Tony Stewart Gambles and Comes Up Short in Vegas

It was a dominating day for Tony Stewart and his No. 14 Chevrolet in Sunday's Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway -- for the first half, at least, before things began to take a turn. Having led the most laps of the race crossing the halfway mark of the 267-lap race, he was in perfect shape for the checkered flag.That was until a problem on pit lane shoved him to the middle of the field. An air hose was left dragging from the rear of his car as he pulled away from his pit box, resulting in a pass-through penalty for Stewart and leaving him in the 23rd position.If he wanted to return to the front of the field, he would have to take the risk and gamble in Vegas with tires. In the 15th position, he was going nowhere until com...

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