Is Tony going to become the "09 Cup Champion? I thought he was just being cool and running up front just to make the chase. But he's our points leader, and he seems flawless. Is Jimmie Johnson going to have his competition handed to him in the chase. I think we still need to factor in Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards, but Tony Stewart is just running so incredibly strong. Scary strong. Why do you think Tony Stewart is so good this season?
tom p
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I think Tony has the drive to put all the naysayers in the shut up room. He's shoving it in the face of all the people who said that his career was over when he switched to Toyota's. He was never comfortable in Toyota's.
I think Tony has a great chance at being the 2009 champ.
stuivengaj
There are really a bunch of reasons. 1.) He has better equipment with chevy
2.) He may be part of Stewart Haas Racing but the hendrick drivers consider him one of there own and the bigger the race team the more drafting partners you have.
3.) At Joe Gibbs he had an above average crew but now he has a GREAT All Star crew.
4.) last year he crashed alot but this year he's been avoiding all the crashes.
and 5.) This year he's got experience and he has more support.
And for your second question I'm 95% sure that he'll win the championship. In fact the only way he wouldn't win a championship is if he totally messes up and Jimmie/Jeff win 2 or 3 more races. It's possible but not likely.
Brandon
Tony Stewart is good because he is one of the best drivers ever.Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards are not even good this season so forget about them.The media just loves to talk about them even if they do bad.Remember Jeff Gordon led the points most of the season I think him and Jimmie Johnson will be the two guys Tony will have to look out for.Jeff Gordon will go into the chase with more wins than anyone and will win the championship.He has some real good tracks for him coming up.Look out for Nascar's greatest driver who the media loves to ignore.Can't ignore him if he wins the championship.Go Jeff
Shelley
Tony's always been a late season bloomer. He usually doesn't really get rolling until May. He may be unstop-able late in the season based on how he's running now. I think its going to be a three way battle for the championship. Stewart and Gordon are the best too drivers right now. But you know by the time we get to homestead Johnson will be in the mix. Martin's been running strong too but I think he'll have a better shot if he runs the full season next year.
losted
There is a good chance that Tony will be the '09 Cup Champion. He has excellent equipment plus he can drive a loose race car. The COT cars drive the best when they are loose, Tony is very good with a loose car. Open wheel cars are driven loose that is where Tony's background is from. One other thing, is when Tony is HOT he is very hot when he is cold he is very cold. There does not seem to be a meduim with Tony. Hopefully, Tony has not peaked too early this year.