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Jeff Gordon talks about his season and how much he wants title #5, the size of Jimmie Johnson’s trophy case, congratulates Mark Martin, and thanks his team owner, Rick Hendrick. (December 4th 2009) Credit to the SPEED channel and NASCAR.com.

Tony Stewart wins a very exciting all star race by passing Matt Kenseth

Screen capture off the Speed Channel of the final 10 lap shoot-out and winner’s interview of the NASCAR Sprint Cup All-Star race at Lowes Motor Speedway in Concord, NC on May 16, 2009 A total of 4 different non points segments (50, 20, 20 & 10 laps) were run in this race with Tony Stewart being the eventual winner of the one million dollar first place prize for this event. This NASCAR event was captured off the Speed Channel. It was made and is being presented for entertainment purposes only. NO profit or monetary gain is being made from this video and it should not be used for any financial gain. All names, logos, slogans & video are the sole property of the NASCAR and Speed Channel networks and each retains all rights to them. This video was captured using an Aiptek GO-HD (720p) camcorder in DV1 mode connected to a Directv receiver then edited & rendered to a 1280 x 720 High Resolution WM9 .wmv file using Camtasia Studio 6. Although this can be viewed as a HD video, it is not true HD.

CONCORD, NC (AP) — Tony Stewart won his first race as a team owner Saturday night, breaking through for a million payday with a victory in the annual All-Star race. Stewart passed Matt Kenseth with two laps to go of a thrilling final 10-lap shootout to win his first All-Star event in 11 previous starts. It was the first victory since he left Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of last year, after two championships and 10 successful seasons, to become co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing. In just six months, Smoke has turned his new toy into a championship contender. It was the first win for the organization, which was known as Haas CNC Racing for its first seven seasons. The win at Lowe’s Motor Speedway was in front of co-owner Gene Haas, who was at the track for the first time since the completion of a 16-month federal prison term for tax fraud. “Man, he’s not going to miss a week now,” Stewart said. “He gets here and we win a race.” Stewart became the second driver/owner to win the All-Star race, joining Geoff Bodine, who won in 1994. His crew urged him to the climb the fence in celebration — a tradition he started several years ago — but the driver who turns 38 next week declined. His crew climbed for him. Kenseth finished second and was followed by Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards. The format of the Sprint-sponsored event was once again changed, this time to cut the 100-lap race into four segments that culminated with a 10-lap sprint to the finish. It was a nod to …