Martin Truex Jr. ends 218-race winless streak Martin Truex Jr. ended a 218-race winless streak with an easy victory Sunday on the road course at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway. It was the second win of Truex's career, first since Dover in 2007. It put Michael Waltrip Racing in Victory Lane for the second year in a row after Clint Bowyer won at Sonoma last season. Truex worked his way to the front and used strategy to stay with the leaders. He then pulled away after the final restart and built a healthy lead of more than six seconds over Juan Pablo Montoya, who was running second until he ran out of gas on the final lap. Jeff Gordon finished second a week after he was wrecked six laps into the race at Michigan. Carl Edwards was third. James Hinchcliffe cruised to victory in the IndyCar Series race at Newton, Iowa, leading all but 24 of 250 laps. He won for the third time this season and gave Andretti Autosport its fourth consecutive victory at Iowa's oval. Ryan Hunter-Reay, Hinchcliffe's teammate, was second. Courtney Force claimed a funny car victory against her father in the Auto-Plus NHRA New England Nationals at Epping, N.H. In their first final-round matchup, Courtney Force earned her second victory of the year and third in her career. She improved to 4-2 against her father, John Force, a 15-time funny car world champion. Spencer Massey (top fuel), Allen Johnson (pro stock) and John Hall (pro stock motorcycle) also were winners. Duke wins for first time on tour Journeyman Ken Duke made a 21/2 -foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole to beat Chris Stroud in the Travelers Championship at Cromwell, Conn., to win his first PGA Tour event. Stroud had chipped in from 51 feet on the 18th hole to force the playoff. But the 44-year-old Duke made the better approach shot on the second extra hole, bouncing his ball in front of the flag and rolling it close.