NASCAR at Atlanta 2014: Winners and Losers from the Oral-B USA 500

Grip was the operative word at Atlanta Motor Speedway for the Oral-B USA 500. The teams that had grip kept their cool. Other drivers got loose and found the wall and found it often. Kasey Kahne won the race and locked up a spot in The Chase, but the Oral-B USA 500 was trumped by the return of Tony Stewart. Stewart took leave from the races for the past three weeks after a fatal accident involving Kevin Ward at a New York dirt track. It was an emotional return for Stewart, but the results were in some ways mixed. "Sorry guys," Stewart said, per Dustin Long of the Motor Racing Network. "You deserve (better) than this."  That was after Stewart smashed into the wall (for a second time) meat-grinding his right front wheel well and send...

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