Tony Stewart won his fourth race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship with a dominating performance in Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Stewart led 173 of 334 laps but had to come from behind in the closing laps to grab the win. Jeff Burton held the lead late in the race when he opted not to pit during the final round of stops, but Burton ran out of fuel with five laps to go, allowing Stewart to take the top spot for good.
After leading 173 circuits, the most laps in the race, and winning the AAA Texas 500, Stewart’s magic number dropped to three points.
There are now just two stops remaining on the 36-race schedule, Phoenix, AZ and Homestead, FL, and Stewart continues to come on strong.
It was a challenging day for championship contender Kevin Harvick in the No. 29 Rheem Chevrolet, but a hard-fought 13th place race finish was enough to maintain third in the order behind Stewart and Edwards. Harvick sits just 33 points shy of the lead.
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: AAA Texas 500 at Texas - Race Results
Tony Stewart Wins AAA Texas 500 NASCAR Race, His Fourth Victory in The Chase
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Carl Edwards 2316 Leader 2 Tony Stewart 2313 -3 3 Kevin Harvick 2283 -33 4 Matt Kenseth 2278 -38 5 Brad Keselowski 2267 -49 6 Jimmie Johnson 2261 -55 7 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2237 -79 8 Jeff Gordon 2235 -81 9 Kurt Busch 2229 -87 10 Denny Hamlin 2217 -99 11 Kyle Busch 2216 -100 12 Ryan Newman 2213 -103 13 Clint Bowyer 975 -1341 14 Kasey Kahne 957 -1359 15 Greg Biffle 956 -1360 16 A.J. Allmendinger 946 -1370 17 Marcos Ambrose 895 -1421 18 David Ragan 889 -1427 19 Juan Montoya 889 -1427 20 Paul Menard 884 -1432 21 Mark Martin 882 -1434 22 Martin Truex Jr. 871 -1445 23 Jeff Burton 860 -1456 24 Joey Logano 844 -1472 25 Brian Vickers 798 -1518 26 Regan Smith 783 -1533 27 Jamie McMurray 738 -1578 28 David Reutimann 694 -1622 29 Bobby Labonte 630 -1686 30 David Gilliland 547 -1769 31 Casey Mears 505 -1811 32 Dave Blaney 475 -1841 33 Andy Lally* 398 -1918 34 Robby Gordon 259 -2057 35 J.J. Yeley 172 -2144 36 Michael McDowell 134 -2182 37 Tony Raines 129 -2187 38 Ken Schrader 110 -2206 39 Terry Labonte 102 -2214 40 Bill Elliott 100 -2216
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