26th Place Not Indicative of Performance?
Before beginning this entry, let me apologize to my one reader — and it’s not my mother; she doesn’t own a computer.  It was my original goal to blog on Mondays following a race. However, my real job got in the way this week.  I’ll keep it short in hopes that Tony will show me up next week.

In race number 3, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series boys ran at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  Tony Stewart has a perfect record there (0 for 11).  His best finish was a second place in 2000.

Sunday didn’t help his cause at the desert track.  Stewart started 10th, but led no laps.  He did  rise to second briefly, thanks to quick action by his pit crew.  He could be found running with the leaders most the day.  Late in the race, the No. 14 Office Depot Chevrolet developed a vibration, which the team could not overcome.

Stewart came across the stripe in 26th place behind hometown favorite Kyle Busch.   Juan Pablo Montoya finished 31st.

“The finish doesn’t show the performance that we had,” Stewart said after the race.  “There’s still question marks, I’m sure, with a lot of people, ‘Can we do this?’ and three weeks in a row we’ve gone out and run well.  We didn’t get the physical finish today that we deserved, but we had a good performance on the racetrack.  Every time I leave the racetrack, it just gives me confidence that we’re going to be something to contend with at the end of the year.”

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Posted: 3/4/2009 9:38:14 AM
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