When it came down to getting fresh tires or maintaining track position, crew chief Robbie Reiser's decision was an easy one. That's because it had worked for other teams all day.
With 40 laps remaining in Sunday's USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway, Matt Kenseth's best chance at victory was predicated on not losing ground in the pits. With 20 laps on the current set of tires, Reiser decided to have Kenseth make a fuel-only stop, leaving him directly behind leader Tony Stewart when the race restarted a few laps later.
Kenseth challenged for the lead, running side-by-side with Stewart for a time before falling back and settling for second, his seventh top-five and 13th top-10 finish of the season.
"It feels good to come home second," Kenseth said. "I had that one shot at [Stewart] and I just couldn't quite finish the pass.
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