Tony Stewart Rallies From 28th to Finish 10th in Brickyard 400

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Get Tony Stewart to laud a 10th-place finish and you might want to check the Mayan calendar to see if the apocalypse is near.

Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, onlookers may have done a Google search for “signs of the apocalypse” after Stewart declared he was “proud” of his 10th-place finish in the Brickyard 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

The driver of the No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) rallied from his 28th-place starting spot, which resulted from a trying day of practice and qualifying on Saturday that saw Stewart fight with the handling of his racecar, to post his 10th top-10 finish of 2012 and his 10th top-10 in 14 career Sprint Cup starts at Indianapolis.
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Kyle Busch Brickyard 400 Race Report from Indy

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Busch Brings Home Solid Second-Place Finish at Indianapolis
M&M’s Driver Notches Career-Best Brickyard 400 Finish; Gains Two Spots in the Standings

Even though Kyle Busch finished second in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 19th annual Brickyard 400, don’t blame him for wanting to do a celebratory burnout after taking the checkered flag.

Busch, driver of the No. 18 M&M’s Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), had been experiencing a bad-luck streak over the last seven races that had left him without a top-five finish since May. But Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the talented 27-year-old finally got the monkey off his back by bringing home his sixth top-five finish of the season that vaulted him two spots upward to 11th in the point standings.
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JIMMIE JOHNSON, CREW CHIEF CHAD KNAUS AND TEAM OWNER RICK HENDRICK POST-RACE PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT – RACE WINNERS:

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KERRY THARP: We’ve got our race winning team for today’s 19th annual Crown Royal presents the Curtiss Shaver 400 at the Brickyard Powered by BigMachine Records, and our race winner is Jimmie Johnson, he drove the No. 48 Lowe’s KOBALT Tools Chevrolet to victory lane for the fourth time here at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He joins five other drivers having won here four times or more, the likes of Jeff Gordon, Al Unser, AJ Foyt, Rick Mears, and Michael Schumacher.
Only Jeff Gordon has won as many Brickyard races here as Jimmie, and this is a big win here for Jimmie, his 58th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory and his third of this year. Big deal there when it comes to Chase bonus points. Read Full Article →

JOHNSON JOINS LEGENDARY COMPANY WITH FOURTH ’400′ VICTORY

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Make room for Jimmie Johnson among the legends of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Johnson won the Crown Royal Presents the Curtiss Shaver 400 at the Brickyard Powered by BigMachineRecords.com on Sunday, July 29, joining Jeff Gordon as the only four-time winners of the annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at IMS.

Five-time Sprint Cup Series champion Johnson also won in 2006, 2008 and 2009. He joins Gordon and Indianapolis 500 legends A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears as four-time winners of an oval race at IMS. Michael Schumacher won the United States Grand Prix five times on the IMS road course.
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GREG BIFFLE talks about Sunday’s Brickyard 400

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Greg Biffle NASCARGREG BIFFLE, No. 16 3M Ford Fusion – HOW WAS THE PRACTICE SESSION? “It was a good session for us. It feels like the car is not real fast yet we are at the top of the board. I am curious to see if the track picks up speed or grip for qualifying. It is only a few hours but I am curious if it is going to do that. We are going to have to wait and see.”

WHAT IS YOUR COMFORT LEVEL WITH SUNDAY? “I feel really good. The car is driving extremely well in race trim. We never put a set of tires on in this practice, so we just worked on the old set of tires and worked on the track being slick and worked on good grip. If the track cools down and it is real overcast and gets faster then we will probably fight a little bit loose but we will have to wait and see. I think we will be good for a warmer, slick, rubbered up race track.”

WHAT WOULD A WIN HERE FOR YOU MEAN? “It would mean a lot. It would mean a lot for this race team. That would be something special to win at the Brickyard. It would be our second win of the season and it would certainly give us a little boost going into the Chase.”
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