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Coasting makes for good Daytona night
NASCAR In the Pits Au Heal WEB
Tony Stewart climbs in his car for the NASCAR Sprint Cup auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Saturday. - photo by Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tony Stewart coasted for at least 250 miles at Daytona International Speedway, where he hardly worked up a sweat until the final hour of the race. It's a game he hates to play, dropping to the back of the pack at restrictor-plate races to casually circle the track lap after lap. The strategy of waiting until the end of the race to make a frantic, final push goes against his fundamentals of racing.