Jamie McMurray cleared Kyle Busch off Turn 2 after a restart on Lap 314 and pulled away from Busch to win Saturday night’s Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, site of McMurray’s first Sprint Cup Series victory in 2002.
It is the third NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win for McMurray in 2010. He led three times for a total of 65 laps on the way to his sixth career victory.
With a third place finish tonight, Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, maintained his lead in the Chase standings by 41 points with five races remaining in the season. The four-time defending Series’ champion led once tonight for a total of 15 laps.
Kevin Harvick, No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet, remains third in the standings after finishing eighth in final order tonight. Harvick is 77 points down to the leader.
Kyle Busch (Toyota) Denny Hamlin (Toyota) and Greg Biffle (Ford) complete the top-five finishers.
Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet, remains fourth in the standings despite a 23rd place finish at Charlotte. The four-time champion and tonight’s pole sitter suffered an electrical issue mid-way through the race that put him a lap down. He battled back to the lead lap but received a pit road speeding penalty late in the race that dropped him in the final order.
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Jamie McMurray Wins Bank of America 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race at Charlotte
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Bank of America 500 at Charlotte - Race Results
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Jimmie Johnson 5843 Leader 2 Denny Hamlin 5802 -41 3 Kevin Harvick 5766 -77 4 Jeff Gordon 5687 -156 5 Kyle Busch 5666 -177 6 Tony Stewart 5666 -177 7 Carl Edwards 5643 -200 8 Greg Biffle 5618 -225 9 Kurt Busch 5606 -237 10 Jeff Burton 5604 -239 11 Matt Kenseth 5587 -256 12 Clint Bowyer 5543 -300 13 Jamie McMurray 3786 -2057 14 Ryan Newman 3711 -2132 15 Mark Martin 3632 -2211 16 Juan Montoya 3590 -2253 17 David Reutimann 3520 -2323 18 Joey Logano 3499 -2344 19 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3455 -2388 20 A.J. Allmendinger 3419 -2424 21 Kasey Kahne 3398 -2445 22 Martin Truex Jr. 3383 -2460 23 Paul Menard 3207 -2636 24 David Ragan 3054 -2789 25 Brad Keselowski 2987 -2856 26 Marcos Ambrose 2981 -2862 27 Elliott Sadler 2777 -3066 28 Scott Speed 2774 -3069 29 Sam Hornish Jr. 2736 -3107 30 Regan Smith 2729 -3114 31 Bobby Labonte 2222 -3621 32 Travis Kvapil 2206 -3637 33 David Gilliland 2111 -3732 34 Kevin Conway* 1757 -4086 35 Robby Gordon 1690 -4153 36 Reed Sorenson 1355 -4488 37 Casey Mears 1189 -4654 38 Dave Blaney 1180 -4663 39 Joe Nemechek 1160 -4683 40 Brian Vickers 1158 -4685
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