Stewart and DNF’s: #20-Tony Stewart started the season with a last-place finish, his first of six DNFs (Did Not Finish), in February at the Daytona 500. No other driver in the top 10 in points has as many DNFs as Stewart, and no driver has won the championship with that many DNFs since Darrell Waltrip had eight, but won 12 races, in 1982. By contrast, Bobby Labonte, Stewart’s teammate, finished every race — every lap but nine — when he won the championship in 2000.(Sporting News)(11-1-2002) (10-31-2002)
