Tony Stewart won the Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway, scoring his 20th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 228th career start.
This is Stewarts first victory in 2005. His last victory came at Watkins Glen in 2004, 30 races ago.
Stewart became the eighth different race winner in 2005.
Stewart moved to 29th on NASCARs All-time win list tied with Speedy Thompson.
This marked the seventh victory for Chevrolet in 2005. Ford has eight and Dodge has one.
Stewart climbed from sixth to fourth in the NASCAR NEXTEL CUP point standings and is now 198 behind firstplace Greg Biffle.
Stewart scored his second victory at Infineon Raceway. He also won here in 2001. It is Stewarts fourth victory in 13 career road-course races.
Stewart led three times for 39 laps, including the final 11, and led the most laps for the fourth time this season.
Stewart has scored eight top-10 finishes in 16 races this season.
Stewart scored the second victory for car owner Joe Gibbs at Infineon Raceway. Gibbs last won here when Stewart won here in 2002. This was Gibbs 43rd victory as a car owner and first this season.
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Ricky Rudd (second) posted his 11th top-10 finish in his 17 races at Infineon. It is his third top-10 finish in 2005.
Kurt Busch (third) posted his second top-10 finish and his best finish in his five races at Infineon Raceway. He scored his eighth top-10 finish in 2005.
Rusty Wallace (fourth) posted his 11th top-10 finish in 17 races at Infineon Raceway. He scored his eighth top-10 finish in 2005. Wallace climbed from eighth to sixth in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings
Wallace extended a 29-race streak of running at the finish that began at Bristol last August.
. Dale Jarrett (fifth) scored his fourth top-10 finish in 17 races at Infineon Raceway. Jarrett has scored four top-10 finishes in 2005. He remained He climbed from 15th to 12th in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings.
Jimmie Johnson (36th) ended a 12-race run as leader of the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings. Greg Biffle moved into the point lead for the first time in his NASCAR NEXTEL CUP career. Johnson has lost 145 points in the last two races.
Seven of the top-10 positions in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings changed at Infineon Raceway.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (42nd) dropped from 17th to 18th in the point standings and is now 543 points behind point leader Greg Biffle.
Jimmie Johnson (36th) has ranked in the top-10 of the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series point standings for 49 consecutive races, the longest current streak. The streak began at Atlanta in March 2004.
Jeff Gordon (33rd) posted his posted his seventh finish of 30th or worse in 2005, including five of the last six races, and dropped from 12th to 14th in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings. He is now 414 points behind point leader Biffle.(NASCAR Statistical Services)(6-26-2005)
