Stewart Wins the Prelude to the Dream, Newman runs 4th

ROSSBURG, Ohio – Tony Stewart wasn’t quite the perfect host as he invited his friends up to Eldora Speedway and then picked up his third victory in the 5th annual Prelude to the Dream. Stewart’s teammate Ryan Newman finished a close 4th in the charity event. Results of the Gillette Young Guns Prelude to the Dream Dirt Late Model event at the half-mile Eldora Speedway, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, laps completed and reason out (if any): 1. (6) Tony Stewart, 30 2. (1) Clint Bowyer, 30 3. (3) Kyle Busch, 30 4. (4) Ryan Newman, 30 5. (11) Matt Kenseth, 30 6. (15) Cruz Pedregon, 30 7. (18) David Reutimann, 30 8. (9) Aric Almirola, 30 9. (8) Kasey Kahne, 30 10. (10) Jimmie Johnson, 30 11. (17) Kevin Harvick, 30 12. (12) Brian Vickers, 30 13. (23) Ron Capps, 30 14. (19) Marcos Ambrose, 30 15. (20) Casey Mears, 29 16. (22) Red Farmer, 27 17. (2) Kenny Wallace, 20, Mechanical 18. (7) Robby Gordon, 12, Accident T3 (tire down causing 5 car accident) 19. (14) Ken Schrader, 12, Accident T3 (Gordon wreck) 20. (13) Joey Logano, 12, Accident T3 (Gordon wreck) 21. (21) Ray Evernham, 2, Accident T1 (broken wheel) 22. (16) A.J. Allmendinger, 0, Accident T3 (wall) 23. (5) Denny Hamlin, DNS, Mechanical (motor) Race Statistics Winner’s average speed: 38.978 mph Time of race: 23:05.405 Margin of victory: 3.358 seconds Cautions: 4 (Lap 1: Allmendinger, Accident T3; Lap 3: Evernham, Accident T1; Lap 13: Schrader, Gordon, Mears, Logano and Ambrose, Accident T3; Lap 20: Mears, Spin T2) Lead changes: 2 among 2 drivers Lap leaders: Wallace 1-12, Stewart 13-30 Attendance: More than 23,000 Broadcast: HBO Pay-Per-View [nichemate]0,1,4,’Tony Stewart’,,US,,,,,,,,1[/nichemate]