Tony Stewart rides hot streak to win Sprint Cup title
HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Three months after declaring himself out of title contention, Tony Stewart is the 2011 Sprint Cup champion.
Trailing Carl Edwards by three points going into Sunday’s season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Stewart is believed to be the first driver in NASCAR’s six-decade history to claim the championship in come-from-behind fashion by winning the final race of the season.
In truly one of the great championship battles of all time – and the closest in NASCAR history – Stewart and Edwards ran 1-2 over the final 30 laps of the 2011 season. It was a match race in the truest sense: whoever finished in front would be the champ.
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