 55 machine with no damage
Dale Jr. slides through his pit stall in the first stop, later on, his pit crew let a tire leave the box for another penalty. Then with under 40 to go, Dale Jr. brushed the wall. He also brought out the 17th caution by spinning after touching the 43. Jr. finished 27th
Casey Mears, AJ Allmendinger and Denny Hamlin got caught up in a wreck
Michael Waltrip’s 55 car became a fireball, Michael is okay
Jeff Gordon went a lap down reporting a vibration
David Ragan wrecked multiple times, headed to the garage
Kurt Busch spins off turn 4 but no damage
Jimmie Johnson spun in his pit box
Clint Bowyer pounded the wall on lap 223 ending an 83 consecutive race streak of no DNF
Kyle Busch cut a tire down after pounding the wall several times and heads to the garage with no brakes and a wobbly wheel
Carl Edwards was spun by teammate Greg Biffle and headed to the garage
Greg Biffle later spun on his own damaging his lap leading #16 car
They set a new track record for number of cautions
