healthcare healthcare stock car race held september georgia contested laps fifth race sprint cup series season race won stewart racing team finished second started seventh clinched pole position driver maintained lead lap begin race started second position remained afterward newman leader lap engine failure finishing later race led race high seventy laps stewart retained position final restart clinch win atlanta motor seven lead changes different drivers course race win season thirty eighth career result moved spots fourth drivers championship points leader fourteen ahead chevrolet maintained lead manufacturers championship thirty ahead toyota ahead ford races remaining season total people attended race million watched television report background intermediate tracks hold nascar races kansas standard track atlanta motor turn oval track miles long track turns banked degrees stretch location finish line stretch banked race led drivers championship points stood second points drivers championship points fourth points fifth points manufacturers championship chevrolet leading points seven points ahead rival toyota ford points points ahead dodge battle race defending champion practice qualifying practice sessions held saturday prior race session lasted minutes second session minutes practice session quickest ahead second scored fourth quickest fifth second final practice session scored quickest followed second positions scored fourth position followed fifth qualifying seven cars entered able start nascar qualifying procedure clinched eighth career pole position time seconds joined row newman qualified edwards took fourth started fifth drivers failed qualify race winning pole position stated feel like races definitely team said hot streak kind got regular season kind irrelevant point knew going chase going treat weeks chase racing found going wins going wins probably hurt long run weeks going points racing race race fifth season began televised live united_states espn race conditions sunny temperature began pre race ceremonies giving invocation signature sound performed national anthem healthcare heart recipient gave command drivers start engines retained pole position lead corner followed second position newman challenging lap maintained starting position fifth grid seventh passed laps later starting seventeenth fallen seventh sixth lap reclaimed passing edwards lap later laps continuous racing lead tenths second johnson moved fifth martin fell car handling problems lap johnson followed stewart moved fourth fifth positions passing edwards laps later newman passed lead claimed tenth position fell eleventh lap scored twelfth gordon fourteenth won running position moved lead position passing newman thirty laps green flag racing lap times fell considerably tire wear lap started passed newman second lap drove cars garage second lead second followed garage laps later lap green flag pit stops began drove pit road laps later second pit stops leader excessive speed pit road serve drive penalty afterward stewart leader drove car garage lap passed stewart position green flag pit stops completed followed newman round positions started tenth moved position fourth passing lap laps later stewart passed position lap drove pit road loose wheel laps later fell positions eleventh passed afterward lap edwards passed position laps later moved seventh grid passing green flag pit stops began lap stewart leader passed laps later stewart reclaimed lead stewart led laps returned lead lap stewart pitted lap pit stops continued afterward stewart remained ahead edwards lap reclaimed lead debris turn prompted caution led restart laps later fell fifth edwards claimed lead started pole position went garage engine failed prompted second caution stewart regained lead pit stops completed immediately restart spun sideways collided bring caution obtained excessive damage went garage repairs stewart remained leader restart overtaken johnson lap drive penalty recovered sixth lap later gordon moved sixth position passing lap stewart passed johnson position struggling car handling half race moved thirty second sixteenth lap seven laps later flat tire drove pit road caused fall sixth position lap stewart second lead johnson second place lap moved fourth position stewart puts teammate lap laps later fourth caution came spun sideways stretch driver lead lap pitted caution stewart retained position restart restart drivers racing going wide cars track lap johnson claimed second away edwards gordon fell eighth position started eighth passed fourth laps later lap moved position johnson showed displeasure previous race hand gesture lap later returned race seventy laps thirty ninth position lose power race car laps laps stewart second lead second placed edwards laps later johnson fell fifth position passed lap drove pit road engine problems laps later moved fifth passing johnson edwards passed stewart leader race laps later edwards pit road debris race car tire flat prompted fifth caution lap drove pit road repair race car drove pit road time caused scoring error held lap fix edwards led restart laps engine failure bring sixth caution stayed pit road caution leader laps later lap passed position lap later johnson passed fourth position lap edwards followed johnson passed second laps later stewart passed fifth position laps later collided outside wall hard bring caution edwards leader pit stops lap restart stewart reclaimed lead collided lap eighth caution given tire restart lap stewart leader laps later returned pit road passed fifth lap kyle passed brother sixth lap stewart second lead edwards laps remaining showed anger newman contact sent collided crossed line win race second ahead second place maintained finished fourth fifth post race appeared victory lane victory lap start celebrating win season crowd people breaking thirty race losing streak stewart stated team radio ring bell baby good job guys got way shot guys won thing pits added happy win life lead laps half race engine failed sent garage rest race said frustrating know reliability win championship odds pretty good win championship weeks subsequent press conference stewart said long time victory lane good fortune normally long win awesome race car tonight thing balanced start race know knew run little bit leaders getting away thought probably got shot thing tonight shot solid got couple runs trading spots forth continued saying fun racing like gave room got caught traffic guy got lead fun switching lead struggled struggled wasn driving car blame struggled night finally hit lot closer kept spinning bad pit crew got credit tonight awesome pit stop time came got track position lost previous restart know don think shot tonight discussed contact explaining yeah hit time hit trying push ahead car didn work seen times year trying help causes accidents hurt grand scheme things tried hurt didn hurt bad stewart stated car good good lose spots like got caught time struggled getting track position car fast nice don feel like trouble lose couple spots restart like race result left leading driver championship points finished thirteenth second points ahead ahead stewart manufacturers championship chevrolet maintained lead points toyota remained second points ford followed points fourteen points ahead dodge fourth million people watched race television race took hours minutes seconds complete margin victory seconds results qualifying race results standings race note positions included driver standings driver clinched position chase sprint cup driver chase sprint cup
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