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HAMPTON, Ga. -- Ten drivers have locked up spots in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
HAMPTON, Ga. -- Ten drivers have locked up spots in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
No one is feeling better about his chances than Tony Stewart.
The car owner raced the No. 14 Chevy to his first win of the year, pulling away from Carl Edwards off the final restart Sunday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
You'd be hard-pressed to find a track that produces better racing than Atlanta Motor Speedway. Tony Stewart's win Sunday was quite a show, writes David Newton. "Ring the bell, baby!" Stewart screamed over the radio as he took the checkered flag for his 38th career victory, and third at Atlanta.
On a night when much of the racing was fender to fender, Stewart beat Edwards by a comfortable 1.316 seconds for his first victory since Oct. 4, 2009, at Kansas, leaving Edwards winless since the 2008 season finale.
"I don't know if we have peaked yet," said Stewart, who snapped a 31-race winless streak that was the second-longest of his 12-year career. "I think we've got room to be better."
Ten drivers have now clinched spots in the 12-man Chase for the Sprint Cup championship going into the final race before the playoff begins, led by points leader Kevin Harvick. Jeff Gordon, Busch, Stewart, Edwards, Burton, Johnson, Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin are also heading to the 10-race playoff.
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