Tony Stewart Becomes 22nd Different Winner at New Hampshire
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Tony Stewart has given the media something else to talk about for a day, as he conquered Camping World RV Sales 200 on Saturday, to become the Nationwide Series’ 22nd winner at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in just as many races. With Joey Logano sitting out of the no. 20 Joe Gibbs Toyota for the next few weeks, Stewart answered the call this weekend and led his JGR teammates to the finish line.
After leading the most laps on the afternoon, Stewart took the white flag as he tried to hold off teammates, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch. (Hamlin was actually racing the no. 32 car for Braun Racing, which included an all-black paint scheme in mourning of the loss of Todd Braun’s mother, Linda Braun). Shortly after taking the white flag on the final lap of the race, Greg Biffle crashed while racing Brad Keselowski for position, ending the race and giving Stewart his fifth Nationwide victory of the season.
Hamlin, who had pulled to within a half a second of the leader, wound up finishing in 2nd, with Kyle Busch in third. Kevin Harvick ended a solid day in 4th with his self-owned Kevin Harvick Inc. no. 33 Chevy. And, Carl Edwards finished 5th, after using some pit strategy with a no-tire stop during the final caution to gain track position with a little more than 30 laps remaining. David Ragan, David Reutimann, Mike Bliss, Clint Bowyer, and Brad Keselowski completed the top-ten.
David Reutimann and Carl Edwards each leap-frogged Brad Keselowski for position to take over 2nd and 3rd in the points standings. Clint Bowyer still holds a 182 point lead in first, though. Check here for the Camping World RV Sales 200 complete results.
Nationwide Series Standings (from nascar.com):
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| RANK |
+/- |
DRIVER |
POINTS |
BEHIND |
STARTS |
POLES |
WINS |
TOP 5 |
TOP 10 |
| 1 |
– |
Clint Bowyer |
2649 |
Leader |
18 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
15 |
| 2 |
+1 |
David Reutimann |
2467 |
-182 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
10 |
| 3 |
+1 |
Carl Edwards |
2461 |
-188 |
18 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
10 |
| 4 |
-2 |
Brad Keselowski |
2452 |
-197 |
18 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
10 |
| 5 |
– |
David Ragan |
2351 |
-298 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
11 |
| 6 |
– |
Mike Bliss |
2334 |
-315 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
| 7 |
– |
Kyle Busch |
2263 |
-386 |
17 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
8 |
| 8 |
– |
Mike Wallace |
2171 |
-478 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
| 9 |
– |
David Stremme |
2089 |
-560 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
9 |
| 10 |
+1 |
Jason Keller |
2048 |
-601 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| 11 |
-1 |
Jason Leffler |
2035 |
-614 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
| 12 |
– |
Steve Wallace |
1955 |
-694 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
| 13 |
– |
Marcos Ambrose |
1945 |
-704 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
| 14 |
– |
Kelly Bires |
1913 |
-736 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| 15 |
– |
Bobby Hamilton Jr. |
1876 |
-773 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| 16 |
+2 |
Kevin Harvick |
1654 |
-995 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
7 |
| 17 |
-1 |
Brad Coleman |
1648 |
-1001 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 18 |
-1 |
Kenny Wallace |
1625 |
-1024 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 19 |
– |
Scott Wimmer |
1584 |
-1065 |
11 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
| 20 |
– |
Kevin Lepage |
1423 |
-1226 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2 opinions for Tony Stewart Becomes 22nd Different Winner at New Hampshire
Adam C
Jun 29, 2008 at 11:05 am
That #20 team is just awsome in nationwide!
Tim Zaegel
Jun 29, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Agreed, Adam. What’s possibly even more impressive, though, is the streak of different winners at NHMS in the Nationwide Series. That’s just unreal.
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