Filed under: Tony Stewart, Chase for the Sprint Cup, NASCAR
FONTANA, Calif. -- Tony Stewart was a rare sight at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday -- and not just because he made his first trip to victory lane at the two-mile oval. In a race that saw a good portion of the Chase for the Sprint Cup drivers run into some kind of issue, Stewart held off Clint Bowyer by 0.455 seconds to win the Pepsi Max 400. Jimmie Johnson, the series points leader and four-time defending champ, finished third.
"Awesome day, obviously," said Stewart, who moved up to fifth in the standings with six races left. "I'll be honest, when I woke up this morning I thought if we had a top 10 day that was going to be good and if we ran in the top five today that was going to be an outstanding day."
Championship hopefuls Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch were thwarted by engine problems, Jeff Gordon and Kevin Harvick received pit lane speeding penalties and Kurt Busch's day was cut short by a late-race collision.
Johnson, a native of nearby El Cajon, left the final fall race in Southern California for the foreseeable future with a 36-point lead on Denny Hamlin, who finished eighth.
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