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Originally Posted by rustyfan

Question is how much Stewart benefited from those Busch Series races, especially since the differences in cars and tires were considerably bigger back in 1998/1999 than they are these days (for example both series' ran the exact same tire at Vegas this weekend).

So, no, at least I did in no way forget about Stewart's Busch Series starts - I just didn't put too much weight into them considering his so-so Busch Series results and also said differences.

But if one insists on mixing the two together it's going to even out more or less in the end anyway, since Montoya is running the full Busch schedule alongside the Cup one in 2007, something Stewart did not do in 1999 (he actually didn't make a single Busch Series start between 1999-2002).

Until then, however, I personally prefer comparing just the Cup stats. They are the ones that really matter, after all.

I agree with the way you are comparing the stats. Otherwise you would have to compare "all" the experience of the drivers.