When not to do EOC...

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..when yer leading in a Sprint Cup race!

Ambrose goofs it...

With just eight laps to go in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350, Ambrose was cruising toward the first victory of his Cup career in this, the race he’d banked his entire season on. He’d survived an early charge by Johnson that saw the four-time champion looking unbeatable. He’d avoided the wrecks that took out the likes of Kyle Busch. And even when a late caution flew with just a handful of laps to go, Ambrose had no reason to worry. He was faster than everyone else, and he knew it.

Then, in an effort to save fuel in case the race stretched beyond its intended 110 laps, Ambrose shut off his engine, inexplicably as he drove uphill. When he went to start it again, it wouldn’t fire. And so he sat there, stalled on the track. By the time he finally got it started, seven drivers had passed him, including Johnson.