Stewart grabs first Darlington win

Tony Stewart must have needed a new surface to finally break through at Darlington 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 in the Nationwide Series Diamond Hill Plywood 200. Stewart led 90 of 147 laps for his fourth Nationwide victory this year and Joe Gibbs Racing's sixth straight. Series points leader Clint Bowyer finished second and fellow Cup regular David Reutimann was third. Read more about Stewart's win and his praise for the tires Goodyear brought to Darlington here. Full results can be found here.

-- The Associated Press