Numbers Game: 2009 Price Chopper 400 at Kansas
5 – number of times winner Tony Stewart led the Price Chopper 400 Sunday.
5 – number of times winner Tony Stewart led the Price Chopper 400 Sunday.
Tony Stewart won the NASCAR race at Kansas, but much of the focus continues to revolve around the man who finished ninth.
Tony Stewart and his team elected to change two tires on the final stop to take the lead and held off a determined challenge from Jeff Gordon to win at Kansas.
3 – career Cup wins for Stewart-Haas Racing after Tony Stewart’s trip to victory lane on Monday.
Kyle Busch tried blocking Tony Stewart once too often on the final lap. Stewart took the win while Busch took a savage ride into the wall and through the pack.
2 – number of times winner Tony Stewart led the Pocono 500 Sunday.
1 – Number of times winner Tony Stewart led the Sprint All-Star Race Saturday.
In case you didn’t hear, we had a little controversy at Talladega this weekend and the second Dr. Jerry Punch exclaimed, “They are saying Tony Stewart has won the race. Tony is the official winner here at Talladega!” I knew I had to be on my game. Well, not one hour later the first email arrived. I’m not publishing all of the letters, because they all said virtually the same thing, that being: “Regan Smith got jobbed.” Instead, I’ve responded to the pair that best represent what I heard all week.
Tony Stewart ran down Jimmie Johnson with 10 laps to go, but Johnson found enough speed to prevail at Richmond in a battle of the home improvement centers.
Cup drivers scored the first seven finishing positions and eight of the top-10 spots Saturday, with Tony Stewart scoring a relatively easy win at Loudon.