You couldn’t blame Clint Bowyer if he’s getting tired of being beaten—barely—by his teammates.
With a shove from Landon Cassill, Tony Stewart surged past Bowyer, his teammate for a day at Kevin Harvick Inc., to win Saturday’s DRIVE4COPD 300, Stewart’s fourth consecutive victory in the season-opening Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway.
Bowyer, who lost Thursday’s second Daytona 500 qualifying race by .005 seconds to Richard Childress Racing teammate Jeff Burton, came home second, .007 seconds behind Stewart. Cassill ran third, followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr., who had pushed Bowyer for six laps after a restart on Lap 115 of the 120-lap race. NASCAR.com
“Landon did a good job of making some moves to get through traffic,” said Stewart, who had been pushing Cassill for eight laps until there were three to go. “When the two cars ahead of us (Kyle Busch and Joey Logano) swapped positions, I made the decision for us … it was kind of like calling an audible …
“Landon pushed and pushed and did a really good job,” added Stewart, who was driving a Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick, Inc.
“These thousandths … not much fun losing by that much,” said Bowyer. “But when you’re in the money, that’s what it’s all about … an opportunity to come off of turn four. You work the whole race to put yourself in a situation to be there at the end. I’ve been able to do it twice.
“I’ve just got to get it all together for (today) and win the big one. If I could give these two up to win that one, make the third one a charm, it would be a hell of a charm.” Kansas City Star
Reed Sorenson finishes fifth followed by Jason Leffler, Kyle Busch, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Michael Waltrip and Trevor Bayne.
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 4 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 2 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 3 1 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 4 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 5 32 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 6 30 Jason Leffler Chevrolet 7 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 8 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 9 99 Michael Waltrip Toyota 10 16 Trevor Bayne Ford 11 38 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 12 20 Joey Logano Toyota 13 19 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 14 7 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 15 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 16 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 17 52 Bobby Santos Chevrolet 18 15 Todd Bodine Toyota 19 88 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 20 66 Steve Wallace Toyota 21 5 David Starr Chevrolet 22 70 Shelby Howard Chevrolet 23 81 Donnie Neuenberger Dodge 24 141 Patrick Sheltra Ford 25 28 Derrike Cope Chevrolet 26 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 27 31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 28 9 Kenny Wallace Toyota 29 60 Carl Edwards Ford 30 22 Brad Keselowski Dodge 31 39 Josh Wise Ford 32 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Dodge 33 14 Eric McClure Chevrolet 34 11 Brian Scott Toyota 35 40 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 36 12 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 37 1 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 38 2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 39 62 Michael Annett Toyota 40 44 Jeff Green Chevrolet 41 24 Kevin Lepage Ford 42 27 J.R. Fitzpatrick Ford 43 25 Kelly Bires Ford
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