.. Jimmie Johnson won the Subway 500, his 30th victory in 215 Nextel Cup Series races. .. This is his seventh victory and 20th top-10 finish in 2007. .. This is his fourth victory and 11th top-10 finish in 12 races at Martinsville Speedway. He became the first driver to win three straight at Martinsville since Rusty Wallace (both races 1994 and spring 1995). Darrell Waltrip, Cale Yarborough, Richard Petty and Fred Lorenzen (four) also won three consecutive Martinsville races. .. Ryan Newman (second) posted his sixth top-10 finish in 12 races at Martinsville. .. Jeff Gordon (third) posted his 24th top-10 finish in 30 races at Martinsville and his 26th of the season. .. Juan Pablo Montoya (eighth) was the highest finishing rookie. .. Seven of the Chase drivers posted top-10 finishes: Johnson, Gordon, Kyle Busch (fourth), Matt Kenseth (fifth), Denny Hamlin (sixth), Clint Bowyer (ninth) and Kevin Harvick (10th). .. Jeff Gordon leads the Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup by a margin of 53 points over Jimmie Johnson. .. With four races remaining, all 12 of the Chase drivers are still mathematically eligible for the Championship.(NASCAR Statistics)(10-21-2007)
