
Congrats to Jimmie J for the win, but the story of the day was Montoya getting flagged for speeding. Montoya was in cruise control as he led 116 laps and built a 5-second lead over the competition. Then NASCAR flagged him for speeding on a routine pit stop with 35 laps remaining.the penalty took him out of contention and relegated him to an 11th-place finish. Montoya, who had moved as high as sixth in the Sprint Cup standings as he ran out front, instead lost a spot and is now 10th in the race for the Chase for the championship.enalty opened up the race for anyone else to claim, and overshadowed Johnson's third win in the last four years at Indy. Johnson, who won for the third time this season, also became the first driver to win in consecutive seasons. A cut tire caused Kyle Busch to finish 38th and drop out of contention for the Chase. The bad day cost him four spots in the standings. He is 14th with six races left to set the 12-driver Chase field. The standings as of tonight:
1. T.Stewart, 3,054;
2. J.Johnson, 2,862;
3. J.Gordon, 2,847;
4. Ku.Busch, 2,608;
5. C.Edwards, 2,556;
6. D.Hamlin, 2,518;
7. R.Newman, 2,506;
8. K.Kahne, 2,482;
9. M.Martin, 2,471;
10. J.Montoya, 2,461;
11. G.Biffle, 2,445;
12. M.Kenseth, 2,429.
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