Tony Stewart is almost money in the bank when it comes to the February NASCAR Nationwide race at Daytona International Speedway.
Stewart continued his dominance in today’s DRIVE4COPD 300, holding off Carl Edwards and Justin Allgaier in the closing laps to win this race for the third straight time. Daytona Beach News-Journal
In a race widely trumpeted as Danica Patrick’s NASCAR debut, Stewart took the checkered flag .309 seconds ahead of 2008 series champion Carl Edwards.
“There were some really good cars that got mangled up [Saturday],” Stewart said, referring to crashes that damaged the cars of Earnhardt, Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski, among others. “We were just lucky to be in front when it happened.”
Stewart led the final 20 laps under green after a restart on Lap 101.
Kevin Harvick, who owns the No. 4 Chevrolet that Stewart was driving in his only scheduled Nationwide appearance of the year, finished third in his own No. 33 Chevy. Justin Allgaier came home fourth and Brian Vickers fifth. NASCAR.com
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 4 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 2 60 Carl Edwards Ford 3 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 4 12 Justin Allgaier Dodge 5 32 Brian Vickers Toyota 6 98 Paul Menard Ford 7 20 Joey Logano Toyota 8 1 James Buescher * Chevrolet 9 38 Kasey Kahne Toyota 10 66 Steve Wallace Toyota 11 26 Brian Keselowski Dodge 12 15 Michael Annett Toyota 13 34 Tony Raines Chevrolet 14 22 Brad Keselowski Dodge 15 9 Scott Riggs Ford 16 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 17 24 Eric McClure Ford 18 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 19 11 Brian Scott Toyota 20 275 Bobby Gerhart Chevrolet 21 102 Danny Efland Chevrolet 22 89 Morgan Shepherd Toyota 23 21 John Wes Townley Chevrolet 24 81 Michael McDowell Dodge 25 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Chevrolet 26 27 Greg Biffle Ford 27 5 Jeff Green Chevrolet 28 1 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 29 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 30 62 Brendan Gaughan Toyota 31 87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 32 43 Scott Lagasse Jr. Ford 33 10 Jason Leffler Toyota 34 16 Colin Braun * Ford 35 7 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 36 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. * Ford 37 31 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet 38 148 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 39 61 Josh Wise Ford 40 40 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 41 99 Trevor Bayne Toyota 42 104 Brad Teague Chevrolet 43 41 Chrissy Wallace Chevrolet
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