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closeKey Points | Some of Sunday's big moments
DAVID POOLE
The Charlotte Observer
Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007
Some of the turning points in Sunday's Subway 500 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway:
LAP 176 Jeff Gordon’s crew misses a lug nut, forcing him to return to pit road and dropping him back into traffic – and into potential peril until he can get back that track position.
LAP 457 Johnson gets the lead from Gordon, powering to the inside to inch ahead at the line before clearing the No. 24 and completing the pass just before a caution comes out.
LAP 466
Tony Stewart, trying to battle his way to a good finish, finds Kyle Petty’s wrecked Dodge right in his path through turns 3 and 4. It wasn’t a disaster – Stewart finished 13th – but it surely wasn’t what Stewart needed to stay in contention.
LAP 493
Ryan Newman moves up to battle Gordon for second place. Their cars bump as Newman begins to make the pass and make contact once again the next time around as the No. 12 Dodge clears Gordon’s Chevrolet.
LAP 505
As the cars complete the next-to-last lap, Newman gets his bumper alongside the rear wheels of Johnson’s car as a potential side-by-side battle for victory shaped up. But the 21st caution brought an end to that.
| TRACK FACTS Date opened: 1947 First major NASCAR-sanctioned event: Virginia 500, 5/20/56 Qualifying record: Ryan Newman, 97.043 mph (19.513 sec.), 10/22/04 Race record: Jeff Gordon, 82.223 mph, Sept. 22, 1996 Owner: W. Clay Campbell President: W. Clay Campbell Phone: (540) 956-3151 Tickets: (540) 956-3151 Shipping address: US Business 220 South Martinsville, VA 24112 Mailing address: PO Box 3311 Martinsville, VA 24115 |
TRACK CONFIGURATION Distance: .526-mile oval Banking in turns 1-4: 12 degrees Banking on straights: None Length of frontstretch: 800 feet Length of backstretch: 800 feet Grandstand seating: 91,000 Miles/laps: 263 miles, 500 laps |