UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 @ Las Vegas NEXTEL Cup Event Thread *SPOILERS*

[VilleneuveTracy]

Originally Posted by Hazza

"respectable"

Yes, but he has only about a dozen stock car races under his belt. Here is Tony Stewart's record after a dozen stock car races (Busch):

21st
39th
16th
17th
22nd
26th
37th
20th
40th
34th
40th
3rd

0 laps led.

JPM has had similar results but at the cup level and has shown his potential by at least qualifying well. He also has a Busch win under his belt. Thus far, I would say JPM is substantially further along than Stewart was at this stage in his stock car career. People forget that Stewart ran 36 Busch races before graduating to the cup series in 1999. In those 36 races he had a grand total of only 5 top 10's (all top 5's), 8 lead lap finishes, and 0 wins.