SPEEDWAY ROBBERY; Mayfield swipes the cheese at Michigan.(Motorsports)

Byline: BILL McGUIRE "You're probably going to read we won this race on fuel economy,'' said Jeremy Mayfield with a happy smirk and a touch of good-natured sarcasm. It wasn't exactly fuel mileage that earned Mayfield his upset win in the GFS Marketplace 400 at Michigan. Mayfield was winking at a common misconception about the so-called "fuel economy races'' that are known to occur in Nextel Cup.

Yes, he went 52 laps on his last tank of fuel. But most of the cars in the field could have easily done that-had they put themselves in a position to try. No, Mayfield won ...

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