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McMurray wins as Johnson closes in on another Sprint Cup title

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Ryan Newman slides upside-down across the track at Talladega Superspeedway after crashing with Kevin Harvick in the AMP Energy 500.

McMurray wins as Johnson closes in on another Sprint Cup title

The race ended under caution, with McMurray in Victory Lane for the first time in 86 races. Jimmie Johnson, meanwhile, likely wrapped up his NASCAR-record fourth-consecutive championship because of all the late chaos.

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Racing Update
11/06/2009, 11:25 pm | Winston-Salem Journal

• 12:45: Nationwide O'Reilly Challenge; ESPN2 Ch. 32
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11/06/2009, 11:00 pm | TBO.com

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11/06/2009, 11:00 pm | Winston-Salem Journal

Mathematically, Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon still have a chance to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup title. The reality with three races left?
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11/06/2009, 11:00 pm | TBO.com

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NASCAR Update
11/05/2009, 11:55 pm | Winston-Salem Journal

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11/01/2009, 5:16 pm | TBO.com

TALLADEGA, Ala. - Jamie McMurray was the unlikely winner of an uncharacteristically dull race at Talladega Superspeedway, where a ban on bump-drafting forced most competitors to treat the event as a slow Sunday drive.
Is NASCAR more or less safe?
11/01/2009, 1:13 am | TBO.com

Michael Waltrip pulled up to the back of Jimmie Johnson's car, settled in on his bumper and shoved him all the way around Talladega Superspeedway as the two drivers worked on a strategy for NASCAR's fastest race track.

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