#48-Jimmie Johnson won the Tums Fast Relief 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway for his 4th win of year, 7th win at Martinsville (tying Jeff Gordon and Rusty Wallace for 3rd most wins at the track) and 59th career win.
#18-Busch finished 2nd followed by #5-Kahne, #43-Almirola, #15-Bowyer, #2-Keselowski, #24-Gordon, #55-Vickers, #47-Labonte, and #16-Biffle. #43-Almirola’s 4th place ties for his best career finish (Homestead 2010).
With #48-Johnson’s win and leading the most laps, he is now in the points lead by 2 over #2-Keselowski.
There were 11 cautions for 64 yellow flag laps. There were 22 lead changes among 9 drivers. The average speed was 77.677mph.
The estimated attendence was 60,000, down from 63,000 in the spring race and down from 62,000 last October.
See race results, awards, money won, laps led, cautions and more on the Martinsville Race Results page (pdf) (10-28-2012)
