Jamie McMurray Wins Nationwide Race at Atlanta

Filed under: Carl Edwards, Jamie McMurray, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Nationwide Series, NASCARJamie McMurray continued his spectacular season on the racetrack with a victory in the Nationwide race at Atlanta Motor Speedway Saturday night -- his first in the series in six years.

McMurray jumped into the lead on the final restart and stretched his advantage to about one second before giving up most of that at the end, taking the checkered flag about five car lengths ahead of Kyle Busch.

The official margin of victory was .286 of a second.

It was McMurray's eighth victory in the series, but his first since 2004. And it denied Busch his 11th win of the season, which will be a record if he achieves it.

Carl Edwards was third, followed by Kevin Harvick and Matt Kenseth.

McMurray, driving for Dale Earnhardt Jr's JR Motorsports, led 48 laps on his way to a win in a stellar season that also includes victories in the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

"It was a really good day and Dale Jr. gave me a great opportunity to drive this car," McMurray told ESPN in victory lane. "Man, it's cool to win one of these races. It feels really good going into the (Sprint Cup) race tomorrow." Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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