MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Jeff Gordon held on in a three-lap dash with Tony Stewart, who still grabbed a 15-point lead over third-place finisher Jimmie Johnson in the Chase for the championship Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.

Gordon, a four-time champion who didn't qualify for the 10-race, Nextel Cup playoff, completed a sweep of the season's two races on the .526-mile speedway -- the oldest, shortest and tightest run in NASCAR's premier stock car series.

As he did in April, Gordon said he was dedicating the victory at the Subway 500 to the 10 people killed a year ago when a Hendrick Motorsports plane crashed on the way to the track.

"It's been awhile," Gordon said in Victory Lane after his 73rd career victory, fourth this year and first since May 1 at Talladega. "What a great, great feeling." More