Catchfence

The fireworks exploded on Independence Day at Daytona International Speedway more then just in the sky, but on the final lap of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400, as Tony Stewart received his second points race victory of the season.

In a finish that resembled the Aaron’s 499 finish between Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski earlier this year, had Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch provide the final lap action this time.

As Busch and Stewart were coming out of turn four on the final lap, Busch had the lead and Stewart shot to the top with the No. 48 of Jimmie Johnson close behind. With Stewart and Johnson going to the outside for the move to pass Busch, and as they were coming to the tri-oval, Busch tried to come back up to block Stewart, but Stewart already had part of his No. 14 Burger King Chevy along side of the right rear corner of Busch. It was then that Busch was turned into the outside wall, and within seconds was hit hard in the rear and once again in the driver side door. After it was all said and done, and when Busch’s ride came to an end, he was able to climb from his vehicle and was unofficially recorded with the 14th-place finish.

The victory Saturday night for Tony Stewart was his 35th career victory in 374 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, and his third victory at Daytona International Speedway which have all come in July.

Unofficial Top-10 finishers: 1. Tony Stewart; 2. Jimmie Johnson; 3. Denny Hamlin; 4. Carl Edwards; 5. Kurt Busch; 6. Marcos Ambrose; 7. Brian Vickers; 8. Matt Kenseth; 9. Juan Pablo Montoya and 10. Elliott Sadler.

Unofficial Top-13 in the Points Standings: 1. Tony Stewart – 2719 2. Jeff Gordon – 2539 (-180 Behind Leader) 3. Jimmie Johnson – 2525 (-194) 4. Kurt Busch – 2414 (-305) 5. Carl Edwards – 2317 (-402) 6. Denny Hamlin – 2302 (-417) 7. Ryan Newman – 2235 (-484) 8. Kyle Busch – 2234 (-485) 9. Greg Biffle – 2215 (-504) 10. Matt Kenseth – 2201 (-518) 11. Juan Pablo Montoya – 2187 (-532) 12. Kasey Kahne – 2166 (-553)

On the Outside Looking in From 13th: Mark Martin – 2101 (-618)  -65 out of 12th.

2009 Coke Zero 400 NSCS Race Results

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	1	14	Tony Stewart	Burger King Chevrolet	160	195	10	Running	9	86
2	3	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's / Kobalt Tools Chevrolet	160	170		Running
3	6	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Office Toyota	160	170	5	Running	6	63
4	5	99	Carl Edwards	SUBWAY Ford	160	160		Running
5	4	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite Dodge	160	160	5	Running	1	1
6	18	47	Marcos Ambrose	Kingsford / Clorox / Bush's Baked Beans Toyota	160	150		Running
7	17	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Toyota	160	146		Running
8	10	17	Matt Kenseth	R & L Carriers Ford	160	147	5	Running	1	3
9	12	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target Chevrolet	160	138		Running
10	23	19	Elliott Sadler	Stanley Dodge	160	134		Running
11	22	26	Jamie McMurray	IRWIN Marathon Ford	160	130		Running
12	43	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Chevrolet	160	127		Running
13	31	6	David Ragan	UPS Ford	160	124		Running
14	8	18	Kyle Busch	Interstate Batteries Toyota	160	126	5	Running	1	1
15	13	9	Kasey Kahne	Budweiser Dodge	160	118		Running
16	16	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar Chevrolet	160	120	5	Running	1	2
17	30	44	A J Allmendinger	PVA.org Dodge	160	112		Running
18	9	16	Greg Biffle	3M / Scotch-Brite Ford	160	109		Running
19	21	20	Joey Logano #	The Home Depot Toyota	160	106		Running
20	7	39	Ryan Newman	US Army Chevrolet	160	108	5	Running	1	1
21	28	96	Bobby Labonte	Academy Sports & Outdoors Ford	160	100		Running
22	34	7	Robby Gordon	MAPEI / Menards Toyota	160	102	5	Running	1	1
23	33	98	Paul Menard	Johns Manville / Menards Ford	160	94		Running
24	36	9	Brad Keselowski	Miccosukee Indian Gaming & Resort Chevrolet	160	91		Running
25	24	1	Martin Truex Jr.	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Chevrolet	160	88		Running
26	27	29	Kevin Harvick	Pennzoil Platinum Chevrolet	160	85		Running
27	35	34	John Andretti	Taco Bell Chevrolet	160	87	5	Running	1	1
28	2	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Chevrolet	160	84	5	Running	1	1
29	15	33	Clint Bowyer	Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevrolet	159	76		Running
30	42	37	Tony Raines	Grander Mountain / Remington Dodge	158	73		Running
31	37	82	Scott Speed #	Red Bull Toyota	152	70		Accident
32	25	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Mobil 1 Dodge	152	67		Running
33	26	43	Reed Sorenson	Air Force Dodge	146	64		Running
34	20	7	Casey Mears	Jack Daniel's Chevrolet	144	61		Running
35	32	12	David Stremme	Penske Dodge	129	58		Running
36	14	0	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	127	55		Running
37	29	55	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	124	52		Running
38	11	5	Mark Martin	CARQUEST / Kellogg's Chevrolet	79	49		Running
39	19	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Ntnl Grd Srvng America/AMP Energy Chevrolet	76	46		Accident
40	38	71	David Gilliland	TRG Motorsports Chevrolet	76	43		Accident
41	39	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports Toyota	25	40		Transmission
42	41	36	Patrick Carpentier	Tommy Baldwin Racing Toyota	18	37		Engine
43	40	66	Dave Blaney	PRISM Motorsports Toyota	2	34		Over Heating