Stewart Wins at Daytona After Last-Lap Wreck

Stewart usually takes every win any way he can. But after wrecking Busch in the frantic finish, he wasn't in the mood to gloat.

Kyle Busch hits the wall after he was involved in a crash with Tony Stewart heading to the finish...

Kyle Busch hits the wall after he was involved in a crash with Tony Stewart heading to the finish line in the Coke Zero 400 auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, July 4, 2009. Tony Stewart won the race and Busch finished 14th. (AP Photo/Glenn Smith)

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"I am not shaken by it, it doesn't matter who it is, you don't want a race to be decided like that," Stewart said. "It's just a bad situation. I don't feel as much gratification for winning the race as I should."

The contact triggered a multiple crash behind them, but Stewart sailed through for his second points win of the season. The two-time series champion is leading the points in his first season as co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing, which he overhauled from a backmarker team into a title contender after 10 seasons at Joe Gibbs Racing.

"I went where I had to go, and he went where he had to go," Stewart said. "You hate seeing a guy that's been up front all day, especially a guy that's helped me the whole race, wreck like that. You're kind of forced in that position. But I made my move to the outside and he went to block us and we were already there.

"It still doesn't mean you like it. That's not the way to win these things. If I did something wrong, I'm sorry."

It was a horrendous wreck for Busch, who climbed from his car apparently unscathed but had to be forced by four NASCAR officials into a waiting safety vehicle. He finished 14th and refused to comment after the race.

Team owner Joe Gibbs briefly checked on Busch, who needed intravenous fluids after driving a 70-minute stint in stifling heat earlier Saturday in his Grand-Am Series debut. Gibbs said Busch had a headache, and would be monitored overnight for precautionary reasons.

"It's a tough place to race," Gibbs said. "I felt like he gave it everything he could. I'm proud of him."

Jimmie Johnson was second, and Denny Hamlin, Busch's teammate, finished third. Edwards was fourth, and Kurt Busch fifth.

Marcos Ambrose was sixth, followed by Brian Vickers, who came back from an accident, and Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth. Juan Pablo Montoya rallied from a lap down to finish ninth, and Elliott Sadler rounded out the top 10.