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Stewart in Contention for Win until Last-Lap Jockeying Drops Him from Draft
It was a familiar Daytona 500 weekend for Tony Stewart. The driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing (SHR) came into the season-opening NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway fresh off his win in Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race — his fourth straight such victory and his sixth in the last seven years. And just as he’s done in past years, Stewart took that momentum and applied it toward a Daytona 500 victory — something that had eluded Stewart in 12 previous starts in the Great American Race. His 13th Daytona 500 start gave Stewart hope that perhaps this was the year, as he was a contender throughout the 208-lap contest, which was extended eight laps past its originally distance … Read entire article »
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Late Race Melee Dooms Newman’s Shot at Daytona 500 Victory
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – With fewer than three laps remaining in Sunday’s Daytona 500, Ryan Newman was in position to claim his second career victory in NASCAR’s most prestigious race. But running in second place as the pack of cars were battling for position on the backstretch of Daytona International Speedway, Newman’s U.S. Army Chevrolet got collected in a multicar accident on Lap 197, ending any chance of visiting Victory Lane in the Great American Race. Newman led the most laps (37), including Laps 182-192 and Lap 196. The 200-lap scheduled race went into double overtime with two green-white-checkered restarts. When the dust settled at the 2.5-mile oval, Newman was credited with a 22nd-place finish. “We had a plan and we had the horsepower to win this race,” said Newman. “But we were on … Read entire article »
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Stewart 4-Peats at Daytona
Tony Stewart scored his fourth straight win in the season-opening NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway by nosing his No. 4 Oreo/Ritz Chevrolet Impala just ahead of his Kevin Harvick Inc., (KHI) teammate Clint Bowyer in the DRIVE4COPD 300. The .007 of a second margin of victory was the third closest finish in Nationwide Series history and the closest in series history at Daytona since the introduction of electronic scoring in 1993. It was also Stewart’s sixth win in the February Nationwide Series race at Daytona in the last seven years. “Wow is the first thing,” said Stewart, who now has 16 total victories at Daytona, which ties him for second on the track’s all-time win list with Bobby Allison, 18 wins behind the legendary Dale Earnhardt (34). … Read entire article »
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Stewart Picks Up Daytona Nationwide Series Victory Number Six
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—With a shove from Landon Cassill, Tony Stewart surged past Clint Bowyer at the finish line to win Saturday’s Drive4COPD 300, his fourth straight Nationwide Series victory at Daytona International Speedway. Bowyer ran second .007 seconds behind Stewart. Cassill came home third, followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr., who had pushed Bowyer for six laps after a restart on Lap 115 of the 120-lap race. Danica Patrick finished 14th, one lap down, her best result in 14 Nationwide starts. Cassill also was involved in another pivotal moment of the race. With the field bunched after a restart on Lap 104, Cassill moved down on drafting partner Brad Keselowski, knocking Keselowski’s No. 22 Dodge into the infield grass. Keselowski, the defending Nationwide Series champion, turned back across the … Read entire article »
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Tony Stewart Friday Media Visit
Tony Stewart met with media and discussed what the drivers have learned in the two two-car pairings, how the Nationwide and Cup Series differ, how the driving is back in the driver’s hands, and more. ON HIS WEEK SO FAR AND THE OUTLOOK FOR BOTH THE NATIONWIDE AND SPRINT CUP RACES “It’s definitely been different. And we said that after the test session. We knew it was going to be different racing down here. But I’ve kind of enjoyed the part where we’re out of the pack and not sitting there just stuck in a line. You actually have the ability to help or hurt your cause, depending on who you get with and how quick you do the exchanges and how you play the runs on guys from being the … Read entire article »
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Stewart Qualifies 14th for Daytona Nationwide Race
Tony Stewart qualified 14th for Saturday’s DRIVE4COPD 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. The driver of the No. 4 Oreo/Ritz Chevrolet Impala for Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) turned a lap of 50.176 seconds at 179.369 mph on the 2.5-mile oval. “The car’s a lot better in race trim than it is in qualifying trim,” said Stewart, who has won five of the last six season-opening Nationwide Series races at Daytona. “We’ll be good when it counts.” His KHI teammate, Clint Bowyer, driver of the No. 33 Chevrolet Impala, captured his ninth career Nationwide Series pole and his second at Daytona with a lap of 49.773 seconds at 180.821 mph. The third member of KHI, Elliott Sadler, driver of the No. 2 Chevrolet, qualified 19th after posting a lap … Read entire article »
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Stewart-Haas Racing: Gatorade Duel at Daytona Results
Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) drivers Ryan Newman and Tony Stewart finished 10th and 12th, respectively, in race one of Thursday’s Gatorade Duel – twin qualifying races that set the 43-car field for the season-opening Daytona 500. Forty-eight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers were evenly split among the two Duels, putting 24 drivers in each 150-mile race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. The results mean that Newman, driver of the No. 39 U.S. Army Chevrolet Impala, will start 21st in Sunday’s Daytona 500, while Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala, will roll off 25th. SHR avoided disaster on the second lap when Newman spun exiting turn two while Stewart was drafting behind him. In order to achieve maximum speed, it … Read entire article »
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