being in the chase again and can work from there. >> we talked about how important it was for stewart haas racing to rebound. only one car in the top 20 and that was harvick in 13. they've done that. they've got to close the deal. today, they've been running strong. you can see stewart's back to 19th. he's had his leg injury and issued with that. seems like he's been able to fight through those and is in a position to get a top ten. >> dale earnhardt jr. when he won the daytona 500, the only other time, he went on to win six races. let's look at drivers, how they did after they started out with the daytona 500. >> jeff gordon had an amazing 1997. matt keb seth has moved over from roush racing, now with joe gibbs race. with the new team, that's got to be the same emotions harvick's feeling now driving with his new crew. >> now we're down to 12 las. with teammates joey logano and keselowski behind harvick and junior. can they pull off something or is it all about speed? >> how cool is it seeing team penske running third and fourth? they've been right there together. that reminds you of indy

you talk about your framily plan there, a little family stewart-haas handshake from owner/driver tony stewart with kurt busch ending the string of 83 races without a win. remember, it was lap 44 when he had problems in the pits with keselowski and kasey kahne. thought his day might be done. fought back and held off jimmie johnson who just doesn't lose when he leads the most laps in a race. with but it's kurt busch's day here in virginia. and down there for the celebration is krista voda. >> the victory pose on top of the car. now if that's not an outlaw move, i don't know what is. to say kurt busch is excite body his 25th career win would be an understatement, not just because as he gets a kiss from his girlfriend patricia. to say you are excited would be an understatement. the way you won holding off jimmie johnson at martinsville. >> i didn't know if we'd be able to do it, you know. the 48 car is king here. him or the 24. can't beat them, join them. and i have a hendrick motor and chevrolet. i've been on this journey for a while and every time you come to martinsville, you draw a li

and standing by with our third place finisher krista voda. >> a great day for stewart-haas racing. they make the call to take two tires, both tony stewart and kurt busch. it was the right call. you come home top five. you leave here with that almost feeling. >> unreal. the amount of emotions are running well today, executing on pit road, daniel did a great job and this car was fast. and then to race your boss for a win. neither one of us came home with the "w" so we're both upset about that but at the same time it was a genuine moment for tony and i to race and put it all on the line for stewart-haas and i came home third, he came home fourth, congrats to kyle. he won. those guys, they've been fast all weekend. he executed and that's what it took. real happy with our team. kyle it a great job. monster energy, thanks to those guys. we'll get it the we're making headway. thanks again to haas automation. >> thanks, kurt. >> he has not finished on the lead lap in the first four races. kurt busch does that today. after five races, this we had to go over 400 miles, overtime, and those win

stewart-haas racing taking a tough hit today as harvick looked good early.bout gambling, paul wolf, his crew chief, new dad, got a four-year contract extension. last year brad keselowski signed the extension with roger penske racing. logano and brad, but let's look at the guys who have been consistent in the first three races, other than harvick today, people like keselowski, dale earnhardt jr., even jeff gordon. >> there's been really good stories to the start of the season and what i liked the most was what paul wolf did. whatever everybody else did, he did the opposite. he got his driver some track position and then at the end when everybody pitted for gas or no pit at all, he came in and got two tires and gave brad the car the car he needed at the end. >> dale earnhardt and his crew chief were able to gamble because they knew they were in pretty good shape. in the big picture of getting in the 16-car chase. we know some names that will already be there. tonight on fox, it's animation domination. is he doing the post race inspection by himself with the mi