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Tony Stewart Takes Over Lead in Cup Standings

May 31st, 2009 | Add a Comment

With his second place finish in todays Autism Speaks 400 at Dover International Speedway, Tony Stewart moved into 1st place in the Sprint Cup Standings. Stewart became the first owner/driver to lead the points since Alan Kulwicki at the end of the 1992 season, November 15, 1992. Stewart leads by 46 points over Jeff Gordon.

Teammate Ryan Newman finished the race in 8th place, which puts both Stewart-Haas Racing drivers in the top 5 as Ryan took over 5th place.

Pos	Driver	Points	Starts	Wins	Top 5	Top 10
1.	Tony Stewart	1853	13	0	6	9
2.	Jeff Gordon	1807	13	1	6	8
3.	Jimmie Johnson	1789	13	2	6	8
4.	Kurt Busch	1762	13	1	4	7
5.	Ryan Newman	1680	13	0	4	7
6.	Kyle Busch	1634	13	3	4	5
7.	Denny Hamlin	1630	13	0	2	4
8.	Matt Kenseth	1625	13	2	4	6
9.	Greg Biffle	1618	13	0	4	7
10.	Jeff Burton	1587	13	0	2	5
11.	Carl Edwards	1582	13	0	2	6
12.	Mark Martin	1567	13	2	3	7
13.	David Reutimann	1536	13	1	2	3
14.	Kasey Kahne	1501	13	0	1	4
15.	Juan Montoya	1475	13	0	0	4
16.	Clint Bowyer	1449	13	0	3	4
17.	Brian Vickers	1436	13	0	2	5
18.	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	1352	13	0	1	3
19.	Martin Truex Jr.	1338	13	0	0	3
20.	Marcos Ambrose	1319	13	0	1	2
21.	Casey Mears	1306	13	0	0	2
22.	Jamie McMurray	1289	13	0	0	3
23.	Joey Logano*	1263	13	0	0	3
24.	Kevin Harvick	1261	13	0	2	2
25.	Reed Sorenson	1259	13	0	0	1
26.	Sam Hornish Jr.	1237	13	0	0	2
27.	Elliott Sadler	1216	13	0	1	1
28.	Bobby Labonte	1213	13	0	1	1
29.	David Stremme	1206	13	0	0	0
30.	A.J. Allmendinger	1202	13	0	1	2
31.	David Ragan	1180	13	0	0	1
32.	Michael Waltrip	1153	13	0	0	1
33.	Paul Menard	1100	13	0	0	0
34.	Robby Gordon	1031	13	0	1	1
35.	Scott Speed*	917	12	0	1	1
36.	John Andretti	804	11	0	0	0
37.	David Gilliland	770	12	0	0	0
38.	Regan Smith	670	7	0	0	0
39.	Joe Nemechek	515	10	0	0	0
40.	Brad Keselowski	479	4	1	1	2
41.	Aric Almirola	451	7	0	0	0
42.	Scott Riggs	448	8	0	0	0
43.	Dave Blaney	428	10	0	0	0
44.	Bill Elliott	346	4	0	0	0
45.	Max Papis*	317	5	0	0	0
46.	Travis Kvapil	292	4	0	0	0
47.	Jeremy Mayfield	288	5	0	0	0
48.	Tony Raines	205	5	0	0	0
49.	Mike Bliss	200	5	0	0	0
50.	Todd Bodine	123	3	0	0	0
51.	Sterling Marlin	123	3	0	0	0
52.	Terry Labonte	91	1	0	0	0
53.	Mike Skinner	40	1	0	0	0
* Series rookie