Filed under: Greg Biffle, Jamie McMurray, Juan Pablo Montoya, Sprint Cup, NASCAR

Jamie McMurray's crew gave him only two tires on his final pit stop, but that turned out to be the key to victory in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday.

McMurray was able to use his outside position to get past leader Kevin Harvick on the final restart with just a few laps to go.

"It's unbelievable," McMurray said in victory lane. "We didn't have the best car. But we made the right call with two tires. It's unreal right now. It was a really good day."

Harvick was second, followed by Greg Biffle, Clint Bowyer and Tony Stewart. Jeff Burton was sixth, followed by Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, Joey Logano and Kurt Busch.

The victory gave the Daytona 500 winner his first victory in NASCAR's biggest race of the summer, and gave car owner Chip Ganassi an unprecedented triple crown, with victories in the Daytona 500, the Indy 500 and now the Brickyard 400 in 2010. Ganassi is the first car owner to win both of Indy's big races in the same year.

"How about Chip winning the 500 and both of them?" McMurray said.

 

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