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Who's the 600 favorite? Just look back one week (NASCAR.com)
After his victory this past weekend in the Sprint All-Star Race, McMurray is the only driver with a shot at achieving the ultimate goal for every NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competitor at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May -- following a triumph in the non-points exhibition with a win in the Coca-Cola 600, one of the biggest events of the season, much less the month. But McMurray's chances of duplicating that 2010 feat might be better than you think, despite the fact that the Chip Ganassi Racing driver has won just a single points event -- that at Talladega Superspeedway last fall -- over the past three seasons at NASCAR's highest level. Granted, the exhibition this season concluded with a mandatory four-tire stop and 10-lap sprint that didn't exactly give anyone the opportunity to make a real leap from the back of the pack, and the 600 is a completely different animal which places a premium on reliability and strategy at the end. But having a good car is half the battle, and McMurray clearly had one, and at a time of night that could well replicate what drivers will be facing this Sunday evening when the NASCAR marathon nears its conclusion. More...
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