NASCAR All Star Race 2009
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Tony Stewart won his first race as a team owner Saturday night, breaking through for a $1 million payday with a victory in the annual All-Star race.
Stewart passed Matt Kenseth with two laps to go of a thrilling final 10-lap shootout to win his first All-Star event in 11 previous starts. It was the first victory since he left Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of last year, after two championships and 10 successful seasons, to become co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing.
In just six months, Smoke has turned his new toy into a championship contender. It was the first win for the organization, which was known as Haas CNC Racing for its first seven seasons.
The win at Lowe’s Motor Speedway was in front of co-owner Gene Haas, who was at the track for the first time since the completion of a 16-month federal prison term for tax fraud.
“Man, he’s not going to miss a week now,” Stewart said. “He gets here and we win a race.”
Stewart became the second driver/owner to win the All-Star race, joining Geoff Bodine, who won in 1994.
His crew urged him to the climb the fence in celebration — a tradition he started several years ago — but the driver who turns 38 next week declined.
His crew climbed for him.
Kenseth finished second and was followed by Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards.
The format of the Sprint-sponsored event was once again changed, this time to cut the 100-lap race into four segments that culminated with a 10-lap sprint to the finish. It was a nod to races past, which had a history of dramatic dash-for-the-cash finishes.
It didn’t disappoint.
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Reader Comments
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since i played forza 2 on 360 and learned about darftin or linestraming i love nascar since then
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i agree
GO 18
GO 18
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idk anything about nascar but it loooks so exiting
hahaha at 1:20 if …
hahaha at 1:20 if you listen closely you can hear Larry McReynolds screaming “that was awesome!”
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ever since i saw the movie xars i love nascar!
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go 24
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so you are telling that jeff gordon is a liar, since he called the blame of the wreck for him due to not seeing that they were in a 3-wide position
WHat the does …
WHat the does darrel drink before a race?
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i was at that race. …
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nice race…
Hate Kyle all you …
Hate Kyle all you want, but you got to admit that he is an incredible talent.
it was kyles fault …
it was kyles fault for wrecking gordon
How is there an all …
How is there an all star game for a sport with no athletic ability involved? Good lord a bunch of hicks riding around in a circle wasting the worlds most valuable resource. Congratulations you are fans of the most wasteful and dumbed down sport in the history of mankind. You should be proud, stupid dumb hicks.
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it was a great race
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i am so tired of people dissing nascar. its probably the most exciting racing in america. its alot more then just driving in circles for 3 hours n making left turns..ALOT MORE. if u all knew what the is going on and what it takes to drive a car going 190+ mph the way they do. the strategy,physics,all the facts and everything that goes into it. once u kno that. then its exciting. plus the history.
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wht the was up with darrel waltrip?
dang kyle busch. …
dang kyle busch. newmen would of won if kyle didnt pinch him up.
No offence to all …
No offence to all of you I’m just making a joke. Seriously though, doesn’t it ever get boring just a little?
What is so big …
What is so big about Nascar? Every race my mom watches I walk past the room, watch it for like 5 mins, get bored, get sleepy, then I wake up really fast and say “OH MY GOSH! ANOTHER LEFT TURN!!!”
my favorite number …
my favorite number is 14…:P