Stewart drove the 2011 No. 14
Office Depot Chevrolet Impala to victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the
final race of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. He came to the race
locked in a tight point battle with Carl Edwards, who was ahead by three
points. Edwards won the pole and Stewart started at a distant 15th. During the
high-stakes race, Edwards led the first 14 laps and went to the front four
times before Stewart finally made it to the front on lap 123. Both drivers led
several more times with Stewart taking the lead for good on lap 232 of the 267
lap event. Stewart beat Edwards to the line by 1.3 seconds for his 44th career
victory.
In an unprecedented event, both
Stewart and Edwards tied with 2,403 points for the season. The tie was broken
based on the number of wins each driver acquired during the year. Tony Stewart
was awarded his third NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship with five wins for
2011 while Edwards, with one win, came home second.
Glory Road,
which features 18 historic stock cars encircling the Great Hall, has served as
one of the Hall’s most prominent focal points since opening. Speedways from
across the country are illustrated here as well, where guests can touch the
texture of various tracks and feel the intense banking that drivers face
week-to-week. Glory Road 2.0 will see 18 new cars that reflect the six
generations of premier series race cars that have been driven and built by some
of the sport’s most celebrated drivers, owners and mechanics.
Already announced
as part of Glory Road 2.0 are Buck Baker's 1957 "Black Widow" Chevrolet
and Jeff Gordon's 1994 Chevrolet Lumina.
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