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Tony Stewart suffered a right front tire failure on his #20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota on lap 108 while running in fifth place. Stewart was cautious in exiting his crumpled machine after the impact and said later he was frightened after he felt tingling in his legs. He said that the feeling went away by the time he arrived at the infield care center; he was cleared.

Jeff Gordon suffered what may be the hardest crash of his storied career when he tapped the rear of Matt Kenseth's car coming off turn two on a late race restart. Gordon's car then slid to the inside and slammed head-on into an abutment on the retaining wall and exploded sending car part including the entire radiator of the #24 Hendrick Motorsport Chevrolet back across the track. Gordon was checked out and released from the infield care center.

For Sunday's UAW-Dodge 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, that's about the size of it, as Toyotas claimed 10 of the 43 starting positions for the third Cup race of the 2008 season.

Despite all the tools teams have to work with, some of the splitters on the new cars are slapping the surface at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend, which lifts the weight off the tires and causes drivers to lose grip — and sometimes control of the car.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. has purchased the first unit at a new condominium development one mile from Talladega Superspeedway.

Earnhardt bought one of the 40 units available in The Legacy Condominiums at Talladega, according to a news release issued by the development's broker.

Prices for the condos range from the low $300,000s for a luxury suite to the low $500,000s for a penthouse, the release said. It will be a gated community, with golf cart charging stations and onsite security during races.

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NASCAR Number
By Roger Kuznia,Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service,March 2

368: Career laps led at Las Vegas by Matt Kenseth, most of any Sprint Cup Series driver. Kenseth starts 13th in Sunday's UAW-Dodge 400 at Las Vegas.

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This Day in NASCAR History
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,March 2

1958: Lee Petty wins a 200-lap race on the half-mile dirt track of Concord (N.C.) Speedway. Or does he? Curtis Turner thinks he finishes first. Some accounts say Turner leads the entire race, but scorecards indicate Petty is the winner. Who’s right? Four days later Petty is declared the winner, his first of a season-high seven wins on the way to his second of three points championships.