Another great night race. First of all, did Kyle Busch driver of the #18 Toyota Camary M&M have an awesome night or what. Kyle Busch's car was set up just right, whether it be running the high line or low line, his car was just running everyone down and passing them. Tony Stewart driver of the #14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet Impala had different symptoms. Tony Stewart's #14 just kept dropping back lap after lap, his set up was just no where near of what the track requires. Tony came in with a different set up hoping it would work out for this track, but didn't. As for team mate Ryan Newman driver of the #39 Army Medicine Chevrolet Impala, his set up was good enough to get him up to the 9th spot just before the half-way mark of the 400 lap race. There wasn't to much mention of the #14 Office Depot/Old Spice Cheverolet Impala of Tony Stewart, who fell back a lap down by lap 85. When you have a bad set up or ride, there is no mention of how you are doing except for when they start falling back, a caution comes out or when the announcers do the "Driver by Driver" review. A caution flag on lap 155 allowed Tony Stewart to get on of his two down laps back. But constant problems with the #14 Office Depot Chevrolet put him down another lap, crew chief Darian Grubb made a strategy call to bring Stewart to pit road early under green flag conditions. A four-tire stop with a right-rear wedge adjustment on lap 350 put Stewart on the front end of the pit cycle, and if the race stayed green for the final 50 laps, he would gain considerable ground on those who had been running ahead of him.
Tony Stewart stated "We’re just not where we need to be right now,” who is now 15th in the championship standings with 1,160 points, a loss of one position. That puts him 307 markers behind new series leader Kevin Harvick. Teammate Ryan Newman, driver of the #39 Army Medicine Chevrolet, carried the Stewart/Haas Racing team by finishing eighth. With three top-10 finishes for the 2010 season, it allowed Newman to gain two positions in the point standings. He’s now 16th.
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