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by Dwight Drum at Racetake.com

It’s been a good week for Tony Stewart. The winner of the Coke Zero 400 in Daytona was also voted as “Best Driver” in the Espy Awards on ESPN.

Tony Stewart is rockin’ and rollin’ again after struggling during part of the 2012 NASCAR season and joins Brad Keselowski in the elite three-win club. Wins will weigh heavy after Richmond when selected contenders line up for the 10-race playoff.

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by Dwight Drum at Racetake.com

After NASCAR’s Sonoma road-course 16 of 36 races are in the books and 10 races remain before the final dozen contenders are set for the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Clint Bowyer is coming off a strong Infineon Raceway win that upped his chances to be among those who can grasp a championship.

Bowyer was already looking ahead even as he spoke during post-race media obligations about Sonoma. Daytona loomed in his mind.

“You hear us talk about the Chase, points are so valuable,” Bowyer said. “We have two of those wild-card races here almost within three weeks. Daytona coming up on the 4th, we all have our eyes on that, too, because we all know the consequences between a good run and a bad run there.”

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Cool-Down Lap: Kurt Busch could find redemption in Sonoma performance

June 25, 2012: Commentary

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

SONOMA, Calif. — After doing all the right things on a sunny Sunday at Sonoma, Kurt Busch can take an object lesson from the driver who finished right behind him in the Toyota/Save Mart 350.

That driver is Brian Vickers, who six months ago was radioactive, unemployable, a laughingstock to a prospective sponsor.

Within an extremely small window of opportunity, Vickers has achieved a remarkable transformation. The driver who sullied his own reputation by waging war on championship contender Matt Kenseth last fall at Martinsville now has an opportunity to regain a firm foothold in NASCAR Sprint Cup racing.

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FYI WIRZ: NASCAR’s Dale Earnhardt Jr. takes big win into right turns at Sonoma

Junior Nation fans are likely to be still singing winning praises or at least humming occasionally after of the long drought of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s visit to victory lane ended in Michigan last week. Now Earnhardt must take that huge wave of elation to the twisting left and right turns of the Sonoma road course at Infineon Raceway.

by Dwight Drum at Racetake.com

Bulky NASCAR Sprint Cup stock cars aren’t really suited to sports car tracks, but the challenge and the thrill creates drama for Infineon Raceway and Watkins Glen International races during the long NSCS season.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. and fans endured four years and two days or in NASCAR time—143 winless races before winning at Michigan International Speedway Sunday.

by Dwight Drum at Racetake.com

After the Michigan race Tony Stewart said, “It’s not a national holiday guys”, but he’ll never sell that to Junior Nation.

Stewart, who is known for mood swings that produce upbeat, funny plus sarcastic comments, added, “This morning, they were celebrating his fourth anniversary of his last win, so I guess we are all in a state of mourning now because he’s broke that streak.”

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