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Bump ban produces single-file Talladega

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) To anyone watching, Sunday's race at Talladega Superspeedway looked like a high-speed protest of NASCAR's pre-race ban on bumping in turns.

Cars paraded around the 2.66-mile speedway in a long, single-file line after NASCAR made it clear that bump-drafting would not be tolerated.

"It wasn't like everybody was in their cars and we were like, 'Let's get single-file and prove a point' or 'Let's just follow each other,'" race-winner Jamie McMurray said. "You had to be in the outside groove because that's where all the momentum was."

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NASCAR Leaders: Points
RankDriverPointsWins
1 Jimmie Johnson 6248 6
2 Mark Martin 6064 5
3 Jeff Gordon 6056 1
4 Juan Pablo Montoya 6009 0
5 Tony Stewart 5969 4
6 Kurt Busch 5936 1
7 Greg Biffle 5908 0
8 Ryan Newman 5846 0
9 Kasey Kahne 5834 2
10 Carl Edwards 5811 0
11 Denny Hamlin 5800 3
12 Brian Vickers 5692 1
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