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CUP: McMurray A Close Second

At the end of 600 long miles, just 0.737 seconds separated Jamie McMurray and his team co-owner Chip Ganassi from making history.LINK> UNOFFICIAL RESULTS: COCA-COLA 600 - CHARLOTTEThat was the margin that McMurray trailed Kurt Busch to the checkered flag in Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.Earlier in the day, some 450 miles away, Dario Franchitti won the Indianapolis 500 in a Target Chip Ganassi Racing car, making Ganassi the first owner in history to win the Daytona 500 and Indy 500 in the same year. McMurray was trying to make Ganassi the first owner to ever win Indy and the Coke 600 on the same day, an achievement that truly would have been historic.And if it wasn’t for a late-race caution on Lap 378 of 400 for a Marcos Ambrose crash, he just might have pulled it off.Alas, t’was not to be.Busch’s No. 2 Dodge Charger was better on short runs, while McMurray’s No. 1 Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Chevrolet was at its best on the longer green-flag s...

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