Third time a charm for Stewart?

The car Tony Stewart's team is bringing to Dover International Speedway didn't have such a great debut. It came in the June race at Dover. Stewart started 30th, climbed into the top 10, but was taken out in a crash with Kurt Busch late in the race and finished 40th.
Stewart's team rebuilt the car and brought it back for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway in August. It had a much better race there, finishing fourth.
Stewart will be looking for another strong run, and a much better finish than fourth, at Dover this weekend. He was able to trim a little into Jimmie Johnson's lead in the Chase standings after the race at New Hampshire Interantional Speedway. He is third in the Chase standings and trails leaders Johnson and Jeff Gordon by 10 points.
Last year, Stewart was not in the Chase, but won three of the Chase races. Stewart said he took a different approach to racing last year when he wasn't in the Chase. He hopes other drivers will take a similar approach in this year's Chase.
“When you were up there racing with those guys, it made you timid and it made you think, ‘Well, should I just let them go, or should I just go ahead and race my race?’ " said Stewart, driver of the No. 20 Chevrolet for Joe Gibbs Racing. "In the first two years of the Chase, I know the consideration I got from guys and how much I appreciated it. Instead of just saying you want to race your own race, you say maybe you should give this guy an extra break here and there. It made it frustrating to race because you weren’t racing your own race that way. You were racing a race in a race, so to speak."
Stewart doesn't expect the drivers who are not in the Chase to race any easier. He would however, expect them to have a little more respect for the 12 drivers in the Chase.
“You still want to win races, but at the same time, you still have to be mindful that there are 12 guys racing for a series championship,' Stewart said. "You try to race hard, but at the same time, you have to be respectful and give them the room they deserve.”