Originally published Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Auto racing | Sprint Cup star Stewart makes himself at home in Nationwide
Tony Stewart isn't running many races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series this series, so he's making the ones he does drive in count. The two-time Sprint Cup...
LOUDON, N.H. — Tony Stewart isn't running many races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series this series, so he's making the ones he does drive in count.
The two-time Sprint Cup champion, who hasn't been having much luck and has no wins in the top stock-car series this season, drove away Saturday with the Camping World RV Sales 200, his fifth victory in seven Nationwide starts in 2008.
Stewart got good track position, restarting third after taking just two tires during his final pit stop on Lap 129 of the 200-lap event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He took the lead on lap 136 from fellow Cup star Carl Edwards on lap 136 and led the rest of the way.
Teammates Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch finished second and third.
Greg Biffle of Vancouver, Wash., was 19th, and Spanaway's Derrike Cope was 30th.
The No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota that Stewart drove has won eight of 17 races this season, including all five by Stewart and one each by Hamlin, Busch and heralded rookie Joey Logano. Busch also has two wins in his No. 18 entry and another in the Braun Racing car already this season.
Crew chief Dave Rogers made the two-tire call that Stewart credited with putting him in position to win.
"I look up and they're all coming," Rogers said of the last pit stop for the leaders. "It was a parking lot and I knew if we got back in traffic, we would never make it to the front."
The race ended under caution after Greg Biffle, racing side-by-side with Brad Keselowski for 10th place, appeared to touch the track apron and lose control, sliding hard into the outside wall.
Other events
• Pole-sitter Tony Kanaan took advantage of an out-of-sequence pit stop by front-running teammate Marco Andretti and ran away with the SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond International Raceway for his first victory of the IndyCar Series season.
• Allen Johnson won the $50,000 K&N Horsepower Challenge on Saturday at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, his first victory in the special bonus event for the eight quickest Pro Stock teams from the last year. He had a winning run of 6.725 seconds at 204.91 mph against Greg Anderson.
In other racing, Rod Fuller (Top Fuel) and Robert Hight (Funny Car) topped qualifying for the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event.
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