David Graham, Associated Press NASCAR driver Tony Stewart holds the checkered flag as he celebrates after winning the Pepsi 400 last night at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., for the second year in a row.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Tony Stewart's slump is over and his shoulder is just fine.

He proved that by charging into the lead with two laps to go at Daytona International Speedway to win his second consecutive Pepsi 400 last night.

This one was nothing like last year, when he rolled to a dominating victory in which he led all but nine laps. Instead, he had to earn it after two late cautions nearly yanked the win away from him.

Stewart was out front when Jimmie Johnson bumped into Bobby Labonte with 14 laps to go to bring out just the fourth caution in what had been an unusually calm race. It set up one final round of pit stops, and Stewart dropped back to 10th on the restart.

Boris Said, the surprising pole-sitter, didn't pit and inherited the lead. But he kept a nervous eye on his rear-view mirror, all too aware of Stewart's bright orange No. 20 Chevrolet closing in on his bumper.

Stewart jumped all the way to second in one sweeping move on the low side of the track, and was preparing to pass Said when a wreck behind him brought out the fifth caution. It gave him time to figure his strategy, which was to sit back and let Said jump out to a huge lead on the restart with three laps to go.

It left Said without any drafting help, and Stewart passed him on the outside with two to go.

He was out front when the race was stopped on the final lap for a debris caution, earning his second win of the season and ending a slump that began six races ago when his shoulder blade was broken in an accident in Charlotte, N.C.

Stewart celebrated the win with his trademark climbing of the fence. He made it all the way to top, grabbed the checkered flag, then jumped into the crowd below him in what quickly turned into a joyous mosh pit.

Kyle Busch finished second, his older brother, Kurt, was third and Said wound up an impressive fourth.

Elliott Sadler finished fifth and was followed by Matt Kenseth, Casey Mears, Jamie McMurray, Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer.

Johnson's winning streak at restrictor-plate races was short-lived. The Nextel Cup points leader crashed with 14 laps to go and finished 32nd. Johnson won the previous two restrictor-plate races, claiming the season-opening Daytona 500 in February and taking the checkered flag at Talladega two months later.