Wednesday, 19th March 2008

Despite leading half of all laps in past three years, #20 still can't buy a win at Bristol.

Stewart and Zipadelli elected to stay out, as did second-place Denny Hamlin and third-place Dale Earnhardt Jr, but, when the race restarted, Hamlin got by Stewart on lap 496, while Richard Childress Racing team-mates Kevin Harvick and Jeff Burton, who had pitted for new tyres, closed in. As Harvick and Stewart battled for second, the Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet slid up into Stewart's Toyota into turn three on lap 499.

Contact was made and Stewart spun backward into the SAFER barrier on the outside retaining wall. The rear of his car was badly mis-shapen but, after some quick service on pit-road under the ensuing yellow, Stewart was able to stay on the lead lap and remain in the race. He finished as the last car on the lead lap, and actually gained one spot in the championship standings.

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