Tony Stewart: NASCAR's New One Man Show

Tony Stewart finished second in Sunday's Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond International Raceway, and if you believe what he says, he did it all on his own.

Yep, Tony Stewart -- by himself -- managed to get the No. 20 Home Depot car from the Joe Gibbs Racing shop in North Carolina all the way to Richmond, where he countered not only stiff competition on-track, but a Tropical Storm that blew through the area.

Sounds a little too good to be true, doesn't it?

As race fans found out thanks to ESPN picking up on Stewart's post-race in-car radio tantrum, Stewart apparently had convinced himself that he had been the sole provider for the team-'s Top-5 finish. Crew chief Greg Zipadelli, who likely is going to be quite relieved to deal with young gun Joey Logano in 2009, ripped Stewart back, as well.

The words:

Stewart: "Good job there, guys, we gave another one away today. Great job.

Zipadelli: "10-4. Great attitude there, Smoke. We stalled it a couple times on pit road there and gave up a spot. We win and lose as a team. It was a great effort, okay? Enough of that [expletive]."

Stewart: "The difference is, I got it back."

Nothing further was said after that very, very sour ending.

I get that Stewart is ready to win. I get that he's getting frustrated. I get that he's likely mad he blew the race by challenging Johnson so early and for so long on the bottom.

But man, has he really forgot about everything that the No. 20 team, Zipadelli, and the rest of the Joe Gibbs Racing organization has done for his career? Two championships aren't enough, Smoke?

Getting into the Chase and seeming to have a pretty doggone good car for the 10-race stretch doesn't work?

If this No. 20 team implodes from here on out, I won't be surprised. And when it does, there's only one person who the finger-pointing can go back to as to who really let the team down, despite promising to run full-throttle for the rest of his 2008 victory lap with JGR.

And his name is Tony Stewart.