RCR- Post Martinsville Report


NASCAR Sprint Cup Series   
RACE: Goody’s Fast Relief 500
TRACK: Martinsville Speedway  
DATE: April 1, 2012  
 
Race Highlights:       
Richard Childress Racing teammates finished 19th (Kevin Harvick), 22nd (Jeff Burton) and 26th (Paul Menard).
Harvick made 53 green-flag passes during the 500-mile event ranking him 13th in NASCAR Loop Data Statistics.
Havrick and the Budweiser is Back team led for 21 laps in the Goody’s Fast Relief 500.
Burton spent 252 laps running in the top 15 before suffering electrical issues.
Burton and the No. 31 BB&T team were credited with running the fastest lap of all competitors 13 times during the event.
Burton made 50 green-flag passes during the event which was extended to 515 laps.
Menard and the No. 27 Libman/Menards team ran as high as fifth and maintained an average running position of 21.56.
Menard completed 26 green-flag passes throughout the Goody’s Fast Relief 500.
Ryan Newman scored the win in Sunday’s race at Martinsville Speedway. He was followed to the checkered flag by AJ Allmendinger, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth and Martin Truex Jr.
The next Sprint Cup Series race is the Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday, April 14, televised live on FOX beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time and broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network and Sirius XM Satellite Radio beginning at 6:30 p.m. EST.