Stewart wins New Hampshire Nationwide race
Quote selected text Published June 28th, 2008 in NASCAR News
Tony Stewart isn’t running many races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series this series, so he’s making the ones he does drive in count.
The two-time Sprint Cup champion, who hasn’t been having much luck and has no wins in the top stock car series this season, drove away Saturday with his fifth victory in seven Nationwide starts in 2008.
Stewart got track position, restarting third after taking just two tires during his final pit stop on lap 129 of the 200-lap event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He took the lead on lap 136 from fellow Cup star Carl Edwards on lap 136 and led the rest of the way.
RESULTS:
FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS
1 8 20 Tony Stewart Toyota Old Spice 195/10 200 Running
2 17 32 Denny Hamlin Toyota LifeLock 170/0 200 Running
3 4 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Z-Line Designs 170/5 200 Running
4 5 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Camping World / RV Service 160/0 200 Running
5 11 60 Carl Edwards Ford Under Armour / Red Sox 160/5 200 Running
6 22 6 David Ragan Ford Discount Tire 150/0 200 Running
7 12 99 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 151/5 200 Running
8 7 1 Mike Bliss Chevrolet Miccosukee Championship Oct. 23-26 142/0 200 Running
9 2 2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Camping World / RV Sales 143/5 200 Running
10 9 88 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet U.S. Navy 134/0 200 Running
11 6 111 Jason Keller Chevrolet America’s Incredible Pizza Company 130/0 200 Running
12 18 29 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet Holiday Inn / Holiday Inn Express 127/0 200 Running
13 10 40 Dario Franchitti * Dodge Fastenal 124/0 200 Running
14 19 59 Marcos Ambrose Ford STP 121/0 200 Running
15 21 7 Mike Wallace Toyota GEICO 118/0 200 Running
16 16 25 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Ford Curly’s 115/0 200 Running
17 23 64 David Stremme Chevrolet Atreus Homes & Communities 112/0 200 Running
18 13 9 Patrick Carpentier * Dodge Wisk 109/0 200 Running
19 3 16 Greg Biffle Ford CitiFinancial 106/0 199 Running
20 27 22 Josh Wise Dodge Supercuts 103/0 199 Running
21 24 66 Steve Wallace Chevrolet Atreus Homes & Communities 100/0 199 Running
22 14 47 Kelly Bires Ford Clorox 97/0 199 Running
23 28 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet U.S. Border Patrol 94/0 198 Running
24 30 161 Kevin Lepage Chevrolet Long John Silver’s 91/0 198 Running
25 33 89 Morgan Shepherd Dodge Victory In Jesus 88/0 197 Running
26 36 81 Randy MacDonald Dodge Mahindra Tractors 85/0 196 Running
27 31 24 Eric McClure Chevrolet Hefty 82/0 195 Running
28 39 52 Brad Teague Chevrolet Dale Jr.’s Whisky River 79/0 193 Running
29 42 01 Mike Potter Chevrolet SAFX.com / SponsorDavis.com 76/0 189 Running
30 35 4 Derrike Cope Chevrolet JVC / The Turning Wheel RV Center 73/0 181 In Pit
31 15 27 Brad Coleman Ford Kleenex / Shaw’s Supermarkets 70/0 180 Running
32 20 38 Jason Leffler Toyota Great Clips 67/0 143 Vibration
33 29 30 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet GrandStay.net 64/0 71 Electrical
34 1 5 Landon Cassill * Chevrolet Nat’l Guard / 197th Field Artillery Brigade 61/0 46 Accident
35 32 149 Kertus Davis Chevrolet Jay Robinson Inc. 58/0 38 Clutch
36 25 37 Burney Lamar Ford Baker Curb Racing 55/0 33 Electrical
37 38 102 Andy Ponstein Chevrolet Stott Classic
Racing.com / racingaction.com 52/0 25 Brakes
38 40 90 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet MSRP Motorsports 49/0 18 Transmission
39 43 01 J C Stout Chevrolet SAFX.com / SponsorDavis.com 46/0 16 Engine
40 34 331 Kenny Hendrick Chevrolet GrandStay.net 43/0 15 Vibration
41 26 36 Charles Lewandoski Dodge Supercuts 40/0 4 Electrical
42 41 84 Mike Harmon Chevrolet Mike Harmon Racing 37/0 3 Parked
43 37 05 Justin Ashburn Chevrolet 31-W Insulation / CertainTeed 34/0 2 Rear End
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Hmmm…. Lets see he is really good in this style of car, but he is not all that great in the COT.
With the COT you need to be a wheelman to drive, while in this style of car it’s more like a Sunday drive in a Cadillac.
Maybe Smoke’s problem Isn’t Toyota, but it’s that he is not as much of a wheelman as everybody thought he was……
Or maybe his doing well in this car is that you could put my mom in that #20 NWS car and she could at least bring it home in the top 10. I doubt it’s any kind of indication of Smoke’s driving ability.
Toyota extends their win percentage to over 75 now
insidesillyseason.blogspot.com wrote:
What was Chevy’s win % last year? Since you seem to be up all those kinds of Stats.
Hey Fisha.
72% was Chevys win percentage in Cup, and to say (as you have on a previous thread)
that I was silent then is wrong as it seems your memory doesnt serve you too well.
I was one strong critic of the jump on testing that Hendrick and JGR got with the COT last year
My point is last year they won 0 races in Cup; so far they have won just under half in 2008.
What if this rate of development continues?
What if the other Toyota teams (Red Bull and BDR, maybe MWR) are able to match their pace?
That percentage will balloon. Which doesnt bode well for competition in NASCAR
Reports say Chevy is buying out Smoke’s contract with JGR. They want someone who can’t wheel back Fisha? Are you nuts? Stewart has won in every discipline he’s ever raced. THAT IS A WHEELMAN. He’s snake bitten but not out and he will get hot maybe during the chase and bury the field, win his third title and sail off to Chevy.
Erin I hope your right. That would be super amazing if he did that, if he did that I wouldn’t care where he went to drive next, it’d be such a big bang. I’ll follow him anywhere he goes.
I think he’s a confirmed Chevy man and they are willing to do whatever it takes to get Smoke back. I think he will get hot and watch out. Hopefully he will be his usual stellar performer at Daytona this next week, and Chicago and on to the Brickyard where I will be hoping for another win there for him.