NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Amp Energy 500 at Talladega - Race Results

Jamie McMurray, driver of the No. 26 IRWIN Marathon Ford, leads the field during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday in Talladega, Ala

Jamie McMurray, driver of the No. 26 IRWIN Marathon Ford, leads the field during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday in Talladega, Ala

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After 450 miles of what resembled a Sunday drive, the action picked up and the outcome was what everyone has come to expect at Talladega: An unlikely winner, two spectacular crashes and an army of drivers frustrated about restrictor-plate racing.

“I think we all know that’s what’s going to happen when we come to Talladega,” said Jeff Gordon, who ran out of gas and then wrecked – all in a five-lap span.

Jamie McMurray was the surprise winner, snapping an 86-race winless streak by leading 32 late laps and holding on in a race that ended under caution with Enumclaw’s Kasey Kahne second. TheNewsTribune.com

Kasey Kahne overcame a start from the rear of the field because of an engine change to finish second. Rookie Joey Logano came home third.

“I saw the guys wreck behind me, and I didn’t know if you had to take the white [flag] in order [to win the race]—I wasn’t real sure what the rules were—and the 9 [Kahne] went to the outside because he saw the same issue, but I just moved up and kind of tried to block him,” said McMurray, who won the third Cup race of his career. “As soon as I crossed the start/finish line, I shut the engine off and pushed the clutch in and coasted around as far as I could.” NASCAR


FIN	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE
1	26	Jamie McMurray 	Ford
2	9	Kasey Kahne 	Dodge
3	20	Joey Logano *	Toyota
4	16	Greg Biffle 	Ford
5	31	Jeff Burton 	Chevrolet
6	48	Jimmie Johnson 	Chevrolet
7	55	Michael Waltrip 	Toyota
8	9	Brad Keselowski 	Chevrolet
9	19	Elliott Sadler 	Ford
10	171	Bobby Labonte 	Chevrolet
11	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr. 	Chevrolet
12	33	Clint Bowyer 	Chevrolet
13	83	Brian Vickers 	Toyota
14	99	Carl Edwards 	Ford
15	18	Kyle Busch 	Toyota
16	43	Reed Sorenson 	Dodge
17	6	David Ragan 	Ford
18	36	Robert Richardson Jr.	Toyota
19	42	Juan Montoya 	Chevrolet
20	24	Jeff Gordon 	Chevrolet
21	29	Kevin Harvick 	Chevrolet
22	12	David Stremme 	Dodge
23	34	John Andretti 	Chevrolet
24	17	Matt Kenseth 	Ford
25	7	Casey Mears 	Chevrolet
26	0	David Reutimann 	Toyota
27	82	Scott Speed *	Toyota
28	5	Mark Martin 	Chevrolet
29	113	Max Papis *	Toyota
30	2	Kurt Busch 	Dodge
31	1	Martin Truex Jr. 	Chevrolet
32	7	Robby Gordon 	Toyota
33	44	A.J. Allmendinger 	Dodge
34	47	Marcos Ambrose 	Toyota
35	14	Tony Stewart 	Chevrolet
36	39	Ryan Newman 	Chevrolet
37	96	Erik Darnell 	Ford
38	11	Denny Hamlin 	Toyota
39	78	Regan Smith 	Chevrolet
40	77	Sam Hornish Jr. 	Dodge
41	66	Dave Blaney 	Toyota
42	98	Paul Menard 	Ford
43	187	Joe Nemechek 	Toyota

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