Tony Stewart won at Texas and Dale Earnhardt Jr. battles illness and the wall
Tony Stewart proved to be the class of the field and cruised to his 5th win of the season (3rd of the Chase and second in a row). He outlasted Jimmie Johnson to take the checkers at Texas Motor Speedway and solidify his hold on the 11th place position in the points standing.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was needing a great finish to help gain some ground on the leader and he had to over come a couple of obstacles if he was going to have that great finish. The first obstacle was the flu, he spent most of his non driving time at the track in the Infield Care Center getting fluids and the second one was the wall. His pit crew earned their keep after the late pancaking the wall that required 7 trips to pit road to repair. With not many laps to go Dale Jr. climbed from 32th position to finish 6th and with that 6th place finished he moved up one spot in the standing and gained 6 points in his drive for the Cup.
The post race festivities were marred by an unnecessary attack on Kevin Harvick and his wife Delana by a crew member of the #10 Valvoline car. The two were walking back to the garage area and a unidentified crew member of the #10 car pushed Harvick and they both were knocked to ground, causing Delana to twist her ankle. The crew member was angry because he was too stupid to watch the replay that shows the Kevin Harvick didn’t make contact with Riggs (#10) car until he had already lost control of the car. Many angles showed that Harvicks car got close behind Riggs causing the wind off the spoiler of the #1o car causing him to get loose and start to come around and that is when Harvick made contact with Riggs.
NASCAR called all parties involved to the hauler to investigate the circumstances surrounding the attack on Harvick and penalties should be handed out tomorrow.
