Lap 242 -- Lapped traffic is still far off as the No. 14 enjoys clean air and a 1.181 second lead.
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Lap 242 -- Lapped traffic is still far off as the No. 14 enjoys clean air and a 1.181 second lead.
Lap 244 -- To say that's it go-time would be an understatement. Tony Stewart leads Carl Edwards by 1.294 seconds as Brad Keselowski and the Blue Deuce fall of the pace from third.
Lap 246 -- For Carl Edwards to win his first title, he must pass Tony Stewart. It's all or nothing with 22 laps to go.
Lap 248 -- Tony Stewart continues to turn faster lap times, but not by much.
last time an owner/driver won a championship was in 1992 with alan kulwicki
Lap 252 -- Both Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards hug the wall coming out of Turn 4 and record near identical lap times with 15 laps to go.
Lap 250 -- Kevin Harvick rounds out the top 10; Matt Kenseth is in fifth. Tony Stewart leads Carl Edwards by 1.478 seconds through Turn 3.
Lap 248 -- It is now Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards alone and out front as the rest of the field is more than 4.5 seconds behind.
Lap 254 -- Tony Stewart's lead: 1.343 seconds in Turns 1 and 2 and 1.251 seconds through Turns 3 and 4.
Lap 257 -- With 10 laps to go, lapped traffic is approaching. Tony Stewart continues to lead.
Lap 259 -- Carl Edwards trims the lead to less than a second. He'll have to catch the No. 14, then find away around Tony Stewart.
Lap 260 -- Travis Kvapil forces Tony Stewart to the low side as Carl Edwards follows in lapped traffic.
tony takes the white fl&g
tony wins the race & the championship!
even tho tony & carl are tied in points, tony gets the championship because he's won 5 races to carl's 1.
tony just made it into the chase with no wins & he won 5 out of the 10 races.
carl did everything possible to win. he lead the most laps, but in the end he was one spot short of the championship. he had to win the race in order to win the championship. he lost on the tie breaker of the most wins.