SHOW #193 – Guests: Miss Coors Light Rachel Rupert, & Marcos Ambrose. We also recap Las Vegas, talk Jimmie Johnson’s appeal, and preview Thunder Valley, Bristol Motor Speedway. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie
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Tony Stewart’s already short list of winless tracks has dwindled to two, as the three-time champion checked Las Vegas Motor Speedway off the list with a dominant performance that put his career wins total to 45. Now, Stewart remains winless at only Darlington Raceway and Kentucky Speedway.
But the back story of yesterday’s race was Steve Addington, whose tenure as Stewart’s crew chief is now three races old. Addington joined the team for the 2012 season, sliding into an organization that had won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship just a few months ago.
Sunday’s win was his first at Stewart-Haas Racing, and 17th overall in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Addington’s first 16 wins all came with a member of the Busch family driving (12 with Kyle; four with Kurt).
With the victory, Stewart has now won six of the last 13 races and now sits one win behind Buck Baker for 14th on the all-time series wins list.
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1 7 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet
2 6 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet
3 9 16 Greg Biffle 3M/Meguiars Ford
4 18 39 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevrolet
5 21 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford
6 5 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota
7 26 27 Paul Menard Menards/Schrock Chevrolet
8 19 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald’s Chevrolet
9 25 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford
10 4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet
RACE RECAP | LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
10 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
9 Trevor Bayne
8 Jamie McMurray
7 Paul Menard
6 Clint Bowyer
5 Carl Edwards
4 Ryan Newman
3 Greg Biffle with his 3rd, 3rd place in a row
2 Jimmie Johnson moves to 23rd in points
VICTORY LANE
1 Tony Stewart dominated and grabs his first career win at Las Vegas, 14th year in a row that Tony has at least 1 Cup win for a season
Note: Tony Stewart and his previous crew chief Darian Grubb have won the last two races after winning the 2011 Championship last year.
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March 10, 2012
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
LAS VEGAS — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. dominated the last 50 laps of Saturday’s Sam’s Town 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, pulling away from Mark Martin during a 39-lap green flag run the finish.
The victory was Stenhouse’s first of the season and third in the series — and his first on a 1.5-mile intermediate speedway, the staple of NASCAR’s top three touring series.
Points leader Elliott Sadler came home third, followed by Trevor Bayne and Las Vegas native Brendan Gaughan. Cole Whitt, Austin Dillon, Justin Allgaier, Sam Hornish Jr. and Kasey Kahne completed the top 10.
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