At 600 miles in length, the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway is the longest race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Tony Stewart persevered throughout the 400-lap contest around the 1.5-mile oval on Sunday, wheeling his No. 14 Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) to a 21st-place finish.
Stewart started 12th in the late-afternoon sun and in the four hours and three minutes that followed, he manhandled his Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 machine as it struggled to cut through the center of the track’s 24-degree banked corners.
“We have to figure out a way to make the car cut the first third (of the corner),” said Stewart on lap 251.
It could also have been lap 51 or 451. The refrain was the same, even as day turned to night. Nonetheless, Stewart remained focused on getting the best finish possible.
When the race came down to a fuel mileage battle, Stewart feathered the throttle of his Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevy, going the final 60 laps on a single tank of fuel to ensure a top-25 finish.
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