NASCAR at Martinsville 2014: Live Results and Analysis from the Goody's 500

Dale Jr. wins at Martinsville!

Martinsville had several cautions throughout the race as drivers battled tire problems and spinning out.

Jamie McMurray led the race early, but Jeff Gordon was the first Chase driver to lead the race and held the lead until Lap 192 when he was caught speeding on pit road.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. became the new race leader, but around Lap 215 Joey Logano took the lead.

Logano continues to impress in every round of the Chase and was a top driver throughout the race at Martinsville.

Other Chase drivers, like Kevin Harvick, weren’t as lucky at Martinsville. Harvick raced his way from starting 36^th place to the top 10 only to be spun around by Matt Kenseth.

Harvick took major damage and had to go to the garage for repairs. The 4 team will look to the next two races of the Chase to make it into the final round.

Kurt Busch would eventually take the lead, but around Lap 335 Jeff Gordon was able to work his way back to the front after suffering the speeding penalty.

Gordon continues to prove that he is not done being a top driver in the Sprint Cup Series and had one of the best cars at Martinsville.

As the race continued to come to an end, Denny Hamlin would pass Jeff Gordon and take the lead.

Toyota has continued to struggle this season, so for the 11 car to take the lead was a huge accomplishment and showed that Joe Gibbs Racing is far from done when it comes to competing for the Sprint Cup Championship.

With 100 laps to go Denny Hamlin continued to lead t Martinsville while Jeff Gordon tried to catch up.

At Lap 418 the Caution flag came out for the 13^th time and Clint Bowyer came out in front of both Gordon and Hamlin.

With 64 laps to go, Brad Keselowski lost the transmission in the 2 car and caused a wreck which brought out a red flag.

When the race went back to green Clint Bowyer was the leader, but with 43 laps to go Dale Jr. took the lead.

With 11 laps to go the caution came out with Dale Jr. as the leader. The caution turned into a second red flag, and with five laps to go drivers were finally racing again.

Dale Jr. was able to get out in front and hold the lead to win the race at Martinsville and upset the Chase drivers who were competing to lock themselves into the final at Homestead!