Stewart Wins Watkins Glen
Sunday's race at Watkins Glen international had just about everything you'd want to see in a road course event -- and more. There were wrecks aplenty, eight cautions slowed the race as did the red flag to clean up an oil mess, fans running onto the track during the race stoppage, a shoving match between Kevin Harvick and Juan Pablo Montoya, death knell for the No. 8 car and a spin by Tony Stewart two-thirds of the way through the race and a drive back from 19th place to win. Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon both had fast cars. Gordon led the most laps, 51 of 90, but his Chevrolet wheel-hopped and he spun while leading over Stewart with two laps to go. It was only fitting though, Stewart also had some wheel-hop in turn one on lap 68 and needed the entire 20 laps to catch and pass Gordon.

Stewart has three win on the season. The victory was the 32nd of his 306 race career and he has won three of the last four races. Denny Hamlin drove a very aggressive race and it benefited him at one point and hurt him in other place. Hamlin made it through his tumultuous drive and finished second. Jimmie Johnson drove a steady race, staying out of serious trouble and brought his No. 48 home in the third spot. Ron Fellows, driving the No. 96, raced to fourth place and Robby Gordon was fifth. DEI's Martin Truex Jr. finished sixth followed by Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Jeff Gordon, Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch and Matt Kenseth to round out the top ten.

On lap 72, Juan Pablo Montoya tried to block an advance by Martin Truex Jr. Truex got into the back of Montoya, shoving him into Kevin Harvick. Montoya was hit again by Jeff Burton and Harvick crashed into Jamie McMurray. Both Harvick and Montoya leaped out of their cars and started a shouting and shoving match. The race was red-flagged and during the lull, a fan ran out to Matt Kenseth with pad and Sharpie in hand. He tried to hand it to Kenseth but Kenseth told the fan that he was a little bit busy and refused to have anything to do with it. Dale Earnhardt Jr. had an engine failure on lap 64 and put his "Chase for the Championship" on life support. Earnhardt finished 42nd on the day and is now 100 points behind 12th place Kurt Busch in the Nextel Cup point standings. The Nextel Cup Series moves to Michigan International Speedway next Sunday, August 19th. The race is scheduled for 1:30 PM / Eastern time and will be carried by ESPN TV and MRN radio.

Andretti To No. 49 Car
A spokesman for John Andretti confirmed on Saturday that John Andretti will replace Mike Bliss in the Nextel Cup No. 49 BAM car, starting next week at Michigan International Speedway. BAM's ownership is looking to Andretti to see if he can help get the failed program turned around. The team has qualified for only five races this season. Andretti has five starts this year, one for Front Row Motorsports and four for Petty Enterprises.