NASCAR: Both Ganassi drivers out of Chase

It was a one-two knockout punch for Chip Ganassi Racing on Sunday at Dover International Speedway.

Both Kyle Larson and Jamie McMurray were unceremoniously eliminated from the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup at the Monster Mile within 10 laps of each other. Larson had already endured a share of misfortune earlier in the race when he developed an electrical issue that dropped him three laps off the pace.

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But his fate was cemented when he cut a tire and hit the wall on lap 182. At the same time, McMurray had dropped a couple of cylinders and was quickly losing power in his Chevrolet. His engine finally expired during a Lap 183 restart and just like, that both Ganassi drivers had been eliminated from the playoffs.

"It's unfortunate that both [Larson] and the No. 1 had a problem today," McMurray said after climbing out of his car. "But it is what it is, and that's why we race. I'm proud of my team and proud of our guys and all the hard work they've put in. And it stinks that it's over this way, but we get to race next week. So, we'll come back and try to do it again."

McMurray entered the weekend just five points behind Larson for the final spot and thought he had a shot at surpassing Austin Dillon for a transfer position had the race played itself out. Instead, he finished at the rear of the field.

"I'm proud of our whole organization from where we started the year to the point that we are at right now," McMurray said. "When you run in the top 10 every week – and Kyle won at Michigan – we just have had great cars, and it stinks that it ended this way."

Larson held the final transfer spot until his problems and subsequent 25th-place finish allowed Dillon to race his way in.

"I don't know what happened with the battery or whatever," Larson said. "I lost power and lost a lap. Then we had too many men over the wall. Really, if it had not been for that, we would have been all right because I was only a lap down. But it was a nice little present there for Austin by both Ganassi cars."

This was the first time Larson had made the Chase in his three-year career.

"We came a long way from where we started the season," Larson added. "We just didn't have good luck again this year."