SONOMA, Calif. -- Robby Gordon and Jamie McMurray led 78 of the 110 laps of Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350, but in the end, fumes were all they had to show for it.

Gas fumes might have done it for either driver.

McMurray, who drives Roush Fenway Racing's No. 26 Ford, drew no consolation from race-winner Juan Montoya's praise after the race. "I'll tell you the truth, I was very surprised by the level of the drivers here," Montoya said. "Here, man, the top 20 -- you had to work for your money."

Sunday at Infineon Raceway, McMurray worked. He started from the pole and looked a great bet to win in the race's latter stages, leading a total of 30 laps before Montoya passed him with six laps remaining.

McMurray ran out of fuel with less than two laps left, pitted for gas, finished 37th and extended his streak to 166 races since his only career victory, in October 2002. He left the track after declining any comment.

Crew chief Larry Carter, whose last win came in 2004 with retired driver Rusty Wallace, showed every ounce of McMurray's pain after preparing a car for a driver that clearly had enough to contend with Montoya.

"We ran out of fuel," Carter said. "We knew we were about two laps short, we needed some cautions, we didn't get them and we probably couldn't have run out on a worse place on the racetrack.

"Jamie did a great job and I hate it for Jamie," Carter said. "Jamie didn't really deserve what he got dealt [Sunday], but if we'd have won the race, things would have been OK. We didn't so we'll just have to move on."

Gordon, owner of a single-car team that rents powerplants from Roush Yates Engines, was surprised and fuming over his lack of gas mileage that resulted in a 16th-place finish, after he led a race-high 48 laps.

Gordon couldn't stop when most of the top-10 finishing cars visited pit road, between Laps 68 and 70, because he knew his No. 7 Ford couldn't make it the rest of the scheduled 110 laps.

Gordon finally pitted at Lap 76 and after the finish voiced his rancor over not only first-time winner Montoya's victorious mileage strategy, but all the other cars that beat him, as well. (Continued)