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Watkins Glen 1 pm ET Sunday, August 9th, 2009 race 22 of 36
Race Recap
CHECKERED FLAG: Tony Stewart
wins for the fifth time at Watkins Glen and extends his
points lead. Marcos Ambrose finishes a career-high
second and Greg Biffle finishes fifth, his best finish
at The Glen. Lap 89 --
WHITE FLAG: Tony Stewart has finished first or second in
the last five Watkins Glen races and he takes the white
flag as the leader. Lap 88 --
Marcos Ambrose gets loose in Turn 1 as he overdrives the
car giving Tony Stewart a 1.4-second lead. Uniforms
Collection! Lap 87 --
Marcos Ambrose has closed the gap on Tony Stewart to 0.7
seconds. Lap 85 --
Tony Stewart leads by 1.2 seconds. Denny Hamlin passes
Jimmie Johnson for 11th. Lap 84 --
This is a two-man race as Tony Stewart and Marcos
Ambrose have put a three-second margin between them and
Carl Edwards. Both are concerned about fuel though as
they race for the win. Lap 83 --
Patrick Carpentier and Elliott Sadler are back on the
track. Lap 82 --
Jamie McMurray has some smoke coming out of his No. 26
Ford. Marcos Ambrose has shaved 0.4 seconds off of Tony
Stewart's lead. Lap 81 --
Tony Stewart leads by 1.4 seconds on Marcos Ambrose.
Both drivers are concerned about fuel with nine laps
remaining. Lap 79 --
Kyle Busch gets loose in the esses and goes into the
grass allowing Carl Edwards to pass him for third. Lap 77 --
Kurt Busch passes Max Papis for seventh. Carl Edwards
challenging Kyle Busch for third. Lap 76 --
Boris Said takes his car to the garage as his day comes
to a close. Tony Stewart leads by 0.9 seconds. Lap 75 --
Kurt Busch up to ninth. Jimmie Johnson up to 11th. Boris
Said's car is smoking heavily as he might lose his
engine. Lap 74 --
Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards pass Greg Biffle in Turn 2
for third and fourth. Lap 73 --
GREEN FLAG: Tony Stewart brings the field to the green
from the inside. 1. Tony
Stewart 2. Marcos
Ambrose 3. Greg
Biffle 4. Kyle Busch 5. Juan
Montoya Lap 71 --
YELLOW FLAG NO. 5: Elliott Sadler and Patrick Carpentier
get together with the race staying green. But as Sadler
drove off, he blew a tire bringing out the caution. Andy
Lally gets the free pass and is back on the lead lap. Lap 70 --
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is back on the track. Boris Said is
up to 17th with fresh tires. Lap 69 --
Marcos Ambrose and Greg Biffle pass Kyle Busch for
second and third in Turn 10 as Busch struggles to turn
his car and has to lock up his brakes. Lap 68 --
Reed Sorenson is back on the track. Greg Biffle
challenges Marcos Ambrose for third in Turn 10. Carl
Edwards passes Max Papis for sixth. Lap 67 --
LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart gets around Kyle Busch in Turn
2 to take the lead. Carl Edwards jumps from ninth to
seventh on the restart. Lap 66 --
GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch brings the field to the green on
the outside. 1. Kyle Busch 2. Tony
Stewart 3. Marcos
Ambrose 4. Greg
Biffle 5. Juan
Montoya Lap 65 --
John Andretti and Ron Fellows are the wave-around cars. Lap 64 --
LEAD CHANGE: Scott Speed finally pits ending the final
round of stops and giving Kyle Busch the lead. Boris
Said also pits. Lap 63 --
YELLOW FLAG: The yellow is back out and the cars are
back under way at 2:25 p.m., ending the 20-minute red
flag. Lap 63 -- RED
FLAG: The race is under red at 2:05 p.m. to clean up the
track. Lap 62 --
YELLOW FLAG NO. 4: Big crash in Turn 9 as Sam Hornish
Jr. gets bumped by Kasey Kahne and spins hard into the
wall. Hornish Jr. bounces onto the track where Jeff
Burton and Jeff Gordon hit the No. 77 at full speed in a
violent crash. Andy Lally and Joey Logano also involved.
Robby Gordon gets the free pass. Lap 61 --
After pit stops, Denny Hamlin is 12th. Jimmie Johnson
runs 13th. Kurt Busch is 14th. Jeff Gordon is 23rd.
