Hall of fame material at 30 years old, 35 NASCAR Wins, 79 Xfinity Wins, 45 Camping World Truck Wins and counting !
Kyle Busch wins at Martinsville: #18-Kyle Busch won the STP 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway for his 1st win of the season, 1st win at Martinsville Speedway and 35th career win. He led the most laps - 352 of 500 laps.#47-Allmendinger finished 2nd, followed by #42-Larson, #3-Dillon, #2-Keselowski, #19-Edwards, #14-Vickers, #27-Menard, #49-Johnson, and #31-Newman.
Pole winner, #22-Logano, lost a lap early but got back on the lead lap and finished 11th.
There were 11 lead changes among 5 drivers and 8 cautions for 51 yellow flag laps.
The average speed was 80.088mph.
Race Fast Facts - Martinsville: Kyle Busch won the 67th Annual STP 500, his 35th victory in 396 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2016. With the win, Busch is virtually guaranteed a spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
This is his first victory and 11th top-10 finish in 22 races at Martinsville Speedway. His previous best finish was second, in 2012.
Busch, who won Saturday's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, completed the first NASCAR national series weekend sweep at Martinsville.
Busch led 352 laps, the most at Martinsville since Bobby Hamilton led 378 on April 20, 1998.
AJ Allmendinger (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish and second runner-up finish in 16 races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his second top-10 finish in 2016.
Kyle Larson (third) posted his first top-10 finish in five races at Martinsville Speedway.
Kevin Harvick leads the point standings by 4 points over Jimmie Johnson.
Next race in Texas Saturday April 9, 2016
2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup CHASE Standings: [after Martinsville, race 6 of 36, 16 drivers for the Chase]
Set by most wins, then by points standing
1) #48-Johnson [2 wins], 2nd in drivers pts
2) #4-Harvick [1 win], 1st
3) #18-Busch [1 win], 3rd
4) #2-Keselowski [1 win], 6th
5) #11-Hamlin [1 win], 9th
no wins, in by drivers points standings
6) #19-Edwards, 206 points
7) #22-Logano, 196
8) #3-Dillon, 176
9) #41-Busch, 176
10) #88-Earnhardt Jr., 172
11) #78-Truex, Jr., 150
12) #47-Allmendinger, 147
13) #1-McMurray, 143
14) #20-Kenseth, 140
15) #21-Blaney, 132
16) #24-Elliott, 131
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