Tony Stewart Likes It Hot and Slick

This weekend's race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway couldn't come at a better time for NASCAR veteran and two-time champion Tony Stewart. Since his rookie season in 1999, the summer stretch of events on the Sprint Cup calendar are historically his best. Stewart has amassed 37 career wins in his Cup career and 34 of them have come in the month of June or later. Without a doubt, the summer season belongs to him. He has used these wins and consistent finishes to catapult himself to two Sprint Cup Series championships in 2002 and 2005. Stewart is also the only driver to win a championship under both the old points format and the new chase points system. Coming off a surprising first-year campaign for newly formed Stewart-Haas Racing in 200...

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