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Recap of The GOODY'S 500, MARTINSVILLE (Unofficial)

CAUTION #1 Lap #3 Kenny Wallace's throttle stuck (Poor Kenny) and he went right up into the wall.

RESTART Lap # 8 Lots of contact with Mike Skinner into Rusty (leader)

CAUTION #2 Lap #16 Rich Bickle spun off turn #4 in the #60 Power Team car

RESTART Lap # 20 

CAUTION #3 Lap #49 Scott Pruett and Jimmy Spencer wreck.
-- Big jam up coming out of the pits... Dale Jarrett was caught up and had to repit due to damage.
*-* Jeff Gordon was penalized for a tire left out of the pit box. On A 2 tire stop??
-- Kenny Schrader and Robby Gordon lost a lot of track position due to being stopped coming out of the pits .... Traffic on track ...

RESTART Lap # 54 ESPN came back while we went back under green, See it is not just the networks,,, it Just happens.

CAUTION #4 Lap #71 Dave Blaney lost his left rear tire. "You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel"
--DW went behind the wall, lost his power steering
*-* Ward Burton was penalized for a tire left out of the pit box. On A 2 tire stop??
*-* Kevin Lapage was penalized for a tire left out of the pit box. On A 2 tire stop??

RESTART Lap # 78
--- Joe Nemechek and Dale E. Jr. got together, No Caution, Then Nemechek and Jeff Gordon Got together, No Caution, 

CAUTION #5 Lap #103 Rich Bickle spun.
((LOL John Force's FRAM commercial!))

Lap Dale E Jr. is in the pits ... lost his battery
RESTART Lap #141 

CAUTION #6 Lap #143 Matt Kenseth Spun in turn 4, Joe Nemechek, Mike Bliss and Kenny Irwin were collected. Irwin was pushed behind the wall ... 

RESTART Lap #179 
DW And Kenny Wallace are both back out .....

CAUTION #7Lap #155 Kyle Petty spins
*-* Matt Kenseth lost his transponder for scoring and was held for not stopping for a stop sign at the end of the pits?
*-* Gary Bradberry was penalized? I am so lost on why all the penalties Sorry.

RESTART Lap # 165 

CAUTION #8Lap #175 Scott Pruett spun, Jeff Burton and Jerry Nadeau :( were collected.
-- Kevin Lapage is behind the wall.
*-* Jeff Burton was held a lap ... he did not beat the pace car and he was held for it? Oh I am so lost
RESTART Lap # 181

CAUTION #9 Lap #183 Mike Bliss and Kyle Petty got together, Kyle Petty spun and hit hard into the wall .... 
*-* Mike Bliss was held on pit road ..... Tempers are flaring Everywhere today and I have no idea why Mike Bliss was held.....
-- DW is back behind the wall

RESTART Lap # 188
Mike Skinner needs a new battery.

Lap 253 - Rusty Wallace blew a tire .... he was leading..... came back out in 31st position 2 laps down.

Lap 283 - Jeremy Mayfield pits Starting Green Flag Pits ....
--Tony Steward ran out of gas in turn 2 .... lost a lot of track position trying to get restarted in the pits
-- Rusty is now back up to 3rd position on the lead lap!

CAUTION #10 Lap #309 Tony Stewart and Jimmy Spencer got together, Jimmy Spencer spun 
-- Mike Skinner got his new battery.

RESTART Lap # 318 What a mess of a restart....Leaders in the middle??? almost a lap down drivers in the main mix huh? I have a headache lol!

CAUTION #11 Lap #364 Bobby Labonte spins.

RESTART Lap #371 
*-* Ricky Craven and Steve Park were penilized for passing on the wrong side on the restart.

CAUTION #12 Lap #382 Robby Gordon and Rich Bickle got together, Rich Bickle hits the inside wall. His #60 Power Team car got stuck in the wet grass

RESTART Lap #388 

CAUTION #13 Lap #392 Dale Jarrett and Ricky Rudd, Brett Bodine and Jimmy Spencer all got together in some tight racin'
-- Bobby Labonte raced and got his lead back, Just missing Brett Bodine

RESTART Lap #402
Michael Waltrip lost 3rd gear on the restart and messed up the field a lil'.

CAUTION #14 Record Tying for this race - Lap #410 Dave Blaney and Robby Gordon wrecked.

RESTART Lap #415 

CAUTION #15 A Record # Cautions for this race Lap #432 Jerry Nadeau spins and hits the wall.
-- Ward Burtons #22 car fell off the jack in the pits ,,, he lost 9 positions.

RESTART Lap #444

CAUTION #16 Lap #466 Sterling Marlin And Steve Park got together. Steve Park Spun.

RESTART Lap #470
Lap #478 Rusty Wallace and Chad Little got together, Chad Little and Bobby Hamilton spun NO CAUTION!
Lap #479 Steve Park and Sterling Marlin got together, Sterling Marlin spun NO CAUTION Again!

