Juan Pablo Montoya has claimed that Martin Truex's departure from the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing will have no affect on his own assault on the end-of-season Chase for the Championship.
The yellow line at Talladega might as well have been a brick wall - that was the mind-set of occasional Sprint Cup competitor Brad Keselowski, who pulled off a Sunday surprise in the Aaron's 499.
Martin Truex Jr spent most of Saturday night in the emergency room of an Atlanta hospital, waiting to pass a kidney stone that had begun to cause him considerable discomfort during Cup practice earlier in the day.