In the fall of 2002, Tony Stewart left Talladega Superspeedway as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series point leader. He came into the fourth and final restrictor plate race of the season trailing series leader Jimmie Johnson by 36 points, but thanks to a strong second-place finish to Dale Earnhardt Jr., Stewart left the EA Sports 500 with a 72-point advantage that no one was able to overcome.
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