Stewart nudges Hamlin for Toyota/Save Mart 350 victory

Tony Stewart won Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series race at Sonoma Raceway.

SONOMA, CA – Tony Stewart gave it all he had to hold off (and pass) Denny Hamlin in the last lap of the Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway.

"Last night I would have said we were lucky to be a 15th place car," Stewart said after the race.

Hamlin passed Stewart in Turn 7 of the road course on the last lap. But exiting Turn 11 Stewart seemed to nudge Hamlin pull away and win the race, which comes with a great feeling, since Stewart missed so much of the beginning of the season due to an injury.

"They're [wins] all good," Stewart said in victory lane. "It doesn't matter where you get them."

"It's special for us."

This win at Sonoma is Stewart's first since winning at Dover on June 2, 2013. It's the 49th of his Sprint Cup career.

"I thought I had just missed the corner more than anything," Hamlin, who finished second, said after the race.

"What a cool win for Tony Stewart," said third-place finisher Joey Logano. "This is probably a historic moment here."

Carl Edwards came in fourth followed by Martin Truex Jr. to round out the Top-5.

"That is the most fun I've had here in a long time," said Edwards.