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AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) - A rare mistake by Tony Stewart's championship race team cost him a prime starting spot Saturday night at Phoenix International Raceway.
Stewart was supposed to start third, but had to move to the back of the field because his crew accidentally returned his qualifying tires to Goodyear and the tire company promptly destroyed them. It meant Stewart could not start the race on the tires he qualified on, a NASCAR requirement.
"It was probably too many chefs in the kitchen there working on the tires afterwards," team president J.D. Gibbs said. "One of the guys who has a great heart was trying to help out and wound up messing up.
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