Juan Pablo Montoya was the class of the field as he drove his No. 42 Target Chevrolet to victory lane in the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen. It is Montoya’s second career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) victory in 131 starts, both coming on the two road courses in the Series’ schedule.
Starting third in the 43-car field, Montoya led four times for a total of 74 of the 90 laps in today’s race at Watkins Glen International. The only time he wasn’t score the leader was during pit-stop cycles. He jumps two positions in the points to 19th position.
Montoya’s Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing teammate, Jamie McMurray, No. 1 McDonald’s Chevrolet, finished sixth today after starting second. He sits 15th in the standings, 84 points out of the top-12 point positions with four races remaining until the start of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Kurt Busch (Dodge), Marcos Ambrose (Toyota), A.J. Allmendinger (Ford) and Carl Edwards (Ford) completed the top-five finishers.
Tony Stewart, No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet, finished seventh and remains eighth in the standings. It was the 12th top-10 finish of the season for the two-time NSCS champion driving his own Stewart-Hass Racing Chevrolet.
Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet, finished 10th to give Team Chevy five of the top-10 finishers. The four-time NSCS Hendrick Motorsports driver is second in the standings.
Kevin Harvick, No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet, remains the points leader holding a 185 point lead. A flat tire in the closing stages of the race dropped him down from garnering another top-10 finish as he held on to finish in 11th place.
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 2 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 3 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 4 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 5 99 Carl Edwards Ford 6 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 7 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 8 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 9 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 10 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 11 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 12 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 13 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 14 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 15 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 16 98 Paul Menard Ford 17 9 Kasey Kahne Ford 18 71 Andy Lally Chevrolet 19 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 20 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge 21 26 Patrick Carpentier Ford 22 13 Max Papis Toyota 23 0 David Reutimann Toyota 24 16 Greg Biffle Ford 25 6 David Ragan Ford 26 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 27 38 David Gilliland Ford 28 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 29 19 Elliott Sadler Ford 30 37 Travis Kvapil Ford 31 34 Kevin Conway * Ford 32 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 33 20 Joey Logano Toyota 34 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 35 9 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 36 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 37 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 38 83 Boris Said Toyota 39 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 40 36 Ron Fellows Chevrolet 41 207 P.J. Jones Toyota 42 55 Michael McDowell Toyota 43 82 Scott Speed Toyota
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