Tony Stewart captured his record fifth victory at Watkins Glen International on Monday with an impressive performance in the rain-delayed Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen.
Stewart conserved enough fuel and easily held off Marcos Ambrose in the closing laps to become the road course king at the 2.45-mile track. MiamiHerald.com
It was Stewart’s seventh road-course win of his career, second to Jeff Gordon’s NASCAR-record nine. Stewart has seven consecutive top-two finishes at The Glen, also winning in 2002, ‘04, ‘05 and ‘07 and finishing second in ‘06 and ‘08. He also has finished first or second in eight of the past 11 road races; he was second to Kasey Kahne at Sonoma in June.
Stewart opened his lead in the series standings to 260 points over pole-sitter Jimmie Johnson, who finished 12th after spinning off the course in Turn 1 late in the race.
The second-place finish was Ambrose’s best to date in the Cup Series, improving by one position over his results at The Glen last year and at Infineon Raceway in June. Carl Edwards came home third after a strategic run from the 33rd starting position. NASCAR
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 2 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 3 99 Carl Edwards Ford 4 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 5 16 Greg Biffle Ford 6 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 7 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 8 113 Max Papis * Toyota 9 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 10 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 11 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 12 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 13 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge 14 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 15 7 Casey Mears Chevrolet 16 20 Joey Logano * Toyota 17 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 18 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 19 98 Paul Menard Ford 20 96 Bobby Labonte Ford 21 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 22 82 Scott Speed * Toyota 23 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 24 6 David Ragan Ford 25 0 David Reutimann Toyota 26 12 David Stremme Dodge 27 171 Andy Lally Chevrolet 28 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 29 9 Ron Fellows Chevrolet 30 34 John Andretti Chevrolet 31 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge 32 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 33 55 Patrick Carpentier Toyota 34 8 Boris Said Ford 35 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 36 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 37 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 38 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 39 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 40 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 41 204 P.J. Jones Toyota 42 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 43 37 Tony Ave Dodge
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