Nascar Sprint Cup – Newman leader di Martinsville

E’ Ryan Newman la sorpresa del sesto appuntamento della Nascar Sprint Cup 2012 in scena a Martinsville. Il driver dello Stewart Haas Racing s’impone inaspettatamente al termine di un finale scoppiettante che vede protagonisti Jeff Gordon e Jimmie Johnson del team Hendrick Motorsports e Clint Bowyer del Michael Waltrip Racing.

I primi due erano in testa fin quando un contatto con Bowyer non ha messo fine alle loro speranze di vittoria. Ne approfitta, dunque,  Newman che conquista il primo successo dell’anno davanti ad AJ Allmendinger e a Dale Earnhardt Jr che porta qualche punticino e una piccola consolazione per il team Hendrick Motorsport salendo fino al secondo posto in classifica generale.

Results - 515 laps:

Pos  Driver              Team/Car                         Time/Gap
 1.  Ryan Newman         Stewart-Haas Chevrolet       3h26m12.000s
 2.  AJ Allmendinger     Penske Dodge                     + 0.537s
 3.  Dale Earnhardt Jr   Hendrick Chevrolet               + 1.147s
 4.  Matt Kenseth        Roush Fenway Ford                + 1.277s
 5.  Martin Truex Jr     Waltrip Toyota                   + 1.559s
 6.  Denny Hamlin        Gibbs Toyota                     + 1.730s
 7.  Tony Stewart        Stewart-Haas Chevrolet           + 2.447s
 8.  Aric Almirola       Petty Ford                       + 2.967s
 9.  Brad Keselowski     Penske Dodge                     + 3.827s
10.  Clint Bowyer        Waltrip Toyota                  + 17.795s
11.  Carl Edwards        Roush Fenway Ford               + 18.430s
12.  Jimmie Johnson      Hendrick Chevrolet              + 28.538s
13.  Greg Biffle         Roush Fenway Ford                 + 1 lap
14.  Jeff Gordon         Hendrick Chevrolet                + 1 lap
15.  Marcos Ambrose      Petty Ford                        + 1 lap
16.  Regan Smith         Furniture Row Chevrolet          + 2 laps
17.  Bobby Labonte       JTG Daugherty Toyota             + 2 laps
18.  Brian Vickers       Waltrip Toyota                   + 2 laps
19.  Kevin Harvick       Childress Chevrolet              + 2 laps
20.  Jamie McMurray      Earnhardt-Ganassi Chevrolet      + 2 laps
21.  Juan Pablo Montoya  Earnhardt-Ganassi Chevrolet      + 3 laps
22.  Jeff Burton         Childress Chevrolet              + 3 laps
23.  Joey Logano         Gibbs Toyota                     + 4 laps
24.  David Ragan         Front Row Ford                   + 4 laps
25.  Casey Mears         Germain Ford                     + 4 laps
26.  Paul Menard         Childress Chevrolet              + 5 laps
27.  Travis Kvapil       BK Toyota                        + 5 laps
28.  David Gilliland     Front Row Ford                   + 6 laps
29.  Landon Cassill      BK Toyota                        + 8 laps
30.  David Stremme       Inception Toyota                 + 9 laps
31.  Hermie Sadler       Childress Chevrolet             + 10 laps
32.  Ken Schrader        FAS Lane Ford                   + 12 laps
33.  Kurt Busch          Phoenix Chevrolet               + 18 laps

Retirements:

     Dave Blaney         Baldwin Chevrolet                439 laps
     David Reutimann     Baldwin Chevrolet                436 laps
     Kyle Busch          Gibbs Toyota                     435 laps
     JJ  Yeley           Robinson-Blakeney Toyota         359 laps
     Kasey Kahne         Hendrick Chevrolet               256 laps
     Joe Nemechek        NEMCO Toyota                      74 laps
     Michael McDowell    Parsons Ford                      60 laps
     Josh Wise           Front Row Ford                    49 laps
     Scott Riggs         R3 Chevrolet                      30 laps
     Reed Sorenson       Turn One Chevrolet