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Kurt Busch wins at Martinsville Speedway:

#41-Kurt Busch‚ won the STP 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway for his 1st win of 2014, his 2nd at Martinsville Speedway and his‚ 25th career win. It is his first win since Dover in October 2011.
It is the first‚ win for car #41‚ since Curtis Turner won at Rockingham on October 31, 1965.
#48-Johnson finished 2nd followed by: #88-Earnhardt, Jr., #22-Logano, #9-Ambrose, #20-Kenseth, #4-Harvick, #43-Almirola, #15-Bowyer, and #27-Menard..
Polesitter #18-Busch finished 14th
#3-Austin Dillion was the rookie of the race, finishing 15th.
#99-Edwards, who came into the race as the points leader finished 13th, so #88-Earnhardt, Jr. retakes the points lead, 9 points over #20-Kenseth.
There were 33 lead changes (a record for this race) among 12 drivers and there were 14 cautions for 92 yellow flag laps.
The average speed was 72.176mph.
See unofficial race results, awards, money won, laps led, cautions and more on the‚ Unofficial Martinsville Speedway Race Results page (pdf)‚ and check out the‚ Martinsville Penalty Report (pdf).