Tony Stewart Climbs the Fence at Chicagoland winning after a strong run and leading 108 laps. It’s his 2nd win at Chicago and 20 races since his last win at Texas.
Teammates Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards raced for 2nd place with Matt keeping the position blocking Carl’s challenge. Matt has had top 5’s 7 times this season.
Kevin Harvick led 54 laps and finished 4th. Casey Mears started from the pole and finished 5th after leading 5 laps. Kurt Busch had started from 35th after replacing an engine but led 2 laps and finished 6th. Jeff Burton was 7th, Ryan Newman was 8th, Jeff Gordon 9th and Clint Bowyer 10th.
Jamie McMurray, last week’s winner, had a tire cut down and crashed into the wall on lap 154. He finished 38th 45 laps down and slipped in the points to 15th position.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. started 5th, had a 12 second pitstop, led 2 laps, but lost his power steering. Even though the crew tried to fix it he battled with it from lap 210 to the end finishing 19th but keeping 12th spot in the points.
Jimmie Johnson crashed into the wall on lap 223 when the left rear tire cut down. He finished 37th after having led 82 laps battling with Tony Stewart for the win. He slipped from 4th to 7th in the points.
Joe Gibbs came to Chicago to speak with Denny Hamlin and Tony Stewart after their contact last week crashed both into the wall. His talk created good feelings between the two drivers and motivated Tony to the win.
The announcement was made that Budweiser will not move with Junior to Hendrick’s Motorsports next year.
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