Jamie McMurray is back on the track. Lap 60 --
LEAD CHANGE: David Stremme pits giving the lead to Scott
Speed. Stremme with four tires and fuel. Lap 59 --
LEAD CHANGE: David Stremme is now the leader. Scott
Speed is second. Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart and Marcos
Ambrose round out top five. Lap 58 --
Kurt Busch on pit road for his final stop. He takes four
tires and fuel. Lap 57 --
LEAD CHANGE: Kurt Busch has yet to pit and he inherits
the lead. A.J. Allmendinger gives up second to pit.
David Stremme and Scott Speed have yet to pit. Lap 56 --
Tony Stewart and Juan Montoya hit pit road. Four tires
and fuel for Stewart with no changes. No changes for
Montoya as he takes four tires and fuel. Lap 55 --
Marcos Ambrose, Max Papis, Greg Biffle, Kyle Busch, Matt
Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne among the
leaders to pit. Lap 54 --
Jimmie Johnson spins in Turn 1 and is able to continue
but loses third place. Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin,
Martin Truex Jr. and Casey Mears on pit road. Lap 53 --
Ryan Newman and Patrick Carpentier get together and spin
in Turn 1 but both are able to keep going and the race
stays green. Lap 52 --
Juan Montoya up to sixth. Carl Edwards runs eighth.
Marcos Ambrose up to 19th after passing Jeff Gordon. Lap 50 --
Marcos Ambrose up to 21st as he passes Andy Lally. Tony
Stewart leads by 0.5 seconds. Lap 49 --
Boris Said hits pit road as he looks to be overheating.
They are cleaning the grill, changing four tires and
filling it with fuel. Lap 48 --
Juan Montoya up to eighth after passing Clint Bowyer in
Turn 1. Max Papis passes Boris Said for fifth. Carl
Edwards up to 10th. Kurt Busch up to 17th. Lap 47 --
Juan Montoya bumps Casey Mears out of the way and passes
him for ninth. Lap 46 --
LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart passes Kyle Busch in the esses
and takes the lead for the first time today. Marcos
Ambrose up to 27th in one lap. Lap 45 --
GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch brings the field to the green. 1. Kyle Busch 2. Tony
Stewart 3. Jimmie
Johnson 4. Greg
Biffle 5. Boris Said Lap 44 --
Kevin Harvick is back on the track. Lap 43 --
David Reutimann, Marcos Ambrose, Brian Vickers, Scott
Speed, Joey Logano, Sam Hornish Jr. and David Ragan the
cars to pit. Lap 41 --
YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: Dale Earnhardt Jr. lost his brakes in
Turn 10 and went flying into the gravel pit. Reed
Sorenson in the wrong place at the wrong time and gets
collected by Junior. Sorenson able to start back up and
get on the track. David Stremme gets the free pass. Lap 40 --
Juan Montoya passes Brian Vickers for 11th. Lap 38 --
Brian Vickers continues to fall as he is down to 10th.
Jeff Gordon up to 20th. Lap 37 --
Kyle Busch leads by two seconds on Tony Stewart as he
goes around Jimmie Johnson for second. Lap 36 --
Tony Stewart on the bumper of Jimmie Johnson for second.
Clint Bowyer passes Brian Vickers for sixth. Sam Hornish
Jr. on pit road. Lap 35 --
Matt Kenseth passes Martin Truex Jr. for 10th. Casey
Mears having a good run, currently ninth. Joey Logano
spins in Turn 1 but doesn't hit anything. Lap 34 --
LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch passes Jimmie Johnson coming out
of Turn 11 and takes the lead. Jamie McMurray takes his
car to the garage. Lap 33 --
Kyle Busch is on the bumper of leader Jimmie Johnson.
Kurt Busch is catching up to the rear of the field. Lap 31 -- Ron
Fellows is back in the race. Tony Stewart passes Greg
Biffle for third. Matt Kenseth is up to 11th. Juan
Montoya is 15th. Carl Edwards is 16th and Denny Hamlin
is 17th. Lap 30 --
LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson inherits the lead as Marcos
Ambrose pits. Just a small air-pressure adjustment for
the No. 47 along with four tires and fuel. Lap 29 --
LEAD CHANGE: Kurt Busch hits pit road for a second time
giving the lead to Marcos Ambrose who has still yet to
pit. No changes for Busch as he takes fuel only. Lap 28 -- Ron
Fellows takes his car to the garage as he has lost his
starter. Jamie McMurray up to ninth. Lap 27 --
LEAD CHANGE: Kurt Busch passes Marcos Ambrose at the
start/finish line. Tony Stewart up to sixth as Boris
Said falls to seventh on the restart. Lap 26 --
GREEN FLAG: Marcos Ambrose brings the field to the green
from the inside. 1. Marcos
Ambrose 2. Kurt Busch 3. Kyle Busch 4. Jimmie
Johnson 5. Boris Said Lap 24 --
Kasey Kahne and Reed Sorenson give up third and sixth,
respectively, and pit. Juan Montoya, Jeff Gordon, Ron
Fellows and A.J. Allmendinger among the cars to pit.
