Stewart claims victory

Gibbs ace gets 5th Nationwide win

Tony Stewart isn't running many races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series this season, so he's making the ones he does drive in count.

The two-time Sprint Cup champion, who hasn't been having much luck and has no wins in the top stock car series this season, drove away Saturday with his fifth victory in seven Nationwide starts in 2008.

Stewart got track position, restarting third after taking two tires during his final pit stop on lap 129 of the 200-lap Camping World RV Sales 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. He took the lead on lap 136 from fellow Cup star Carl Edwards and led the rest of the way.

Teammates Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch took second and third.

The No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota that Stewart drove has won eight of 17 races this season, including all five by Stewart and one each by Hamlin, Busch and heralded rookie Joey Logano. Busch also has two wins in his No. 18 entry and another in the Braun Racing car already this season.

ALSO SATURDAY

SUNTRUST INDY CHALLENGE: Pole-sitter Tony Kanaan took advantage of an out-of-sequence pit stop by front-running teammate Marco Andretti and ran away with the Indy Racing League event in Richmond, Va., for his first victory of the season.

On a night when half of the 26 cars in the largest IndyCar Series field at Richmond International Raceway went home damaged, Kanaan got the good fortune he said he deserved, avoiding the near-constant mayhem caused by a record nine caution flags and coasting to his 13th career IndyCar victory.

Helio Castroneves, who started 18th, used a blistering early pit stop to get into contention and finished second, followed by Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon. Series rookie Oriol Servia was fifth, and Danica Patrick was sixth.

Andretti, who was almost as dominant as his Andretti Green Racing teammate until he gave up the lead by pitting under green with 95 laps to go, ended up ninth.

K&N HORSEPOWER CHALLENGE: Allen Johnson won the $50,000 K&N Horsepower Challenge at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, his first victory in the special bonus event for the eight quickest Pro Stock teams from last year.

If Johnson can win today he could earn an additional $25,000 from NHRA for sweeping both races, bringing his potential weekend earnings to more than $100,000.

Johnson covered the quarter-mile in 6.725 seconds at 204.91 mph in his Dodge Stratus and used a rare perfect reaction time (0.000) to beat Greg Anderson, who posted a quicker, but losing 6.717 at 204.91 in his Pontiac GXP.

In Top Fuel, Rod Fuller earned his first top qualifying effort of the season and second straight at the event with a run of 4.629 at 311.13 in the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals.

Funny Car's Robert Hight also posted his second straight No. 1. He drove his Ford Mustang to a 4.882 at 309.77 to claim his 25th career No. 1 qualifying position and second of the season.