CONCORD, N.C. — Tony Stewart passed Matt Kenseth through Turn 2 on Lap 99 of 100 to win Saturday night’s Sprint All-Star Race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. The victory was Stewart’s first in the annual non-points event and his first as an owner-driver for Stewart-Haas Racing, the team in which he acquired 50-percent interest last year. Stewart pocketed the winner’s share of $1,022,975. Kenseth ran second, followed by Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin, Carl Edwards, Mark Martin and Kyle Busch. As the cars worked Lap 93 of 100 — the third in the final 10-lap shootout — Ryan Newman’s Chevrolet roared into the mix, pushing Kyle Busch past leader Jeff Gordon on the backstretch. As the cars sped three-wide through Turn 3, however, contact between Gordon’s Chevrolet and Busch’s Toyota sent the No. 24 … Read entire article »

Tony Stewart became the only owner/driver to win the All-Star Race tonight as he took the lead from Matt Kenseth with two laps left and held on for the win. Ryan Newman, had trouble early and spent most of the race in last place.  Once they got the car fixed, Newman drove through the field and with 5 laps left was involved in a wreck while attempting to pass Jeff Gordon and Kyle Busch for the lead. … Read entire article »