Restarting second thanks to a two-tire call on a Lap 140 pit stop, Jamie McMurray powered his No. 1 Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet past Kevin Harvick’s No. 29 Chevy on a restart with 11 laps left and pulled away to beat Harvick to the finish line by 1.391 seconds at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
McMurray started fourth in the 160-lap/400-mile race and ran solidly in the top-five for the majority of the race. He led twice for a total of 16 laps, the final time for the last 11 laps.
Kevin Harvick, No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet, finished second to extend his points lead to 184 points with six races remaining before the start of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Greg Biffle finished third, while Clint Bowyer and Tony Stewart rounded out the top-five.
Four-time defending NSCS champion Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, also suffered handling woes and crossed the finish line in 22nd place. Johnson is now fourth in the points order followed by Denny Hamlin.
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis - Race Results
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Kevin Harvick 2920 Leader 2 Jeff Gordon 2736 -184 3 Denny Hamlin 2660 -260 4 Jimmie Johnson 2659 -261 5 Kurt Busch 2658 -262 6 Kyle Busch 2630 -290 7 Jeff Burton 2615 -305 8 Matt Kenseth 2573 -347 9 Tony Stewart 2544 -376 10 Carl Edwards 2496 -424 11 Greg Biffle 2462 -458 12 Clint Bowyer 2446 -474 13 Mark Martin 2384 -536 14 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2353 -567 15 Ryan Newman 2299 -621 16 Jamie McMurray 2295 -625 17 Kasey Kahne 2290 -630 18 David Reutimann 2269 -651 19 Joey Logano 2241 -679 20 Martin Truex Jr. 2145 -775 21 A.J. Allmendinger 2136 -784 22 Juan Montoya 2121 -799 23 Paul Menard 2102 -818 24 David Ragan 1939 -981 25 Brad Keselowski 1936 -984 26 Scott Speed 1926 -994 27 Marcos Ambrose 1839 -1081 28 Elliott Sadler 1799 -1121 29 Sam Hornish Jr. 1768 -1152 30 Regan Smith 1663 -1257 31 Bobby Labonte 1537 -1383 32 Robby Gordon 1438 -1482 33 Travis Kvapil 1394 -1526 34 Kevin Conway* 1299 -1621 35 David Gilliland 1260 -1660 36 Brian Vickers 1158 -1762 37 David Stremme 825 -2095 38 Joe Nemechek 811 -2109 39 Mike Bliss 799 -2121 40 Max Papis 770 -2150 41 Dave Blaney 662 -2258 42 Bill Elliott 609 -2311 43 Casey Mears 599 -2321
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