 Grubb also guided Stewart to his first win as an owner/driver at the 2009 Pocono 500.During the 2011 season, Grubb led Stewart from a mediocre pre-chase effort to five chase victories and Stewart's third NASCAR Cup Championship by way of a 5-1 victory tiebreaker over Carl Edwards that NASCAR uses in the event of a tie in the points standings at the end of the season.This was Grubb's first championship.