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Tony Stewart crashes at Daytona, loses chance at major points gain

Tony Stewart looked like he might be ready to challenge for his second win in as many weeks.

He moved into the top five in Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Coke Zero 400 before his night ended with a crash into the wall on Lap 148 of the scheduled 160.

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The rear end of Stewart’s car just slipped wide, then Casey Mears and Carl Edwards both piled into him. Stewart clipped the car of Ryan Blaney as he lost control, while Trevor Bayne was also caught up in the crash.