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After Tony Stewart climbed from his #14 Chevy in Victory Lane at New Hamphire, he said “We got rid of some dead weight earlier this week, so it’s made it a lot easier,” Stewart said of his team’s sudden turnaround. “It’s been a big weight lifted off our shoulders. Sometimes you’ve got to make adjustments in your life, and we did that, and it’s definitely helped this weekend for sure.”

UPDATE: LISTEN TO WHAT THE GUYS HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS ON THIS WEEK’S THE FINAL LAP PODCAST

Here’s the exchange in the media center afterwards when ESPN.com reporter Ed Hinton tried to follow up….

Q. Tony, ever since you were on TV in Victory Lane, the buzz all around the track and Internet is wondering what you meant when you said, We dropped some dead weight earlier this week.

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By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

(September 25, 2011)

LOUDON, N.H.—
After climbing from his winning car Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Tony Stewart made the understatement of the year.

“We’ve got a shot at this thing,” said Stewart, who by taking the checkered flag in the Sylvania 300 became the second driver to win the first two races in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup in the same year.

Continue reading “Race Recap – Tony Stewart Wins New Hampshire, Second Straight”

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1 20 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet
2 16 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge
3 4 16 Greg Biffle Ford40MPG.com Ford
4 7 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet
5 3 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota
6 27 17 Matt Kenseth Affliction Clothing Ford
7 26 6 David Ragan UPS Ford
8 23 99 Carl Edwards Scotts Winterguard Ford
9 31 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Degree Men Chevrolet
10 17 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Chevrolet
11 8 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Toyota
12 6 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet
13 18 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet
14 24 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota
15 2 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota
16 9 56 Martin Truex, Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota
17 12 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevrolet
18 10 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet
19 15 47 Bobby Labonte Bush’s Baked Beans Toyota
20 14 27 Paul Menard Sylvania/Menards Chevrolet

Continue reading “2011 NASCAR Race #28 Results, Chase Race #2: New Hampshire”

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RACE RECAP | NEW HAMPSHIRE
10 Regan Smith
9 Juan Pablo Montoya
8 Carl Edwards
7 David Ragan
6 Matt Kenseth
5 Brian Vickers
4 Jeff Gordon led the most laps, moved to 5th in points
3 Greg Biffle best finish this season
2 Brad Keselowski

VICTORY LANE

1 This year it’s Tony Stewart passing Clint Bowyer running out of fuel in the closing laps to grab his second win in a row to go undefeated in the Chase so far.

Tony takes over the points lead by 7

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By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

(September 24, 2011)

LOUDON, N.H.—The Magic Mile gave Kyle Busch a chance to show his mastery.

Busch dominated Saturday’s F.W. Webb 175 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, a race in which only six Camping World Truck Series entries finished on the lead lap.

Busch crossed the finish line 3.816 seconds ahead of runner-up Austin Dillon to post his sixth win in 14 starts this season and the 30th victory of his career. Behind Busch and Dillon, Kevin Harvick finished third, followed by Ron Hornaday Jr. and Johnny Sauter.

Busch led the first 130 laps and didn’t surrender the top spot until he came to pit road for tires and fuel on Lap 131. That handed the lead to Dillon, who didn’t pit until Lap 135.

By the time pit stops cycled through, Busch had opened his advantage over Dillon to nearly six seconds. Harvick was running third at that point, more than 12 seconds back.

Though Dillon closed the gap over the final 30 laps, Busch was able to cruise to the win, breaking a string of five straight Chevrolet victories in the series. Dillon now is atop the truck standings by two points over James Buescher, who finished seventh, the first driver one lap down.