* Jimmie Johnson won the Tums QuikPak 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Johnson posted his 39th career victory in his 251st career race. * Johnson posted his second win in the Chase. It was his sixth win of the 2008 season, including four of the last eight. Johnson posted his fifth win in 14 races at Martinsville. He has won four of the last five races there, and he has won four of the five Chase races at Martinsville, since 2004. * Johnson won the race from the pole position. He has scored top-10 finishes in the last 13 straight races at Martinsville. Johnson posted his 13th win in 46 Chase races, the most of all drivers. It marked his eighth career short-track victory in 42 short-track races. * Johnson has scored top-10 finishes in the last eight races, extending a streak that began at California in August. * Johnson led seven times for 339 laps, including the final 35. The 339 laps led are the most Johnson has led in a single race in his Cup career, exceeding his previous record of 334 laps led at Lowe’s in May 2004. Johnson has led in 26 of the 32 races this season, more than any other driver. Johnson has led 710 laps in the six Chase races. Matt Kenseth is second in laps led at 199. Johnson has led at least one lap in the last six races at Martinsville, the longest current streak. * Hendrick Motorsports posted its 18th win in 46 Chase races, the most of all teams. HMS posted its seventh victory in 2008 (Johnson, six; Dale Earnhardt Jr., one). Hendrick had all four teammates finish in the top-six positions (Johnson, first; Earnhardt, second; Jeff Gordon, fourth; and Casey Mears, sixth). * Earnhardt posted his best finish in 18 races at Martinsville. He has scored four top-10 finishes in his last six races at Martinsville. * Gordon has scored top-10 finishes in the last 12 races at Martinsville. He has gone 37 races without a victory, his longest streak between victories. * Denny Hamlin (fifth) has scored six top-10 finishes in his seven races at Martinsville. * Kevin Harvick (seventh) has been running at the finish in the last 76 races, the longest current streak by any driver. * Clint Bowyer (ninth) has scored top-15 finishes in his last nine races, a streak that began at the second Bristol race. * This was the 10th win for Chevrolet in 2008. Toyota has 10 wins, Ford has eight and Dodge has four. The top 10 consisted of seven Chevrolets, two Fords and one Toyota. The top five finishers were Chase drivers. Eight of the top 10 were Chasers. * Greg Biffle won the first two Chase races, Tony Stewart won at Talladega, Jeff Burton won at Lowe’s and Jimmie Johnson won at Kansas and Martinsville. * Four of the 12 Chase drivers each earned lap-leader bonus points at Martinsville by leading at least one lap. Eight of the 12 Chase drivers changed positions after Martinsville. * Johnson now leads second-place Greg Biffle by 149 points, the biggest lead in the six races thus far. Johnson is the only driver to score top-10 finishes in the first six races of the Chase. * This was the eighth green-white-checkered finish in 2008.(ESPN)