Robby Gordon on pit road with the hood up. Ryan Newman
with alternator problems and he has a long stop to
change batteries. Lap 23 --
YELLOW FLAG NO. 2: David Stremme goes into the grass out
of the busstop, spins in front of the field and collects
Kevin Harvick and Jeff Gordon. John Andretti gets the
free pass as Kevin Harvick takes his car to the garage. Lap 22 --
After the pitstop Jeff Gordon is up to 16th. Jimmie
Johnson passes Reed Sorenson for fifth. John Andretti is
back on the track. Lap 21 --
Juan Montoya falls to 10th on the restart as he gets
shuffled to the outside. Kurt Busch passes Reed Sorenson
for third. Patrick Carpentier gets bumped in Turn 11 and
spins but the race stays green. Lap 20 --
GREEN FLAG: Marcos Ambrose brings the field to the
green. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin and Jeff Burton
all caught speeding on pit road and will start at
tail-end of the longest line. 1. Marcos
Ambrose 2. Kasey
Kahne 3. Reed
Sorenson 4. Kurt Busch 5. Kyle Busch Lap 19 --
LEAD CHANGE: Marcos Ambrose stays out as most everyone
else hits pit road. Kasey Kahne and Reed Sorenson also
stay out. • Tony
Stewart with a spring rubber and wedge adjustment • Juan
Montoya with an air pressure adjustment • Denny
Hamlin with a track bar adjustment • Kurt Busch
with a four-tire stop Lap 17 --
YELLOW FLAG NO. 1: Debris in the interloop brings out
the caution. No free pass will be given. Lap 16 --
Jimmie Johnson is complaining of a loose race car as
Juan Montoya starts to peek inside for fourth. Lap 15 --
Jeff Gordon is 26th. Robby Gordon currently 21st. P.J.
Jones and John Andretti both head to the garage. Lap 14 --
Matt Kenseth up to 34th after starting 42nd. John
Andretti makes a pit stop and goes a lap down. Lap 13 --
Dave Blaney takes his car to the garage. Kurt Busch
leads by 3.4 seconds. Lap 12 --
Dale Earnhardt Jr. up 13 spots to 25th. Tony Stewart
passes Max Papis for 12th. Lap 11 --
Marcos Ambrose dips his nose inside Jimmie Johnson for
fourth but can't make the pass. P.J. Jones on pit road
and goes a lap down. Marcos Ambrose passes Jimmie
Johnson in Turn 11 for third. Lap 10 --
Juan Montoya passes Kyle Busch for fifth in Turn 2. Tony
Ave takes his car to the garage. Lap 9 -- Ryan
Newman continues to fall as he drops to ninth after Greg
Biffle passes him. Lap 8 --
Bobby Labonte spins in Turn 1 after contact with Jeff
Burton but is able to continue running as he doesn't hit
anything. Lap 7 -- Kurt
Busch continues to lead by 2.5 seconds. Boris Said
passes Ryan Newman for seventh. Lap 6 -- Mark
Martin is up to 28th. Jeff Gordon is up to 29th. Carl
Edwards remains 33rd. Lap 5 -- Juan
Montoya passes Ryan Newman for sixth coming to the
start/finish line. Tony Stewart up to 14th. Lap 4 -- Kyle
Busch tries to get inside of Marcos Ambrose in the
busstop but is unable and remains fifth. Lap 3 -- Kurt
Busch has driven away from the field leading by 2.6
seconds. Lap 2 --
David Stremme get shuffled out of line and falls from
fifth to ninth. Denny Hamlin passes Jimmie Johnson in
Turn 10 for second. Lap 1 -- LEAD
CHANGE: Kurt Busch has a great run on the outside and
passes Jimmie Johnson in Turn 1 for the lead. 12:25 p.m. --
GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson brings the field to the green
and the 90-lap Heluva Good! at The Glen is under way.
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