Neither flames in Kevin Harvick’s car nor a brief shower could keep Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon from having a fantastic finish. Watch the entire Martinsville race.
Neither flames in Kevin Harvick’s car nor a brief shower could keep Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon from having a fantastic finish. Watch the entire Martinsville race.
Want to ride with Dale Earnhardt Jr.? Well, we can’t put you in his Chevrolet Monte Carlo for one thing, there’s only one seat but we can put you inside his head.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. seemed on the verge of a big day Sunday, one that would have ended his 31-race winless streak and allowed him to mark the 28-year anniversary of his father’s first win with one of his own.
Then came the rain, and his chances at victory flew into his window.
“I got something in my eye before we went back out after the rain,” he said, referring to a nearly 32-minute rain delay after the race was 357 laps old.
Denny Hamlin started on the pole and had a potentially winning day in the works until troubles on pit road took him out of contention for a victory.
Jimmie Johnson overcame a rain delay and a big threat by his teammate Jeff Gordon to win at Martinsville Speedway. Johnson won for the third time in four weeks, leaving Martinsville with the traditional grandfather clock.
The vortex theory should keep a 40 percent chance of rain away from Martinsville. Watch NASCAR RaceDay on SPEED NOW, ask SPEEDTV.com’s Tom Jensen questions and tune to FOX at 1:30 p.m. ET for the race.