March 29 – Today in Jayski’s NASCAR history

March 29, 2009

• • • Johnson wins at Martinsville: #48-Jimmie Johnson won the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway, for his first win of 2009 and the 41st of his career. It his fifth win in the last six Martinsville races and comes on the anniversary of Hendrick Motorsports first win 25 years ago. #11-Hamlin, who led the most laps on the day and was bumped out of the lead by Johnson with 16 laps to go, finished second, followed by #14-Stewart, #24-Gordon, #33-Bowyer, #39-Newman, #5-Martin, #88-Earnhardt, Jr, #44-Allmendinger, and #26-McMurray. There was one change in the top-35 in owner points as #71-Gilliland fell out and #98-Menard moved in. There were 12 cautions for 66 laps and 7 drivers led a lap with 13 lead changes.
      For race results, awards and more on the Martinsville Race Results Page.(3-29-2009)
    • UNOFFICAL Driver Points Standings [after Martinsville race 6 of 36]:
      1) #24-Jeff Gordon 959
      2) #33-Clint Bowyer 870 -89
      3) #2-Kurt Busch 827 -132 [1 win]
      4) #48-Jimmie Johnson 817 [1 win]
      5) #11-Denny Hamlin 811 -148
      6) #18-Kyle Busch 800 -159 [2 wins]
      7) #14-Tony Stewart 798 -161
      8) #99-Carl Edwards 750 -209
      9) #9-Kasey Kahne 745 -214
      10) #29-Kevin Harvick 714 -245
      11) #00-David Reutimann 710 -249
      12) #17-Matt Kenseth 704 -255 [2 wins]
      in running for top 12 – the chase:
      13) #31-Jeff Burton 697 -262
      14) #42-Juan Montoya 673 -286
      15) #44-A.J. Allmendinger 670 -289
      16) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 660 -299
      For drivers and owners points standings, see the Drivers/Owners Points Standings.(3-29-2009)
    • Top-35 in Owner Points and guaranteed a starting spot at Texas:
      #71-Gilliland falls out of the top-35 by 3 points and #98-Menard moves into a locked in position
      31) #7-Gordon/Robby Gordon: 485, +75
      32) #77-Hornish/Penske: 459, +48
      33) #34-Andretti/Earnhart Ganassi: 455, +44
      34) #20-Logano/Gibbs: 437 +26
      35) #98-Menard/Yates: 414, 3 points ahead of 36th
      these teams/ drivers must qualify by speed but are close to the top-35: 36) #71-Gilliland/TRG 411, 3 points out of 35th
      37) #8-Almirola/Earnhardt Ganassi: 387, -27
      38) #82-Speed/Red Bull: 386 -28
      The teams are NOT locked in past the next race as the owners points change after each race.
      For the owner points standings, see my Drivers/Owners Points Standings page.(3-29-2009)
    • Race Fast Facts – Martinsville Speedway
      Jimmie Johnson won the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500, his 41st victory in 261 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
      This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2009. His last previous victory came at Phoenix in November 2008.
      This is his sixth victory and 14th top-10 finish in 15 races at Martinsville Speedway.
      Johnson now has more NASCAR Sprint Cup wins at Martinsville (six) than any other track. (He has five at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.)
      Denny Hamlin (second) posted his seventh top-10 finish in eight races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his third top-10 finish in 2009.
      Tony Stewart (third) posted his 12th top-10 finish in 21 races at Martinsville Speedway.
      Joey Logano (32nd) was the highest finishing rookie.
      Jeff Gordon leads the point standings by 89 points over Clint Bowyer.(NASCAR Statistics)(3-29-2009)
    • Stewart-Hass still looking for sponsorship for Newman: Q: HOW’S THE SPONSORSHIP SEARCH COMING? Ryan Newman: “I’d say just like many people out there. The door is always open. People at Stewart-Haas Racing are working on other sponsors let’s say for primary as well as associates. The U.S. Army is committed to their amount of races, I think it’s 23. They’ve been great to work with. We have Haas Automation on the car as well but we’re currently looking and working on other things as well.”(Chevy PR)(3-29-2009)
    • Gilly’s Gang on the #71: David Gilliland’s fan club known as Gilly’s Gang has collected money to help TRG Motorsports this weekend. The team has placed the Gilly’s Gang logo on the back deck-lid for their efforts as the team prepares for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Goody’s Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville. The group banded together on David’s web site, www.davidgilliland.com, and have raised over $3,000 to help the effort this weekend.(TRG Motorsports PR), see an image of the car on my #71 Team paint schemes page.(3-29-2008)
    • Back problems for Jeff Gordon? Okay, what’s the deal with Jeff Gordon’s back? He’s talked for three weeks now about chronic back pain. And that sounds suspiciously like the type of pain that Ricky Rudd and Mark Martin have endured. Martin himself had major back surgery a few years ago to alleviate his pain. Gordon has made no mention of any possible surgery, but his repeated complaints are raising eyebrows. At the moment he’s been doing some heavy-duty workouts to try to relieve the pain.(mikemulhern.net)(3-29-2009)
    • Sieg starts second; picks up sponsor: After a soggy Saturday in Martinsville, Virginia, Shane Sieg in the #15 Billy Ballew Motorsports Toyota Tundra will take to the track Monday for the rain delayed Kroger 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. . Sieg posted the #15 Billy Ballew Motorsports Toyota Tundra on the outside pole for the 250 lap event with a speed of 94.326 mph. Sieg’s solid start prompted Woodard Pools of Waycross, Georgia to come onboard as the primary sponsor for the #15 Camping World Truck for Monday’s race.(Billy Ballew Motorsports PR)(3-29-2009)
    • NASCAR allowing teams to adjust crew rosters for rescheduled Kroger 250: NASCAR is relaxing its maximum of 12 crew members per Camping World Truck Series team for the rescheduled Kroger 250 on Monday at Martinsville Speedway, NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp said Sunday. Truck teams are limited to 12 total crew members per race weekend, but teams often use non-contract employees to change and carry tires. With the race being rescheduled from Saturday to Monday because of rain, some teams might have to adjust who will be on their pit crew. Teams will be permitted to change their list of 12 crewmen for Monday but they still cannot have more than 12 per truck, Tharp said.(SceneDaily.com)(3-29-2009)

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