What happened between #5-Terry Labonte and #20-Tony Stewart?
Fox showed #20-Stewart making an abrupt left after the checkered flag and right into the the right front of #5-Labonte, but no further explanation was given and I have found none yet in articles or PR’s. But have been told Stewart was avoiding some of the fan thrown debris and didn’t realize Labonte was there and darted to avoid it, but have seen nothing ‘official’ about it. AND As NASCAR ruled that Jeff Gordon had edged-out fan favorite Earnhardt for the win because he was ahead of Earnhardt when the caution flag waved, fans littered the track with beer cans and other debris. When Stewart crossed the finish line, he made a hard left onto pit road to avoid the raining garbage. That caught Terry Labonte by surprise, who was just to the inside of Stewart. As Stewart turned, he clipped the nose of Labonte’s #5 Chevrolet.(Truespeed PR/Joe Gibbs Racing)(4-26/27-2004) (4-26-2004) • Overnight Talladega TV Ratings Up: Fox’s broadcast of Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 from Talladega Superspeedway drew a
