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DJ Rossi
Guest
Yes! & Jr 3rd!!
racer8
Team Owner
congrats to Tony.
Great run for the 88 team.
Great run for the 88 team.
Jeffrey00
Stamos Cozy
JJ, JG, and Shrub ran out of fuel. Lol
Perfect race for Smoke and Happy to finish 1&2
Perfect race for Smoke and Happy to finish 1&2
Tennessee Racing
Formerly Stewart Fan
Both my drivers finish 1-2! Doesn't get any better!
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SlowNeasy
Guest
congrats tony 
this would be a good time to go on one of your hot streaks. don't like jg running out of fuel at all. great run for jr also
this would be a good time to go on one of your hot streaks. don't like jg running out of fuel at all. great run for jr also
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DJ Rossi
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Stewart opens Chase with 1st victory of season
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer The Associated Press
Monday, September 19, 2011 5:55 PM EDT
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A topsy-turvy season led the two-time NASCAR champion to cross his name off the list of drivers he believes are legitimate title contenders, and nothing he did on track at Chicagoland Speedway changed his mind.
That includes winning.
Stewart picked up his first win of the season Monday — a day after rain washed out the opening round of the 10-race Chase — by flawlessly conserving fuel to the finish. The victory, his 40th career win in the Cup Series, tied him with Mark Martin for 16th on the all-time wins list.
More importantly, it vaulted him from ninth in the standings to second, and he trails leader Kevin Harvick by a mere seven points.
So, Smoke, you sure you aren't in the mix for a third NASCAR championship?
"One day doesn't change the whole season," he said.
Stewart, who likely benefited the most from the rain out because he was plagued with a migraine headache all day Sunday, seemed subdued in his victory celebration. He's had, by his own admission, "a rough year," and it was just last month when he said the No. 14 team didn't even deserve a spot in the Chase.
But his Stewart-Haas Racing team has turned it up a notch, evidenced by three-straight top-10 finishes and, on Monday, the end of a 32-race losing streak. Round 2 of the Chase shifts to New Hampshire, where Ryan Newman led a 1-2 finish for SHR in July.
So Stewart may not like his title chances, but this recent upswing has crew chief Darian Grubb believing the team is in the mix.
"That's Tony's mind-set," Grubb said. "We all work too hard to ever come to feeling that way."
His rivals tend to agree with Grubb.
"If you believed him when he said (that) ... you've never raced Tony Stewart," said Steve Letarte, crew chief for Dale Earnhardt Jr. "He's a master of deflection. He seems to always be there."
"Counting Tony Stewart out? That's pretty funny that he counts himself out," added Harvick.
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By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer The Associated Press
Monday, September 19, 2011 5:55 PM EDT
Email Print Share Tony Stewart holds the trophy as he celebrates with his crew after he won the NASCAR...
More Sports News
[x] Nuggets forward Gallinari rejoins Italian clubRed Sox fans up against the wall in wild-card raceTurkey bans men; 41,000 women, kids at soccer gameRavens, Ngata sign 5-year, $61-million dealMargarito feared eye injury could end careerMore Sports NewsJOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Tony Stewart took himself out of title contention before the opening race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
A topsy-turvy season led the two-time NASCAR champion to cross his name off the list of drivers he believes are legitimate title contenders, and nothing he did on track at Chicagoland Speedway changed his mind.
That includes winning.
Stewart picked up his first win of the season Monday — a day after rain washed out the opening round of the 10-race Chase — by flawlessly conserving fuel to the finish. The victory, his 40th career win in the Cup Series, tied him with Mark Martin for 16th on the all-time wins list.
More importantly, it vaulted him from ninth in the standings to second, and he trails leader Kevin Harvick by a mere seven points.
So, Smoke, you sure you aren't in the mix for a third NASCAR championship?
"One day doesn't change the whole season," he said.
Stewart, who likely benefited the most from the rain out because he was plagued with a migraine headache all day Sunday, seemed subdued in his victory celebration. He's had, by his own admission, "a rough year," and it was just last month when he said the No. 14 team didn't even deserve a spot in the Chase.
But his Stewart-Haas Racing team has turned it up a notch, evidenced by three-straight top-10 finishes and, on Monday, the end of a 32-race losing streak. Round 2 of the Chase shifts to New Hampshire, where Ryan Newman led a 1-2 finish for SHR in July.
So Stewart may not like his title chances, but this recent upswing has crew chief Darian Grubb believing the team is in the mix.
"That's Tony's mind-set," Grubb said. "We all work too hard to ever come to feeling that way."
His rivals tend to agree with Grubb.
"If you believed him when he said (that) ... you've never raced Tony Stewart," said Steve Letarte, crew chief for Dale Earnhardt Jr. "He's a master of deflection. He seems to always be there."
"Counting Tony Stewart out? That's pretty funny that he counts himself out," added Harvick.
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