Today marked the 3rd race out of 10 for the NSCS Championship; at Kansas Motor Speedway, Tony started 5th, being 5th in points. I didn't pay much attention to the race until about the last 45 laps....when Tony was leading! I was ready for him to win a Chase race, but also, I wanted him to get some points in and get back up in the top 3 in points. He held off Jeff Gordon to take the checkered flag, and he was very excited and happy in victory lane. I don't blame him. After the bad luck that's plagued him for weeks, he FINALLY bounced back. He also moved up to 4th in points, and I believe that Jimmie Johnson lost some points because he finished 9th. Yay! I'm so very proud of Tony, DArian Grubb, and of the entire team at Stewart-Haas Racing. They have done what nobody expected, and certainly what many thought couldn't be done: not only are they in the Chase, they have both of their cars in the Chase, they've had 5 wins (one being a non-points race, the All-Star race), and Tony has been incredibly consistent. Nobody expected Tony to be doing this well as his first year as a owner-driver.
He's sure proved them wrong.
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