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Subway 500 - Martinsville Speedway
Back-to-Back Wins for Johnson
Jimmie Johnson won his second consecutive NASCAR Nextel Cup event on Sunday afternoon, winning the Subway 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Johnson also claimed the win last weekend at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Johnson outran Jamie McMurray by 1.225 seconds to the finish line to notch his sixth victory of the 2004 season and the 12th of his Nextel Cup career. It was Johnson’s first trip to victory lane at Martinsville in six attempts and his first career short-track win. The pace car edged out points leader Kurt Busch to lead the most laps on the day, the pace car was at the front of the field for a record-breaking 125 laps. Busch would get the bonus points for leading the most laps, pacing the field four times for a total of 120 laps, leading the most laps for the fourth time in 2004. Johnson would lead twice for 67 laps on his way to victory. McMurray finished in the runner-up position, followed by pole sitter Ryan Newman in third. Sterling Marlin and Busch completed the top-five finishers in the finishing order. Busch now takes a 96-point lead in the Chase for the Nextel Cup to Atlanta.
Newman Leads Martinsville Qualifying
Ryan Newman won the Bud Pole for Sunday’s Subway 500, lapping Martinsville Speedway in 19.513 seconds, at an average speed of 97.043 mph, breaking Tony Stewart’s track-qualifying record of 19.855 seconds, 95.371 mph, set Sept. 29, 2000. With the new racing surface at Martinsville, the top-17 qualifiers bested Stewart’s time. This is Newman’s 25th career Bud Pole in 112 races (22.3 percent). His most recent Bud Pole came at Charlotte one race ago. He moved to 25th on the all-time Bud Pole winner’s list, passing Alan Kulwicki and Jack Smith. The Rocketman took sole possession of the lead in the race for the 2004 Bud Pole Award with his seventh Bud Pole of the season. Newman has won the award for the past two years. Newman’s teammate Rusty Wallace had the second-fastest time with a qualifying lap of 19.677 seconds at 96.234 mph and will join Newman on the front row. It is his 12th top-10 start in 2004. Dale Earnhardt Jr. will roll of third on the starting grid, while Ward Burton will start fourth. Travis Kavpil, driving a fourth Penske Racing entry, qualified fifth for his career-first Nextel Cup race.
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