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Dale Jarrett wins race at Pocono

LONG POND, Pa. -- Dale Jarrett ended a 30-race losing streak with a little luck over the final laps Sunday to win for the third time in his career at Pocono Raceway.\nJarrett passed Robert Yates Racing teammate Ricky Rudd on the 195th of 200 laps, then won under caution after Rudd hit the wall with one lap to go. Rudd looked like the driver to beat, but had a late tire problem that made it easy for Jarrett to pass.\nThe victory in the Pocono 500 was the first for the 1999 Winston Cup champion since last July in Loudon, N.H. He also won on the 2-mile triangle in 1995 and 1997, both times in the Pennsylvania 500, Pocono's July race.\nJarrett got the 29th victory of his career when his Ford beat that of Mark Martin by 0.326 seconds.\nThe 45-year-old driver from Hickory, N.C., has not been effective for most of this season. His best previous finish was fourth in April in Martinsville, Va.\nPolesitter Sterling Marlin wound up fourth, and his lead in the series standings remained 136 points over third-place finisher Jimmie Johnson. The rookie won a week earlier in Dover, Del.\nThe winner averaged 143.416 mph in a race slowed for 17 laps by five cautions. The $3.6 million race had 17 lead changes among 12 drivers.\nAfter the Chevrolet of Johnson and Marlin's Dodge came the Chevy of series champion Jeff Gordon, who overcame a spin on pit road with 47 laps remaining.\nJeff Burton, Tony Stewart, Michael Waltrip, Rusty Wallace and Dave Blaney completed the top 10.

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