It seems that once again Tony Stewart may be starting another late season run on the NASCAR Nextel Cup championship. After twenty races without a win, Stewart totally dominated Sunday’s race in Chicago, leading 108 of the 267 laps and finishing off th day with his trademark climb up the fence to salute the crowd from the flag stand.
Jimmie Johnson looked to be the only person with any chance of catching Stewart until his right rear tire exploded in spectacular fashion sending Johnson into the wall. Matt Kenseth made a run at Stewart over the closing laps, even getting the car nose in front for a few seconds, but it wasn’t to last. Perhaps the most entertaining drive of the day came from Dale Earnhardt Jr. who was up in the top five when he lost power steering, even though he dropped down to 19th he appeared to be having great fun wrestling the car around the circuit.
The Top 10 finishers were:
- Tony Stewart
- Matt Kenseth
- Carl Edwards
- Kevin Harvick
- Casey Mears
- Kurt Busch
- Jeff Burton
- Ryan Newman
- Jeff Gordon
- Clint Bowyer
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I don’t get the facination of Smoke climbing the fence. The NASCAR community makes it seem like it’s a Tony Stewart original. Didn’t Helio Castroneves start the practice then stop once Stewart started scampering up fences? Don’t get me wrong - I like Smoke. He’s a true racer. But the fence climbing - what gives?