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 Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:57 pm Post subject: NASCAR: Stewart wins fuel mileage Cup race at Chicagoland |
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“We’ve had a rough year, so this is a good way to start it (the Chase) off,” Stewart said.
Kevin Harvick finished second in the No. 29 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. was third in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
“We had really good stops all day long,” Earnhardt, who started the race in the 19th spot, said. “We made some changes there near the end and had one of the fastest cars out there.”
The race was originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon, but rain intervened, postponing all 267 laps of the event until Monday. Stewart didn’t mind, though.
“I had a migraine all day (Sunday), so I’m kind of glad we didn’t race,” Stewart said.
Once the race finally took the green flag on Monday, it turned into a fuel mileage run with the sixth and final caution of the race coming out for debris with 55 laps remaining. Stops during that caution put teams right on the edge of their fuel mileage window, with some making it the remainder of the distance and several cars running out of fuel on the final lap.
Front running cars of Chase drivers were among those that ran out of fuel on the last lap. They were the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet driven by Jeff Gordon, the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota of Kyle Busch, the No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford of Matt Kenseth, the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet of Jimmie Johnson and the No. 39 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet of Ryan Newman ,
Kenseth started the race from the pole and held the lead until Busch took only two tires during a competition caution that came out on lap 30 to restart in the top spot. Busch eventually lost the lead to his brother, Kurt Busch in the No. 22 Penske Racing Dodge, on lap 41.
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