STP 500 Results

STP 500 Results

Kurt Busch won his second grandfather clock this afternoon by winning the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Busch hung around the top 5 all day but then managed to get around Jimmie Johnson following a late race restart. Busch and Johnson had an exciting battle over the final 30 laps as the two drivers swapped the lead several times. Johnson is considered one of the best in NASCAR history at Martinsville Speedway and was closing in on his 9th victory at the short half mile track. However, Busch used some aggressive driving to get around the #48 machine and ultimately hold him off for the final 10 laps to score his first victory with Stewart-Haas Racing. Early in the race, Kurt Busch got into the back of Brad Keselowski on pit road damaging both cars in the process. Keselowski’s car received heavy damage and had to go to the garage for repairs. When Keselowski returned to the track, he got into the #41 car on several occasions to show his displeasure with Busch. However, Busch was able to overcome the adversity while scoring his first Sprint Cup Series victory since 2011. Check out the rest of the STP 500 results below: