Stewart wins race at Eldora
Tony Stewart led from start to finish Wednesday night in the Old Spice Prelude to the Dream benefit race at his own track, Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.
The race, contested by many of NASCAR’s stars, was a fund-raiser for the Petty family’s Victory Junction camp.
Also twas cool to see St. Louis racers Kenny Wallace and Ken Schrader in the top 10.
Here are the full results, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, laps completed and reason out (if any):
1. (3) Tony Stewart, 30
2. (5) Robby Gordon, 30
3. (7) Clint Bowyer, 30
4. (10) Kenny Wallace, 30
5. (9) Denny Hamlin, 30
6. (2) Matt Kenseth, 30
7. (1) Kevin Harvick, 30
8. (12) Jimmie Johnson, 30
9. (14) Ken Schrader, 30
10. (13) Kyle Busch, 30
11. (16) David Reutimann, 30
12. (18) Ryan Newman, 30
13. (21) Red Farmer, 30
14. (15) Jeff Gordon, 30
15. (23) Cruz Pedregon, 30
16. (22) Ray Evernham, 30
17. (11) Ron Capps, 29
18. (6) Carl Edwards, 18, Mechanical
19. (17) Aric Almirola, 16, Mechanical
20. (4) Dave Blaney, 11, Mechanical
21. (19) J.J. Yeley, 11, Spin T2
22. (23) Kasey Kahne, 9, Mechanical
23. (8) Bobby Labonte, 8, Spin T2
Mark Martin, DNS (Accident, Heat 1)
Bill Elliott, DNS (Oil Pump Belt)
Race Statistics
Winner’s average speed: 32.494 mph
Time of race: 27:41.858
Margin of victory: 1.502 seconds
Cautions: 7 (Lap 2: Yeley spin T3; Lap 6: Yeley spin T3; Lap 8: Labonte spin T2; Lap 9: Yeley spin T4, Newman, Farmer contact T2; Lap 11: Blaney, Stalled T2: Lap 16: Almirola, Stalled Frontstretch; Lap 19: Evernham, Spin T2)
Lead changes: No Lead Changes
Lap leaders: Stewart 1-30
Attendance: More than 23,000
Broadcast: HBO Pay-Per-View
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