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Cassill With Impressive Start in Brickyard Debut (VIDEO)
Scott Saville
Jul. 25, 2010 8:02 pm
INDIANAPOLIS- Cedar Rapids native Landon Cassill qualified 20th for the Brickyard 400. Cassill was leading the race at lap 17 and was second with 51 laps complete. Landon's car overheated on lap 53 and he finished 39th place in his first Brickyard 400.
Jamie McMurray has became just the third driver to win both the Daytona 500 and The Brickyard in the same
season, capitalizing Sunday when teammate Juan Pablo Montoya
suffered a second consecutive heartbreak at Indianapolis Motor
Speedway.
Montoya dominated the race for the second straight year, but
gave up the lead when he took four tires on a late pit stop. Six
cars in front of him took two tires, including McMurray, who
restarted as the leader with 18 laps to go Sunday.
Montoya restarted in seventh and tried desperately to charge
back through the field. But his aggressive driving caused him to
lose control and crash with 15 laps to go.
McMurray then held off Kevin Harvick to claim his second crown
jewel victory this year.