Tony Stewart crashes

Tony Stewart crashed his primary car in practice Friday for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway. And it may be a good omen for a couple of reasons.
Stewart will have to use his back-up car in race for only the third time in nearly four years.
The first time Stewart had to use his back-up car in a race, he won at Chiacagoland Speedway in 2004. The next time it happened, a year later in Chicagoland Speedway, he finished fifth.
The crash on Friday will force Stewart into a car that has only three starts. But the car has three very good starts.
In the spring race at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia, the car started third and won the race, leading five times for a race-high 288 laps.
In its only other start, the car started 25th and finished seventh at at Richmond in the fall 2005 race.