Haas now knows he could not have found a better partner. He was assisted with the resources of Hendrick Motorsports who furnishes engines, chassis and technical support. They flock to his track at Eldora and other tracks in which he has partial ownership.
He is also going to be a fun champion with his unpredicable behavior and wry humor. The current two-car operation will expand to a third car that will be driven in 10 races by media darling, Danica Patrick. If Stewart can find a sponsor to buy the remaining races that would enable him to run Patrick's No. With the Hendrick support, three Cup titles and the effort he is putting into building an organization that is able to not only win races, but titles as well, the future looks bright at SHR.
Stewart optimizes his personnel and motivates them to achieve goals that sometimes appear difficult. A week after that, he knew he was definitely wrong. Right out of the box, he won the opening playoff races at Chicago and Loudon. Stewart slipped to 25 th at Dover and 15 th at Kansas, but he ran in the top 10 in each of the six remaining races. That included back-to-back wins at Martinsville and Texas Motor Speedway. He then closed out in style, winning at Homestead to tie Carl Edwards in points.
Ends career with three championships, 49 wins, 15 poles, top-fives, tops and 12, laps led in career starts. Clinched title Oct. It was the first time a stock car surpassed the mph mark on a 1.
Prior to winning lap feature, Stewart set a new track qualifying record Bobby and Billy Myers were early pioneers in the sport of NASCAR, and the award named after them is given to someone who has made the greatest positive impact on the sport of stock car racing that year.
Stewart and Carl Edwards finished the season tied, with each driver accumulating 2, points. The successive wins marked the eighth and ninth time, respectively, that Stewart has won back-to-back Cup Series races. War Memorial Coliseum. International Raceway. It was also his seventh career Cup Series win on a road course. Stewart left the track with a point advantage over second-place Jeff Gordon. With his win the next week at Fontana, Stewart scored back-to-back Xfinity Series victories for the first time in his career.
Clinched title on Oct. May 5, Richmond Raceway Pontiac Excitement After rolling off the grid seventh, Stewart paced the field for 93 laps en route to his first win of the season. June 24, Sonoma Raceway Save Mart Stewart earned his first win in Wine Country in , leading only 11 laps of the lap event at Sonoma Raceway on his way to the checkered flag.
This also marked the first road course victory for Stewart, who would go on to win seven races at road course tracks. But there was little doubt this time, with the No. May 5, Richmond Raceway Pontiac Excitement Defending his win from at this race, Stewart cemented his affinity for Richmond with his third victory at the Virginia track in his first 14 wins.
Rain interrupted the race, and Stewart had started from the rear after the team was forced to change the engine after qualifying. But this time, in his first championship season, "Smoke" proved he had patience as well as fire. August 11, Watkins Glen International Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen It has often been said that Stewart is a pure wheelman and has the driving skills to put anything from a stock car to a dump truck in Victory Lane.
This was his first win at Watkins Glen, where he has won more races than at any other track, with five victories in 16 starts. June 8, Pocono Raceway Pocono The race ended under caution and Stewart sealed his first victory in the season.
The No. Jimmie Johnson, who was quickly making Charlotte his personal playground, was the toughest competition for Stewart in this race, but the No. July 11, Chicagoland Speedway Tropicana Presented by Meijer This win wasn't without the controversy that seems to envelop "Smoke" at times. He won, but on a restart on Lap he bumped Kasey Kahne, and an eight-car pileup ensued.
Stewart held off another road-course ringer, Ron Fellows, for the win. With 30 laps to go, Stewart said he lost third gear with 30 laps to go and had to hold the shifter in place and hope.
It worked. Jeff Gordon, who led the race's first 32 laps also had transmission problems, as did Ricky Rudd and Robby Gordon.
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