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Stewart Picks Up Four Post-Race Contingency Awards for Las Vegas
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Despite a runner-up finish, Tony Stewart’s No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala was arguably the strongest car in the field during Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. His run propelled the two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion to score his first top-five finish of 2011, and four post-race contingency awards. “This Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevy was the baddest thing on the West Coast today,” said Stewart post-race. For his efforts, Stewart picked up a jackpot of contingency awards, including the American Ethanol Green Flag Restart Award, a new award for 2011 that goes to the eligible driver that records the fastest average speed on restarts and finishes the race on the lead lap. Stewart also captured the Mobil … Read entire article »
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Stewart Leads Four Times for Race-High 163 Laps, Yet Finishes Second
Las Vegas Motor Speedway had been one of two tracks the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series visits where Tony Stewart had yet to win, and despite leading four times for a race-high 163 laps in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas, it remains one of two tracks where Stewart has yet to win. Despite having a dominant car, Stewart finished second to race-winner Carl Edwards. Stewart’s No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala was the class of the field. He started 15th and rose to second when he and crew chief Darian Grubb elected to stay out during the day’s first caution period on lap nine. And when the restart came on lap 13, Stewart wasted no time in passing four-time series champion Jeff Gordon for the lead. Stewart paced the field for … Read entire article »
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Newman Overcomes Adversity To Finish Fifth at Las Vegas
Ryan Newman overcame an ill-handling racecar to score a solid fifth-place finish in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It was Newman’s second consecutive top-five effort of the season, and it moved him to fifth in the championship point standings. “I’m just proud of everybody on this Haas Automation Chevrolet and at Stewart-Haas for giving us this opportunity,” said Newman, who now has two top-five finishes in 11 career Sprint starts at Las Vegas. “It was a good double top-five for us at Stewart-Haas Racing. We really fought back today. We were really loose for 80 percent of the race, but the last two runs when it cooled down, we could just kind of ride. We had a fast racecar – it just … Read entire article »
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Stewart-Haas Racing Kobalt Tools 400 Race Report
Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala, led the two-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent at Las Vegas Motor Speedway by finishing second in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Stewart dominated the event by leading four times for a race-high 163 laps, but a pit road miscue on lap 151 dropped him to 21st. He rallied to take over second from Juan Pablo Montoya on lap 263 of the 267-lap race, but ran out of time to run down Carl Edwards, who took the win by 1.246 seconds over Stewart. The result was Stewart’s first top-five finish of 2011 and his fifth top-five result in 13 career Sprint Cup starts at the 1.5-mile oval. He also finished in the runner-up spot at Las Vegas … Read entire article »
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Ryan Newman Friday Media Visit at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Ryan Newman, driver of the no. 39 Haas Automation Chevrolet, met with members of the media at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and discussed the start to his season, the amount of crashes so far this season and other topics. Full transcript: TALK ABOUT THE START OF YOUR SEASON: “It is the best two-race start to the season since my Daytona 500 victory in 2008. This just really proud to get started better. I think we have done a good job so far of carrying a good run in the last 10 races of last season into the off season and turning that into a good start to the season. That isn’t easy to do. Maybe Carl Edwards is doing it just a … Read entire article »
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Tony Stewart Friday Media Visit at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Tony Stewart, driver of the no. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet, met with members of the media at discussed driving Lewis Hamilton’s F1 car, racing at Las Vegas, Bristol and other topics. Full transcript: CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CAR SWAP YOU ARE DOING WITH LEWIS HAMILTON TO GET IN HIS F1 CAR AT WATKINS GLEN? “Right now I am too busy worrying about what we’re doing, but, I am excited about it. It is an awesome opportunity. It is really a chance of a lifetime to drive something that is probably the most sophisticated race car on the planet. It is going to be really cool to get a chance to do it. We did a commercial shoot day with Lewis (Hamilton) and … Read entire article »
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