CAUTION #17 Record Tying for this track - Lap #487 Rusty Wallace and Bobby Hamilton wreck

Less than 10 laps to go,,,,single file restart
RESTART Lap # 495
Michael Waltrip and John Andretti, Andretii spins

Mark Martin is the 8th winner this season, with as many races! 
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The Bud Pole went to Rusty Wallace for his 500th career start.  Rusty turned in a lap of 94.827 mph to beat his bother Kenny Wallace by .052 of a second (94.775 mph).  Mike Skinner started in third place, (4th) Brett Bodine, (5th) Jeff Burton, (6th) Jerry Nadeau, (7th) Ricky Rudd, (8th) Sterling Marlin, (9) Bill Elliott, and to round out the top 10 starters is Bobby Hamilton.

After 6 Busch Grand National wins, so far, this season. Martin gets his first WINSTON Cup win, shocking even himself.  Martin said "We stole one today". This is Martin's 2nd win in this race the other victory was in 1992. 

Mark taking his 32nd career win, is the 8th winner this season, in as many races.  

Rusty Wallace started off on the pole and lead most of the laps in the Goody's 500.  Rusty's headache's began while he was in the lead on Lap 253. The #2 Ford blew a tire, Wallace came back out in 31st position 2 laps down.  He quickly came back up into the lead again, only to be involved in to wrecks, one on lap 470 and the other on lap 487. Martin gambled on his tires and stayed on the track during a caution with 64 laps to go, and dominated the remainder of the race.

Mark Martin won with a margin of victory of 1.505 seconds over teammate and Native Virginian Jeff Burton said "Me finishing second today is borderline a felony, We might need to spend a few hours in jail before we go home, because we didn't deserve to finish second."  

Goody's is the best sponsor for this race, many left with headaches.  A record tying 17, wreck filled, cautions slowed the race with an average speed of 71.161 mph, for 112 laps. When asked "What was it like out there" Jeremy Mayfield replied "Crazy. A lot of wrecks, a lot of cautions, a lot of track position, a lot of weird stuff going on." And Tony Stewart said "I saw a lot of stuff out there that I wasn't used to seeing and didn't expect to see today. Especially the last 75 or 100 laps, it was definitely a war zone out there."

After problems with tires not being removed from pit lane NASCAR warned teams last week that "Right-side tears impeding other drivers are likely to result in penalties." This began in Martinsville, NASCAR wasn't kidding, they said "Each team will be responsible for picking up their right side tires immediately during a pit stop."  So when the teams of Jeff Gordon, Ward Burton Ken Schrader, Kyle Petty and Kevin Lapage did not remove the tire's for a 2 tire stop, prior to the driver leaving the pit, they were penalized. There were several other penalties in the race, Matt Kenseth for not heeding to a stop sign at the end pit road.  Gary Bradberry was penalized, unsure of what this was for.  Mike Bliss was held on pit road, Ricky Craven and Steve Park were penalized for passing on the wrong side on restart #11.

Martinsville can always brings out the tempers in a driver. Last year was Kenny Irwin and Tony Stewart, This year was no different, Steve Park and Sterling Marlin had several "Mishaps" together.  But the worse temper award should probably go to John Andretti for the anger he showed to Michael Waltrip after they got together in the last laps of the race. Andretti, the races defending champion, went into the grass and Michael went on to take 3rd.  Andretti, who finished 14th, ran to Waltrip's car after the race and said "There's no excuse for it, It's just real upsetting to get spun our for no reason."  Michael Waltrip was visibly upset by Andretti's actions.  Waltrip said "I would rather finish 15th than have happen what did," he also said (it) "hurt my heart." 

The race, which lasted 3 hrs., 41 min., 45., had 14 lead changes among eight drivers, Rusty Wallace 1-50, Mike Skinner 51-57, Wallace 58-104, Ward Burton 105-112, Wallace 113-143, Bobby Labonte 144-149, Wallace 150-253, Dale Earnhardt 257-298, Skinner 299-301, Ken Schrader 302-309, Michael Waltrip 310, Schrader 311-325, Wallace 326-436, Mark Martin 437-500. 

Martin's Win keeps Ford in the lead for the Manufacturer's Championship, with 4 wins and 51 points, they are only one point ahead of 2nd place Pontiac with 2 wins and 50 points. Chevrolet, in 3rd, also has 2 wins and they are 5 points down with 46 points.

Current Points leader Bobby Labonte, finished 12th and with Mark Martin's win there is only 36 points separating them. 
 

The unofficial top ten finishers with money earned:  
 1 (21) Mark Martin      Ford   $104,650 
 2  (5) Jeff Burton      Ford     91,150 
 3 (34) Michael Waltrip  Chevy    79,850 
 4 (11) Jeff Gordon      Chevy    65,530 
 5 (28) Dale Jarrett     Ford     65,125 
 6 (37) Tony Stewart     Pont.    52,825 
 7 (24) Jeremy Mayfield  Ford     43,575 
 8  (9) Bill Elliott     Ford     44,550 
 9 (17) Dale Earnhardt   Chevy    48,550 
10  (1) Rusty Wallace    Ford     64,100