Denny Hamlin edges Jimmie Johnson at Martinsville

RACE RECAP | MARTINSVILLE
Denny Hamlin wins Pocono10 Tony Stewart
9 Kevin Harvick
8 Mark Martin
7 Jamie McMurray
6 Ryan Newman
5 Jeff Gordon 4th straight top 5
4 Kyle Busch
3 Juan Pablo Montoya continues his solid runs
2 Jimmie Johnson increases his points lead to 118

VICTORY LANE

1 Denny Hamlin led the most laps on his way to picking up his 3rd win of 2009 and his first ever Chase Race win.

OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY

-Caution #1: A small wreck featuring Marcos Ambrose, Robby Gordon, and Matt Kenseth

-Caution came out for Michael Waltrip’s spin, Denny Hamlin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. got together on pit road

-60 laps in, Chad Knaus came on the radio and said “we have a new leader…the 48”

-Dale Earnhardt Jr. pounded the wall with a flat right front

-Kasey Kahne had a dismal day finding the wall a couple of times

-Scott Speed wrecked himself with 6 laps to go, probably forgot this wasn’t an F1 car

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