The Final Lap with Kerry Murphey

1-Tony Stewart’s Homestead-Miami Clincher
Stewart trailed Carl Edwards by three points entering the 10th and final race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™. Both drivers had predicted the championship wouldn’t be decided until the final lap, and they were right. Edwards, who started on the pole, led the most laps while Stewart yo-yoed through the field after fixing damage to the front of his Chevrolet. Amazingly, Stewart took the lead with 36 laps remaining. Edwards, in second place, stayed in full-out pursuit mode until the checkered flag waved, but finished 1.306 seconds behind Stewart. Both drivers scored 2,403 points with the tiebreaker – five wins to one – falling in Stewart’s favor.

The battle in the media center is as interesting as on the track at Watkins Glen as Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson duke it out with words.

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Related: Video: Jimmie Johnson Describes Kurt Busch Pocono Spat

Listen to what the guys had to say on this week’s The Final Lap Podcast

The Final Lap #169 – Kurt Busch Vs. Jimmie Johnson

A week later, and it seems Jimmie Johnson is still not letting his incident at Pocono with Kurt Busch go.

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Related: War of words – Kurt Busch responds to Jimmie Johnson

Listen to what the guys had to say on this week’s The Final Lap Podcast

The Final Lap #169 – Kurt Busch Vs. Jimmie Johnson