Sunday January 1st, 2006
3. "They name streets after guys like that -- One Way and Dead End ... He's just an idiot."
-- Tony Stewart, on Greg Biffle, who was racing hard with the leaders despite being one lap down at Martinsville in the fall.
Biffle was fighting to stay on the lead lap and was the first car in line on a restart with 52 laps remaining in the Subway 500. Trailing him were Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Stewart. Gordon and Johnson got by, but it took some work. Stewart's pass took even more work, as he and Biffle raced side-by-side around the .526-mile paperclip. After some beating and banging, Stewart finally put his No. 20 around the lapped Biffle with 27 to go. He also got by Johnson but didn't have enough steam to catch race-winner Gordon.
1. "I'm too damn fat to be climbing fences. I had to do it once, though."
-- Tony Stewart, after climbing the chain fence following his Daytona win in July.
Turns out, he did it a few times.
Stewart's Spiderman impression became a late-summer tradition, as he earned all five of his victories during a seven-race span, including the mother of all victories for Stewart, a win at Indy. The hot streak vaulted him from sixth in the standings on June 19 -- 311 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson -- to first with a 105-point lead over Johnson following a win at Watkins Glen on Aug. 14.
By the season finale at Homestead, the crowd was calling his name, begging for the champion to scale the fence and salute them face-to-face. He obliged.
-- Tony Stewart, on Greg Biffle, who was racing hard with the leaders despite being one lap down at Martinsville in the fall.
Biffle was fighting to stay on the lead lap and was the first car in line on a restart with 52 laps remaining in the Subway 500. Trailing him were Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Stewart. Gordon and Johnson got by, but it took some work. Stewart's pass took even more work, as he and Biffle raced side-by-side around the .526-mile paperclip. After some beating and banging, Stewart finally put his No. 20 around the lapped Biffle with 27 to go. He also got by Johnson but didn't have enough steam to catch race-winner Gordon.
1. "I'm too damn fat to be climbing fences. I had to do it once, though."
-- Tony Stewart, after climbing the chain fence following his Daytona win in July.
Turns out, he did it a few times.
Stewart's Spiderman impression became a late-summer tradition, as he earned all five of his victories during a seven-race span, including the mother of all victories for Stewart, a win at Indy. The hot streak vaulted him from sixth in the standings on June 19 -- 311 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson -- to first with a 105-point lead over Johnson following a win at Watkins Glen on Aug. 14.
By the season finale at Homestead, the crowd was calling his name, begging for the champion to scale the fence and salute them face-to-face. He obliged.