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Brian Vickers a surprise winner at New Hampshire

LOUDON, N.H. - Brian Vickers pulled into the lead late and took off on the green-white-checkered finish to win Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Brian Vickers won in New Hampshire to end a 75-race Sprint Cup winless streak. (Mary Schwalm / AP)
Brian Vickers won in New Hampshire to end a 75-race Sprint Cup winless streak. (Mary Schwalm / AP)Read more
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LOUDON, N.H. - Brian Vickers pulled into the lead late and took off on the green-white-checkered finish to win Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

The surprise winner snapped a 75-race losing streak in the series with his third career Sprint Cup victory. Vickers drives a part-time schedule for Michael Waltrip Racing.

Kyle Busch was second and Jeff Burton third. Pole winner Brad Keselowski was fourth and Aric Almirola fifth. Jimmie Johnson brushed off his 43d-place start to finish sixth. Tony Stewart ran out of fuel and finished 26th.

North Carolina's Morgan Shepherd, at 71 the oldest driver to start a race in the series, qualified 41st and finished 41st.

Vickers' last win was on August 2009 in Michigan.

"It wasn't until the end . . . that I felt we had a car capable of winning," he said. "Then I was hungry."

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