Earnhardt Jr. wins a week late
MARTINSVILLE, TN (TheSpread) – Dale Earnhardt Jr. got a win, but it came a week late, as he won the Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500 on Sunday.
The race featured plenty of wrecks and trouble, but Earnhardt Jr. found a way to lead at the end. He finished with 79 laps led, as he came away with a win despite being out of the Chase. A win last week at Talladega would have allowed him to still be contending for the Chase at this point.
According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, Earnhardt Jr. had 15/1 odds to win this race coming into the week, which means a wager of $100 on him to win will pay out an additional $1,500.
Jeff Gordon finished second on the day and led the most laps, which will help his efforts to reach the final Chase race. He now leads the point standings by 3 over Ryan Newman, who was third on Sunday. Gordon is 7 points ahead of the fifth-place driver, Denny Hamlin.
For a complete look at the results from the 2014 Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500, see below
2014 Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500 Results
1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88)
2 Jeff Gordon (24)
3 Ryan Newman (31)
4 Tony Stewart (14)
5 Joey Logano (22)
6 Matt Kenseth (20)
7 Clint Bowyer (15)
8 Denny Hamlin (11)
9 AJ Allmendinger (47)
10 David Ragan (34)
11 Kyle Busch (18)
12 Austin Dillon (3)
13 Greg Biffle (16)
14 Paul Menard (27)
15 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (17)
16 Jamie McMurray (1)
17 Justin Allgaier (51)
18 Cole Whitt (26)
19 Landon Cassill (40)
20 Carl Edwards (99)
21 Aric Almirola (43)
22 David Gilliland (38)
23 Marcos Ambrose (9)
24 Michael Annett (7)
25 Josh Wise (98)
26 Mike Wallace (66)
27 Brian Vickers (55)
28 Kyle Fowler (32)
29 Alex Bowman (23)
30 Kyle Larson (42)
31 Brad Keselowski (2)
32 Jimmie Johnson (48)
33 Kevin Harvick (4)
34 Danica Patrick (10)
35 Reed Sorenson (36)
36 Kurt Busch (41)
37 Casey Mears (13)
38 Martin Truex Jr. (78)
39 J.J. Yeley (83)
40 Kasey Kahne (5)
41 Travis Kvapil (33)
42 Timmy Hill (144)
43 Clay Rogers (93)
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