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WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER NOTES FOR THE AUTO CLUB 500 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES RACE AT AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2009.

· Tony Stewart led once for three laps to earn WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race honors in tonight’s Auto Club 500. Stewart has led at least one lap in both NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races this season (he led 15 laps in the Daytona 500).

· Stewart scored an eighth-place finish, his second top-10 effort of the 2009 season.

· DID YOU KNOW? This is Stewart’s 140th top-10 finish in 237 superspeedway starts.

· UNOFFICIALLY Stewart is third in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship standings, 91 points behind leader Matt Kenseth and 10 behind second-place Jeff Gordon.

· STEWART QUOTES: IT IS SURPRISING THAT YOU GUYS WOULD COME OUT AND CONTEND FOR TOP-10 FINISHES LIKE THIS. “I’m not really that good here [smiles]. It tells you the car is better than I am probably. I think we’re capable of doing it. I mean, we’ve done it two weeks in a row now but I mean it’s still a little early to tell but I though this week was a truer test than last week was. I was satisfied with the results of it. I mean, this is about where I would normally finish here [smiles] anyways. For some reason I’m not really that good here but the good thing is today was a big day in getting through how much is a little bit tight, a lot tight, the language I use about it, not necessarily bad but just different language about it gives him a better idea when it’s really getting bad one way or the other. We seemed to go back and forth on catching up with it so I was pretty happy with the communication today. The guys had really good pit stops. That last stop out there they got us out seventh and I couldn’t hold us up there. I felt like team-wise we’ve been solid for two and a half weeks straight here now.”

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS

Kyle Busch        1
Tony Stewart      1

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD WINNERS BY RACE

EVENT           DRIVER

Daytona 500     Kyle Busch, 88 laps
Auto Club 500   Tony Stewart, three laps

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