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Stewart wins crash-filled Nationwide race
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More from RacingTony Stewart must've needed a new surface to finally break through at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.
The two-time Sprint Cup champion had never won here in 19 previous races, four of them Nationwide events, dating to 1996. Yet, Stewart was dominant throughout in gliding to victory in the first race on Darlington's slicker, repaved surface Friday night.
He was about the only one who got away unscathed, with Sprint Cup stars Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth and Mark Martin all wrecking.
Stewart made it through eight cautions, two off the Nationwide's Darlington record, and a green-white-checkered finish for his fourth series victory this year, and Joe Gibbs Racing's sixth straight victory.
Stewart broke away from Clint Bowyer to take the checkered flag.
Biffle leads 41 drivers to record pace at fast Darlington: On a fast new surface, 41 of 44 drivers broke the qualifying record at Darlington Raceway.
But it was Greg Biffle who set the pace, turning a blistering lap of 179.442 mph to win the pole for today's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Darlington. He shattered the previous record of 173.797 mph set by Ward Burton in 1996.
Biffle's lap in a Ford beat Hendrick Motorsports teammates Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson, who qualified second and third.
Patrick hits crewman from another team: Danica Patrick's car struck Dale Coyne Racing chief mechanic Chuck Buckman during a practice session for the Indianapolis 500.
Buckman, who was taken to an Indianapolis hospital, suffered from a concussion, scalp lacerations and facial cuts.
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