Jimmie Johnson wins at Martinsville

Jimmie Johnson won the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway, completing the season sweep and chipping in to Jeff Gordon's lead in the Chase standings.
Johnson finished ahead of Ryan Newman and Gordon in a green-white-checkered finish. The race went over the scheduled 500 laps and finished on lap 506.
Bobby Labonte and Casey Mears crashed in lap 496 to set up the extra laps and extended race. Seven drivers in the Chase finished in the top 10. Clint Bowyer, who struggled early in the race, came in ninth and is 105 points behind Gordon for the lead in the Chase for the Nextel Cup standings.
Johnson entered the race in second place in the Chase standings and 68 points behind Gordon, his teammate at Hendrick Motorspors. With the win, Johnson is 53 points out of first.
Gordon led the most laps, 168, followed by Johnson who led 147 laps.
Kyle Busch was fourth and Matt Kenseth was fifth im a race that had 21 caution periods for 125 laps.