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SONOMA, Calif. Samson Ebukam Jersey . -- The post-race party was a blur after Martin Truex Jr.s first win in 2007. The celebratory cool-down lap, the burnouts, the drive to Victory Lane all happened so fast. So he planned to savour every minute of his next win. He just didnt think it would take six years. Truex snapped a 218-race winless streak Sunday with an easy victory on the road course at Sonoma Raceway. It was only the second win of Truexs career, but it put Michael Waltrip Racing in Victory Lane for the second year in a row after Clint Bowyer won here last season. Overwhelmed with emotion as he crossed the finish line, Truex made the celebration count. "I was a freaking mess. It was terrible," he said. "I had to stop and start doing donuts because I couldnt think about what I was doing. I tried to key the radio once and I couldnt even talk. So I thought, OK, Im going to do some donuts and wave to the fans. But after I stopped the first time and did that, I calmed down a little bit and I just wanted to make sure I took my time coming back, because I remember at Dover it all happens way too fast. You never know when youre going to get that opportunity again." Truex blew out his rear tires, tried to wave to every single fan he saw, and took a slow drive around the picturesque road course on his way to Victory Lane, where the MWR crew was waiting to drink from the winners enormous wine glass. "I told them on the radio, if theyre waiting on me, too bad. Im taking my time," he said. "You cant explain the feeling. When its been that long and you worked so hard and youve been so close ... when you think at times, Man, is this ever going to happen again? You cant explain the feeling. Its pretty surreal." Truex worked his way to the front and used strategy to stay with the leaders. He then pulled away after the final restart and built a healthy lead of more than six seconds over Juan Pablo Montoya, who was running second until he ran out of gas on the final lap. "Im ecstatic. But Im not exactly sure how that happened," said Truex, who admitted he wasnt pleased with his car following Fridays practices. "The car was just phenomenal all day long and once I was near the front and didnt have to run the car 110 per cent, it just would stay with me on the long runs and I was able to drive away from everyone." Montoya, who came into the weekend knowing if he didnt win he would at least have a huge points day, dropped all the way to 34th after having to coast to the finish. He took a shortcut to skip the final turn, drifted to the finish line and parked. He then walked back to the garage, annoyed his Chip Ganassi Racing team never told him to save fuel. "Weve got tools to prevent things like that from happening," Montoya said. "I dont know if all the fuel didnt go," Montoya said. "This is what weve been doing all year. We all work together and were all trying to do the best we can. Half the reason were 20-something in points -- were not 20-something in points because were not running fast. Were 20-something in points because we had a lot of mechanical problems and days like this we throw them away." Crew chief Chris Heroy was perplexed about the shortage. "We dont know what happened -- we were on the same strategy as (Truex)," Heroy said through a team spokeswoman. "Were going to go back to the shop and figure it out." Montoya got little sympathy from Kyle Busch, who was spun by Montoya early in the race when Montoya drove too deep into a corner and wheel-hopped over a curb. "Awww. My heart melts for (at)jpmontoya who ran out of gas," Busch tweeted moments after the race. Jeff Gordon finished second a week after he was wrecked six laps into the race at Michigan, but felt like he might have had a chance to win if he had not already committed to pit seconds before a caution came out early in the race. "I mean, I really do think we had a shot winning this race. We had a tremendous car," Gordon said. "I knew we were screwed. There was nothing I could do; I was hard on the brakes, fully committed. I couldnt turn away from it, I just knew we had to eat it and go on, and thats what we did." Carl Edwards was third, followed by Kurt Busch, who climbed back from a pair of speeding penalties. "Yeah, we were fast, even on pit road. Twice," Busch laughed. "I messed-up, flat-out. I didnt hit my tachometer right and I was speeding both times. It was one of those where Im like, how does that happen? I just put myself in a position that was poor trying to get too much on pit road." Bowyer wound up fifth in a strong day for the MWR Toyotas. Kasey Kahne was sixth and followed by Marcos Ambrose, who was extremely disappointed he didnt win a race in which he was heavily favoured. "Its OK. We got a top-10 out of it," Ambrose said. "I wanted to win. Of course I wanted to win, but thats the way it goes." Greg Biffle was eighth and followed by Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick in the top 10. The race got off to an inauspicious start before it even began with a pit road accident, a mechanical issue for Jacques Villeneuve of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., and an oil line failure for Bobby Labonte. The accident occurred as the cars were headed onto the track and David Reutimann stopped his car on pit road. Alex Kennedy stopped behind Reutimann, and Paulie Harraka slammed into the back of Kennedy. The damage wasnt significant enough to prevent Harraka from making his Sprint Cup Series debut. But it was a short-lived race for the first driver to advance from NASCARs diversity program into a Cup race -- Harraka spun and crashed his car six laps later. Meanwhile, a parts failure caused Labonte to dump oil all over pit road before the race and he was forced to take his car to the garage for a quick repair. Labonte made it onto the track for the green flag, but his engine failed on the first lap. "It blew up, dude," Labonte said on his radio. "Something in the bottom engine because it had no oil pressure." Villeneuve had an issue shifting his gears and had to stay on pit road for a quick repair before trying to catch up to the field at the start of the race. He made it, but the problem wasnt completely corrected and he was back on pit road after 19 laps for more repairs. Busch had back-to-back