Stewart Closes USAC's First 50 Years With Ft. Wayne Win
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – He thought he wasn’t going to run Friday’s 60-lap “Rumble in Ft. Wayne.” He didn’t hot lap, instead leaving National Sprint Car Series champion Levi Jones to run the No. 2 Munchin/ Voltswagen sponsored by Our Gang Poker.
But all of that diminished when Tony Stewart stepped into his mount, swept to his second consecutive fast qualifying time, started eighth and won the final race of USAC’s 50 years as an auto racing sanctioning body.
Stewart blitzed to third after only one lap, then took the lead on Lap 7 of the event and led to the checkered flag, which he proudly held after climbing the front straightaway fence and pumping fists on the flag stand in front of a sea of orange cheering for the home state hero.
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