The majority of drivers using the R07 Chevrolet engines developed in the DEI-Richard Childress Racing joint venture had issues, beginning with Chase driver Jeff Burton. Burton finished 91 laps of 188 before a blown engine took him out of contention. Martin Truex Jr. took a hit in the Chase standings after engine problem in Sunday's UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. His engine expired on lap 113 of the 188 lap event. Truex had been running in the top ten at the time. The blown engine gave Truex Jr. a 42nd place finish at Talladega. He drops two spots to 10th in the point standings, trailing leader Jeff Gordon by 300 points. Dale Earnhardt Jr. brought the crowd to its feet when he surged to the lead on Lap 31 and stayed there until Lap 58. Here, he bump drafts Kyle Busch. But Earnhardt's hopes of winning for the sixth time at Talladega ended on Lap 136 when his engine exploded on the frontstretch, the sixth time this season Earnhardt has retired from a race with engine failure.
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