NASCAR WCUP: Tony Stewart 'sore' afte running of Dura Lube 400

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

TONY STEWART, NO. 20 HOME DEPOT PONTIAC GRAND PRIX:

(ON THE RACE) "I'm glad we didn't have any more cautions than we had. I'm sore right now.

"It was a good day. The guys on the pit crew did a great job all day and kept us up front. We dropped back early. The car got pretty loose, but we just hung with it. Greg [Zipadelli] and I kept communicating real well. I think we've got some good things to look forward to this year.

"We had a really good day. I finally learned how to run the top all the way around this place. It was glad to get by [Johnny] Benson there at the end and hold on to fourth.

"It was a good day for all of us. If we couldn't win it and if Bobby couldn't win it, I was glad that Steve Park could win this one for [Dale] Earnhardt."

(WOULD SOME MORE LAPS HAVE HELPED YOU?) "We were catching the '24' (Jeff Gordon). I could see him up there, but we just ran out of laps. But there were some guys running us down, too. The weather just caught us off-guard a little bit today. We were pretty good yesterday, and it really messed us up today. But the guys did a great job in the pits getting us caught back up."

(ON DEI WINNING TODAY) "It's pretty fitting. Steve [Park] was fast all day. If I can't win and if Bobby [Labonte] can't win, it was good to see Steve Park win this thing for [Dale] Earnhardt and everybody. It was very fitting."

Text Provided By Al Larsen

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