Stewart 0-for-2008
Tony Stewart finished second at Richmond International Raceway on Sunday, his fourth runner-up finish of the year. He has yet to win a Cup race this year and is one of five drivers in the Chase without a win.
That puts him in eighth place, leading a group of drivers that includes Jeff Gordon and Matt Kenseth at 80 points behind Kyle Busch, the leader in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings.
But Stewart said his team doesn't settle for anything less than winning races and the way the race at Richmond ended did not sit well with his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing team.
"When we know that we let one slip away, that's something that we do let ourselves get down about, but that's also what got us 32 wins and two championships," Stewart said. "We have such a high standard of what we feel our performance should be on the race track. I think that shows the caliber team that we have."
Going winless up to this point in the season is unfamiliar territory for Stewart and crew chief Greg Zipadelli.
"We have the same passion, the same desire, the same frustrations," Stewart said. "Not winning might add a little bit of stress, but if you look at Zippy's past before he came to NASCAR, he was pretty successful. I had good fortune before I came here. I think we've both had good fortune since we've been here. It's personalities. We're not two guys that are going to sit back and be happy with second or third. If that's detrimental, then that's what it has to be. That's just who we are. We can't change that."



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