NASCAR: Tony Stewart Ridin’ High in Las Vegas Winner’s Circle

Racin’ with Russ—After having his car not re-fire late in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race last week, Tony Stewart rebounded nicely to capture his first checkers of the season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon.The race started with Kasey Kahne on the pole, but was never really a threat on the day at any time. Dale Earnhardt Jr rocketed to the lead early and stayed there for most of the opening 50 laps.
Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth led with strong cars, but it was Stewart who seemed to have the ‘horse’ of the day.Several of the second half restarts saw Stewart rise to the occasion, especially one of them when he zipped to the point from third in just the first turn of the restart. Drivers such as Greg Bi...

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