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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Concerns about a half-empty race track dogged NASCAR long before Sunday's race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where the sanctioning body's top officials didn't want to discuss attendance or any other ailments plaguing the nation's No. 1 racing series.

Daytona 500 champion Jamie McMurray wins The Brickyard

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Ganassi completes Daytona-Indy-Brickyard sweep

INDIANAPOLIS( AP) -- With Jamie McMurray's victory in the Brickyard 400 on Sunday, owner Chip Ganassi claimed the first team triple crown in American auto racing: winning the Daytona 500, Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400 in the same year.

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INDIANAPOLIS Jamie McMurray followed teammate Juan Pablo Montoya around and around historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway, almost resigned to settling for a second-place finish. McMurray had already won one big race this year and as a firm believer in fate, he figured Sundays Brickyard 400 was Montoyas chance to celebrate.