MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Tony Stewart passed Jimmie Johnson on a restart with three laps to go Sunday and surged into contention for his third NASCAR Sprint Cup championship with three races left.
The victory was the third for Stewart in the first seven races of the 10-race playoffs, and he was easily the leading benefactor as the points race was significantly jumbled.
Stewart moved from 19 points behind leader Carl Edwards and in fourth place to just eight points behind in second as several contenders got caught up in a season-high 18 caution flags.
“He better be worried. That’s all I’ve got to say,” Stewart said in Victory Lane.
Edwards struggled all day, twice needing the get a free pass as the first car a lap down. He made it pay off the second time, rallying to finish an unlikely ninth.
“That’s just a gift,” he said. “We did not deserve to finish ninth.”
Other deserved much better than what they got, namely Matt Kenseth and Brad Keselowski. They started the day second and third in points, and both were running near the front all day until getting caught up in late accidents. Kenseth finished 31st and Keselowski wound up 17th.
It seemed especially harsh for Kenseth,
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