November 21, 2005

Tony Stewart Wins Championship, Greg Biffle Wins Race

It's all over. Tony Stewart managed to avoid trouble in the final race of the season and claim his second NASCAR Nextel Cup Championship. That's all he really managed to do with a so-so 15th place finish and spending much of his day hovering just outside the top 10. But since Jimmie Johnson had a worse day, cutting a tire and backing it into the wall, that's all Stewart needed to do.

Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle did everything they could do, but Stewart just wasn't that bad. Edwards led the most laps and finished fourth, and probably could have won if the race lasted 10 more laps. Biffle won the race and managed to tie for second place in the championship run with Edwards, both 35 points behind Stewart. Second place goes to Biffle who has more wins this season.

The race itself was great, with plenty of side by side racing, even to the checkered flag. The last two laps Mark Martin kept trying to mount a charge to get by Biffle. On the last lap they were side by side and it looked like Martin might be able to pull it off. But at the line his bumper was even with Biffle's left front tire, and it just wasn't enough.

The 2005 season is now on the books, and it's time to look forward to next year.

Posted by kevin at November 21, 2005 9:19 AM

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