Dale Earnhardt Jr., who was eliminated from the Chase after last week's race at Talladega, made himself and his fans feel better about his elimination by taking the win at Martinsville on Sunday, the first race of the Eliminator round of the Chase. It was Earnhardt's fourth win of the season and his first at the Virginia short track. All prior Chase races this year had been won by a driver still in the Chase. The race to get into the Championship round still has all eight remaining drivers up for grabs.
Earnhardt's teammate Jeff Gordon, the defending champion of the race, led the most laps and finished second. There were two red flags for crashes in the final laps, one involving Casey Mears and another Hendrick driver, Kasey Kahne, with Danica Patrick and Brad Keselowski also getting damage. Other Chase drivers, both eliminated and not, also ran into problems throughout the race such as speeding penalties and engine failures. The Eliminator round continues next week at Texas.
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