Office Depot/Mobil 1 Racing: Tony Stewart Fontana Race Report

Frustrating Finish for Stewart at FontanaOffice Depot/Mobil 1 Driver Fades from Third to 13th in Final Nine Laps Date: March 27, 2011Event: Auto Club 400 (Round 5 of 36)Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesLocation: Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. (2-mile oval)Start/Finish: 5th/13th (Running, completed 200 of 200 laps)Winner: Kevin Harvick of Richard Childress Racing (Chevrolet) Tony Stewart ran among the top-five for nearly all of Sunday’s 200-lap Auto Club 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. It was the final nine laps around the 2-mile oval that posed a problem. After the race’s final restart on lap 192 where Stewart was second behind race-leader Kyle Busch and Jimmie Johnson, Stewart’s No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala faded. The driver/owner of Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) quickly found himself outside the top-10, and when the checker…

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