.. Jimmie Johnson won the Goody’s Cool Orange 500, posting his 26th victory in 189 Nextel Cup Series races. .. This is Johnson’s third victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2007. .. This is Johnson’s third victory and 10th top-10 finish in 10 races at Martinsville. .. Johnson has won at least three race in each of the six Nextel Cup Series seasons since he posted his career-first victory in 2002. .. Jeff Gordon finished second giving Hendrick Motorsports its second 1-2 finish of the season. The most recent 1-2 finish for Hendrick was Las Vegas when Johnson also won and Gordon finished second. .. Gordon has finished second in three of the six races this season and his only finish outside the top-10 was 12th at Atlanta. .. This is the seventh victory for Hendrick Motorsports in the past nine Martinsville races. .. David Ragan (15th) was the highest finishing rookie, followed closely by Juan Pablo Montoya in 16th. .. Chevrolet finished in the top-seven positions, the best finish by a manufacturer since Ford captured the top-seven positions at Las Vegas in the inaugural race there in 1998. That 1-7 sweep also occurred on April 1st. It was the best finishing sweep for Chevrolet since they took the top-nine positions at Darlington on April 13, 1980.(NASCAR Statistics)(4-1-2007)
