WATKINS GLEN, New York (Ticker) -- After a week in which he feared losing his ride, was fined and disciplined by NASCAR, Tony Stewart this time channeled his anger into an impressive victory at the Sirius Satellite at the Glen on Sunday.

Stewart was fined $10,000 and put on probation by NASCAR on Tuesday for hitting a photographer last week in Indianapolis. Team sponsor The Home Depot also fined him an additional $50,000 for his conduct. Stewart also was instructed to take anger-management classes to learn to control his short temper.

Stewart led three times for 35 of the 90 laps and dedicated the victory to Indianapolis Star freelance photographer Gary Mook, who he punched after fading out of contention late in the Brickyard 400.

The 31-year-old driver regained the final lead from Ryan Newman with 19 laps remaining and overcame a red flag caution with three laps to run.

NASCAR halted the race to clean the 2.45-mile Watkins Glen International course of debris caused by Kenny Wallace, who lost control of his Chevrolet in Turn 10 and spun across the gravel before slamming into the foam barriers. He was not injured.

Stewart tied Matt Kenseth with his series-best third win of this year and gave Pontiac Grand Prix its first triumph at the upstate New York track since Kyle Petty in 1992. It was Stewart's second road-course win.

Robby Gordon was third, with road-course specialist P.J. Jones fourth and pole sitter veteran Ricky Rudd fifth.

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