"Stewart Smokes Sonoma with One Hand!"
Tony (Smoke) Stewart hasn't been in victory lane since winning at Watkins Glen (my hometown, I might add) last August. No one thought he'd have to wait for the next road course, before he'd get there again.
Driving with just one hand on the wheel, while holding the #20 Home Depot Chevrolet in gear with the other, Tony took the checkers at the Save-Mart 350 in Sonoma, California.
"Toward the end of the race with 30 laps to go, I lost fourth gear," said Stewart, "And it wasn't but a couple laps after that where it popped down to third gear twice and I thought, 'I can survive without fourth gear but I can't survive without third gear.' So, I just kept holding in it gear and made sure that it wouldn't jump out of third anymore."
I'm pretty sure that Tony had to go to Jeff Gordon's hauler to get his trophy though! Prior to the race, everyone just assumed that Jeff or Jimmie Johnson had already won and they were just going to put on a race because a few fans paid for ticketsand expected a race! (now, I can't back that up, but, I'm pretty sure).
Transmissions and/or lack of road racing skills gave alot of the Cup regulars a dose of reality Sunday. Earnhardt, Johnson, and both Gordon's all looked to be strong at the start. Then, one by one, the gear box would go away, along with their chance at winning.
Tony bought a flag from a little shop a few days ago, after a press conference at Fisherman's wharf, which he promptly hung on his teams hauler. "The beatings will continue," it read, "until morale improves."
The flag came down Sunday night!
Mark
www.nascarstockcar.com
Driving with just one hand on the wheel, while holding the #20 Home Depot Chevrolet in gear with the other, Tony took the checkers at the Save-Mart 350 in Sonoma, California.
"Toward the end of the race with 30 laps to go, I lost fourth gear," said Stewart, "And it wasn't but a couple laps after that where it popped down to third gear twice and I thought, 'I can survive without fourth gear but I can't survive without third gear.' So, I just kept holding in it gear and made sure that it wouldn't jump out of third anymore."
I'm pretty sure that Tony had to go to Jeff Gordon's hauler to get his trophy though! Prior to the race, everyone just assumed that Jeff or Jimmie Johnson had already won and they were just going to put on a race because a few fans paid for ticketsand expected a race! (now, I can't back that up, but, I'm pretty sure).
Transmissions and/or lack of road racing skills gave alot of the Cup regulars a dose of reality Sunday. Earnhardt, Johnson, and both Gordon's all looked to be strong at the start. Then, one by one, the gear box would go away, along with their chance at winning.
Tony bought a flag from a little shop a few days ago, after a press conference at Fisherman's wharf, which he promptly hung on his teams hauler. "The beatings will continue," it read, "until morale improves."
The flag came down Sunday night!
Mark
www.nascarstockcar.com
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