Jamie McMurray, No. 1 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet, continued this self-described season of a lifetime with today’s win of the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He became just the third driver in the 17-year history of the race at the famed Brickyard to win both the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400 in the same season.
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.
McMurray’s victory put team owner Chip Ganassi in a class of his own by becoming the first team owner in history to win the Daytona 500, the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400 in the same season.
This victory marked the 12th time a Chevrolet driver has won the Brickyard 400; and McMurray’s win was the eighth consecutive for Team Chevy.
Team Chevy drivers captured four of the top-five and five of the top-10 finishing positions in race No. 20 of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) season.
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.
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.
Pole sitter Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 42 Target Chevrolet, led the most laps in today’s race until a two-car accident on lap 146 sent him to the garage. He was scored with the 32nd finishing position.
Greg Biffle (Ford-third) completed the top-five finishers.
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 2 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 3 16 Greg Biffle Ford 4 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 5 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 6 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 7 99 Carl Edwards Ford 8 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 9 20 Joey Logano Toyota 10 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 11 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 12 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 13 9 Kasey Kahne Ford 14 98 Paul Menard Ford 15 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 16 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 17 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 18 21 Bill Elliott Ford 19 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge 20 6 David Ragan Ford 21 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 22 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 23 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 24 37 Travis Kvapil Ford 25 82 Scott Speed Toyota 26 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 27 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 28 0 David Reutimann Toyota 29 132 Jacques Villeneuve Toyota 30 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 31 9 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 32 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 33 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 34 34 Kevin Conway * Ford 35 83 Reed Sorenson Toyota 36 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 37 164 Todd Bodine Toyota 38 19 Elliott Sadler Ford 39 71 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 40 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 41 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 42 55 Michael McDowell Toyota 43 13 Max Papis Toyota
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