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Dover: Tony Stewart NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Quotes - P2
TONY STEWART, NO. 14 OFFICE DEPOT/OLD SPICE IMPALA SS, FINISHED 2Nd:
YOU GUYS PLAYED THE STRATEGY THERE, TALK ABOUT THE RUN ESPECIALLY IN THE CLOSING LAPS AND THE DUEL WITH JIMMIE JOHNSON. "That's all I can do. I'm used up. That's everything I had and we didn't leave anything on the table. We just got outrun there at the end. He was flying man. When I saw him get into third and start running us down it was like man we've got to get by the No. 16. I don't know if we could have got by the No. 16 any sooner we could have held him off or not but it was sure fun trying."
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ONE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS RACE IS YOU ARE NOW THE POINTS LEADER IN THE NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES. "Well I'm pretty excited about that part. That's something that is great for Stewart-Haas racing and Old Spice, Office Depot, U.S. Army, Burger King, Coke and all these people. That's awesome. I haven't been the point leader for a long time."
TIME TO GO DIRT RACING NOW. "I've got a tire test for two days with Goodyear so that's not going to be fun for the next two days I'm sure but I'm looking forward to Wednesday."
WHAT A MONTH OF MAY. YOU TOOK HOME THE MONEY AT THE ALL-STAR EVENT, AND ALMOST TOOK HOME YOUR FIRST POINTS-PAYING RACE HERE. WHAT A SHOW YOU AND JIMMIE JOHNSON PUT ON TODAY
"Yeah, it was fun. The fastest car won the race today, for sure. It's awesome to see him get the win. I'm just excited for our guys. To battle back to a second place run, that's awesome because we weren't a second place car all day. The guys on the pit crew and on the pit stops did an awesome job at the end. We took two (tires) and got some track position there and I think that's what we needed. It seemed like we got stuck back in the back."
TWO NASCAR MILESTONES FOR YOU. FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE LED THE POINTS BEFORE RACE 21, AND IT'S BEEN 556 RACES SINCE AN OWNER/DRIVER LAST LED THE CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS. YOU'RE LEADING DOVER WITH THE FOX POINTS AND HERE IS THE FOX CUP.
"I don't know where I'm going to put this. It's got a special spot, obviously. But man, I'm so excited for Gene Haas and all the guys at Stewart-Haas Racing that worked hard. We want this to be the last 10 races and be talking about this the last of those, but it's a good place to be right now."
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