He only snuck into fifth on the last corner of the last lap of the season.
"I still want to give everything until the last lap of the last lap, " he says.
Danica was obviously disturbed by the events from that last lap, really half a lap.
No fatalities were reported from the accident on the last lap of the Nationwide Series race.
World champion Valentino Rossi remained upright throughout, and pinched second place on the grid with his last lap.
As the last lap is finishing on Sunday, it's packed up and it's off to the next race.
After he had gone past me on the last lap that was my job done in this race.
"I thought I was on my last lap when I put my hand up indicating I was finishing, " he said.
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Olympic champion Ezekiel Kemboi of Kenya broke clear in a frantic last lap to clinch the men's 3, 000 metres steeplechase gold medal.
Felipe Massa had been lightning quick in Friday's practice sessions but he was delayed behind traffic on his last lap and lines up in second.
Despite struggling with his car most of the day, Hamlin made a bold move on the last lap with a pass on the apron below the dogleg.
Bahrain's Maryam Jamal clocked a national record and world-leading time for 2005, winning the 3, 000m in eight minutes 28.87 seconds, covering the last lap in under a minute.
Hungary's Gabor Tamalcsi took advantage of a wild last lap to win the 125cc race on a KTM ahead of Switzerland's Thomas Luthi and Joan Olive of Spain.
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"I wouldn't want to line up and have to do it again, " said Ragan, who didn't realize Gilliland was pushing him until he exited Turn 2 on the last lap.
But the McLaren man had to produce a dramatic last lap to pip Robert Kubica in the BMW who had surprisingly posted the quickest time moments before in Saturday's session.
Hildebrand was driving to certain victory, he spun his car in the marbles on the very last turn of the last lap, giving Wheldon in the Reagan car the lead and the checkered flag.
Hendrick Motorsports announced Thursday that Dale Earnhardt Jr. would not compete in the next two Nascar races after being diagnosed with a concussion following the 25-car last lap wreck at Talladega on Oct. 7.
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Come race day he started at the back of the grid -- with said broken ankle -- and stormed through the field to finish an incredible sixth, overtaking Ducati's former world champion Nicky Hayden on the last lap.
The last lap wasn't that special.
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At the title-deciding 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix it looked as though he had won the championship only for McLaren's Lewis Hamilton to pass a struggling Timo Glock on the last corner of the last lap and grab the four points he needed to take the crown.
As lawmakers enter the last lap in the effort to pass a health care overhaul bill merging the measures passed by the House and Senate Congress watchers say looking back at how the debate got to this point may provide some important clues to where it might lead.
Denny Hamlin suffered a compression fracture in his lower spine during Sunday's last-lap crash at Fontana, Calif.
The German also apologised to Fernando Alonso but again said he had not halted his last qualifying lap intentionally.
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He aborted his last flying lap and finished down in ninth place, nearly half a second off Massa's time.
Gibernau had been seeking revenge over the world champion for the last-lap incident which cost him a win at Jerez.
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Earnhardt did his best to earn his second win in the "Great American Race, " but his last-lap charge came up short.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel was putting in some fast laps in the latter stages but any hopes he had of usurping the McLaren pair were ended when his last hot lap appeared to be impeded by one of the Ferraris.
Karate lasted about a week and the swim team didn't last past the first lap.
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