He's racing every single lap.

Quote I just heard from Andy Petree on ESPN's coverage of the Kobalt 500 from PIR talking about Tony Stewart. I couldn't have said it better myself.

Smoke was one of my 3 picks to win the Sprint Cup when the season started. Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards were the other 2. So far it looks like 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

We'll see how this works out. Tony says the track's tightening up as the race goes, but he has a feel for how the car and track are responding as the race progresses.

90 laps and 1 more pitstop to go.

POST-RACE EDIT:

P3 and 3 points shy of the Sprint Cup points lead. Not too shabby. Congrats Kasey Kahne and Red Bull Racing.

Carl Edwards still has a whisker thin lead going into the final race of the NASCAR season at Homestead, Fla. It don't get any better than this.

See you next Sunday for the Championship!