NASCAR: Tony Stewart wins 2010 Pepsi Max 400

October 11, 2010

driver, who qualified twenty-second, won the  held on October 10, 2010 at  in , California, United States. This became his second win of the.

Stewart was chased by up to the finish line, but they were not able to catch him this weekend. Following the race, Stewart moved to fifth in the points satndings after four of ten events in the.

managed the third position in the closing laps of the race, after starting eighth on the grid. winner had a couple problems earlier in the race, which prompted him to a seventeenth place finish.

, from the team, clinched the fourth position, after leading no laps during the race. followed Kahne in fifth, while could only manage sixth.

,, , and rounded out the top ten finishers in the race. Other drivers in the Chase, such as finished twenty-first, and  finished in forty-first.

Johnson maintained the Drivers' championship lead with 5,673 points, thirty-six points ahead of Denny Hamlin. Manufacturers' сhampionship standings is lead by Chevrolet with 221, 42 points ahead of Toyota and 80 ahead of Ford. Once the race concluded, Stewart commented, "We're doing everything we can do. We're going to need some help, but we're doing everything we can do. I'm proud of these guys, and just so thankful ... they refuse to give up, they refuse to back down. We'll just keep doing what we're doing here."