Tony Stewart ended his victory drought in the season-opening NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. The driver of the No. 20 Armor All® Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) started from the pole and led three times for 46 laps in the Camping World 300 before recording his third career Nationwide Series win.

In addition to Stewart winning from the pole, he won with the help of his JGR teammate Kyle Busch. The two drivers ran 1-2 for much of the 120-lap race, with Busch giving Stewart the necessary drafting help to propel him into the lead and keep him there when the checkered flag dropped.

"Kyle ran a great race today," Stewart said. "I think he probably had the best-handling car out there. We were real close on speed, and we probably sacrificed a little handling to get that speed.

"We really worked hard at staying with each other today," said Stewart of Busch, who came to JGR from Hendrick Motorsports this off-season. "I think no matter how long this race was going to be, if we had to run another hundred laps, another pit stop, as long as we could stay together, we were going to be a pretty strong combination."

"I didn't have a car that was going to win the race," said Busch, driver of the No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota. "Stewart was far enough ahead that he was going to win already. I didn't block for Stewart any more than I did just to keep myself propelled in second."

"We had Armor All® on the car this weekend and it's the only race we have with them all year," Stewart said. "To go out and get the pole yesterday and to see them the day before the race and see how excited they were...it was really cool to finish it off with a win today."