2008 Key Stats

Aug 20 Stewart has one Bristol win, in this race in 2001. It is one of his five top-five finishes and six top-10s in 19 starts there. He was fourth in this race in 2007 and 14th in March.
Stewart is coming off a 12th-place finish.
After officially announcing Ryan Newman as his teammate at Stewart-Haas Racing beginning in 2009, Stewart had to change Newman's new number from 4 to 39 because team owner Larry McClure said he is still the rightful owner of the No. 4 in Sprint Cup. "I'm not sure there was enough due diligence when it came to knowing for sure if Mr. McClure was going to have a car for next year," Stewart said. "We spoke with NASCAR and NASCAR said that that number was available and I'm not sure that, all the way around, that enough due diligence was done. We've been told that he's going to run some races next year, and to us, especially me as a car owner, we know how much car numbers mean to teams and organizations. Even though NASCAR has given us that number for next year, if Mr. McClure is going to run a car we're excited to have him back in the series and we're glad to see him come back, so we wanted him to have his number. As a fellow car owner, I know how important that would be to me."
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