McMurray wins Brickyard 400, gives Ganassi "triple crown"

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07/25/2010 - Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jamie McMurray gave team owner Chip Ganassi a trifecta in American motorsports on Sunday by the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

McMurray, who won the Daytona 500 in February, grabbed the lead from Kevin Harvick after the final restart with 11 laps remaining. He then beat Harvick by 1.4 seconds to become the third driver to win the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400 in the same season.

He also gave Ganassi the "triple crown" this year, as Ganassi became the only owner to win the Daytona 500, Indianapolis 500 and the 400-mile race at Indy in the same season.

Dario Franchitti gave Ganassi the victory in the Indy 500 in May.

Greg Biffle finished third, while Clint Bowyer and Tony Stewart completed the top-five.

Juan Pablo Montoya once again dominated Indy by leading 86 of 160 laps, but a tire strategy late in the race ended up backfiring for the Colombian driver. Montoya later got loose and slammed into the wall. He wound up finishing 32nd.

With his second-place finish, Harvick increased his lead to 184 points over Jeff Gordon, who finished 23rd.

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Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.