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Martinsville II

2016 NASCAR Cup Martinsville II

United States
Oct 28, 2016 to Oct 30, 2016
Martinsville Speedway, US
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NASCAR Cup Martinsville II

NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup - Martinsville

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Well thanks for joining us and be sure to come back next week for the second race of the Round of 8 at Texas!
Chase outlook:
Hamlin +6pts
Kenseth +6pts
KyBusch +4pts
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Logano -4pts
Harvick -16pts
KuBusch -18pts
Edwards -32pts
Jimmie Johnson remembers Ricky Hendrick and the other victims of the Hendrick plane crash during his Victory Lane interview.
Drivers in elimination zone: Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch & Carl Edwards.
Jimmie Johnson has never advanced into the Championship 4 before ... This is huge for the 6x series champion as he chases history.
And he's burning it down now.
Chequered Flag
Jimmie Johnson wins for the 79th time in his NASCAR Sprint Cup career ... He will fight for his historic SEVENTH title at Homestead!
The margin is 2.2 seconds with 10 to go.
But Keselowski is swiftly cutting it down...Under 20 to go.
3.4 seconds is quite a lead at Martinsville and that's the margin between the #48 and #2.
Keselowski now 2nd, can he chase down Johnson?
And there's the bump!

Surely Brad K. won't wait for Hamlin to move over.
Keselowski continues his march forward, now 3rd.
Kenseth will start getting impatient with his teammate Hamlin pretty soon here.
Changes at the backend of the top five as Keselowski throws himself into the middle of the Gibbs battle. He's now fourth.
Johnson has a 2.1s lead over Hamlin.
50 laps to go.
Johnson is able to hold it though.
Johnson to the inside, clearing Hamlin and taking the lead with 92 laps to go. But Hamlin cuts back under him!
Jimmie Johnson has run down Denny Hamlin for the race lead.
100 laps to go.
Remember what Hamlin did to Johnson earlier? He better not look in his mirror.
Busch slots back in 5th.
Jimmie Johnson moves into 2nd, Kyle Busch now falling back on the outside.
Denny Hamlin leads Kyle Busch and Jimmie Johnson.
Green Flag
FINALLY! We're racing!
NASCAR still trying to sort this mess out.
Top 11 cars are on the lead lap.
Front row is Hamlin and KyBusch ... I honestly have no idea what's going on behind them.
Restart called off again.
21 wavearounds...
Running order: Hamlin, KyBusch, Allmendinger, Gordon, McMurray, Johnson, Kenseth, Truex, Keselowski, Logano -- All on lead lap.
Pit Stop
With McMurray and Johnson pitting, Denny Hamlin is now leading the race behind the pace car.
Pit road OPEN
Pit road STILL CLOSED.
Now Mears is out of fuel...
Jamie McMurray now leading.
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