speeding penalties in yet another race that slipped away. He led 15 laps, lost the lead to former teammate Brad Keselowski, then was flagged for speeding when he went in for a scheduled pit stop. He had to return to pit road for a stop-and-go penalty and was flagged for speeding again. It dropped Busch to 38th in the running order, from where he had to climb back to steal his strong finish. His brother also had his share of problems. Kyle Busch was spun early in the race by Montoya to lose a ton of track position, then gave up everything he made up when he was caught speeding on pit road. He also spun at least two more times during the race. Danica Patrick, thought to be a contender based on her strong runs in Nationwide Series road races, struggled all weekend to find speed and was done in by a flat rear tire just past the halfway point. The tire issue caused her to spin into a barrier and make multiple pit stops for repairs. "It was a long day, a long weekend," Patrick said. "We just couldnt get the car to the point where I was comfortable with it. We just couldnt get much to go our way this weekend. Having the cut tire and going into the tire barrier was just sort of salt in the wound." Pole-sitter Jamie McMurray never even led a lap under green as he was passed at the start by Ambrose, and his race took a big hit when he later ran off course with a tire problem and lost a lap. Cory Littleton Jersey . Despite the cost, effort and an improved steroid test, its possible that very few -- if any -- positives will be detected, Dr. Richard Budgett told The Associated Press in an interview. "We just dont know what the results from Torino will be," Budgett said. Cheap John Johnson Jersey . JOHNS, N. http://www.cheapramsjerseyselite.com/?tag=cheap-sammy-watkins-jersey . Neymar curled home a free kick from just outside the area to put the 2014 World Cup host ahead in the 44th minute. Three minutes after the break, a simple through pass from Paulinho freed Oscar and the Chelsea star rounded goalkeeper Jung Sung-ryong to extend Brazils lead. WASHINGTON -- Max Scherzer believes the Washington Nationals were one hanging curveball away from beating the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of their NL Division Series.Scherzer hung a curveball to Justin Turner that became a two-run home run and gave up a home run to Corey Seager as the Nationals lost to the Dodgers 4-3 on Friday night. Nationals hitters decried the missed opportunities of going 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position, but Washingtons ace took the blame for mistakes that proved costly.Giving up those two home runs, I really feel like that was the difference in the ballgame, said Scherzer, who allowed four runs and five hits in six innings. Im accountable for that, and Ill shoulder that, and Ill take the blame for that. I know Im capable of executing pitches at a higher level and Ive got to do it.Scherzer (0-1) allowed a solo shot to Seager on a first-pitch fastball in the first inning that the rookie shortstop drilled to center field. Seager said the Dodgers were looking for any runs they could get off Scherzer, a 20-game winner and NL Cy Young Award candidate.In the third, Los Angeles scratched across another run on an RBI single by Chase Utley;?then Utley broke up a potential double play and set the stage for Turner to go deep to left.Scherzer said the third inning will keep him up late at night. He settled down and didnt allow a run from that point on, but Turners blast loomed large.We were pretty aggressive, and that kind of affected the way Max pitched to us, said Turner, who had 27 home runs during the regular season. The second time through, he went through all the secondary stuff even more than we saw him do on tape. Thats what you have to do; you have to make adjustments on the fly and see what other teams are doing and attacking, and you have to try to make adjustments with them.The Nationals got to Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw (1-0) for three runs on eight hits in five innings. Anthony Rendon had a two-run single in the third, and rookie Trea Turner drove in another run with a sacrificee fly in the fourth. Alec Ogletree Jersey. But shortstop Danny Espinosa struck out three times -- with two runners on each time -- and Washington got only one hit in four innings against L.A. relievers Joe Blanton, Grant Dayton, Pedro Baez and Kenley Jansen. Manager Dusty Baker acknowledged Espinosa didnt have a very good night, but teammates shared the responsibility for the offensive futility.Were a great team, said reigning NL MVP Bryce Harper, who went 1-for-5 with a double and a run scored. When we get guys on base, we usually have pretty dang good at-bats and usually get those guys in. Definitely tough scoring three runs tonight.MURPHY CAUGHT STEALINGOf all the Nationals missed opportunities, no bad decision loomed larger than one in the seventh inning when second baseman Daniel Murphy walked and took off to try to steal second off Baez. Murphy was coming off missing time with a strained glute, had the green light to go because he thought Baezs delivery was slow, and was thrown out by catcher Yasmani Grandal.Theres only two choices on that play: Its either be safe or dont run, and I cant get thrown out right there, Murphy said. It cost me an at-bat in the ninth inning as well, running into an out on the bases.TRAINERS ROOMNationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg threw a bullpen session hours before Game 1 -- his first time on a mound since he hurt his right elbow a month ago. He was ruled out for the NLDS, but the Nationals hope he can return if the team advances. ... All-Star C Wilson Ramos, out for the season with a torn knee ligament, threw out the ceremonial first pitch.UP NEXTIn Game 2, RHP Tanner Roark (16-10, 2.83 ERA) starts for the Nationals, taking the assignment that likely would have gone to Strasburg if he were healthy. LHP Rich Hill (3-2, 1.84 ERA in six starts after a trade from Oakland) will pitch for the Dodgers. He was let go from Washingtons Triple-A Syracuse affiliate last year. NFL Jerseys From ChinaCheap NFL Jerseys AuthenticWholesale Jerseys ChinaCheap Jerseys From ChinaDiscount NFL JerseysCheap NFL Jerseys AuthenticWholesale NFL Jerseys ' ' '
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