September 2nd, 2010%
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Labor Day weekend means the kickoff of college football, and thanks to the second annual night race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Labor Day weekend also means the return of NASCAR racing in the Southeast.
After a five-year sojourn to Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and accompanying NASCAR Nationwide Series returned to the Southeast on Labor Day weekend for last year’s inaugural night race at Atlanta.
Continue reading College Football and NASCAR Together Again in the Southeast
August 22nd, 2010%
The .533-mile oval that is Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway is often called a bullring because of its tight confines and high speeds, and it showed its horns to Tony Stewart in Saturday’s Irwin Tools Night Race NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event.
The driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) finished a disappointing 27th after a strong start had him running second to Jimmie Johnson for the race’s first 125 laps.
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August 21st, 2010%
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – A limited number of tickets are still available for a chance to win “Smoke’s Camaro” – a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro 2SS customized by Will Castro and Unique Autosports of Miami – as well as an all-expenses-paid trip to Stewart-Haas Racing headquarters and a personal VIP meet-and-greet with driver-owner Tony Stewart. The “Smoke’s Camaro” raffle will be held Monday, Aug. 30, with proceeds benefiting the Tony Stewart Foundation.
The 2010 Camaro 2SS, featured recently on the Unique Whips cable television series, is valued at $36,000 and has been customized by Will Castro and his staff at Unique. Among the enhancements: 22-inch strut wheels, Pirelli tires and Baer brakes; strut grille; performance by K&N with state-of-the-art filter and intake system to boost power of the 400-horsepower Chevy powerplant; Borla exhaust system for a throaty roar; Eibach suspension; Spies Hecker paint (Summit White) on a Glam Effect body kit by Classic Design Concepts; smoked tail lamps and tinted windows; Roadwire leather interior for added comfort and style; and JL Audio equipment.
Continue reading Still Time To Win Smoke’s Camaro
August 20th, 2010%
Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet Impala, led the two-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent in time trials at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway by qualifying fourth for Saturday’s Irwin Tools Night Race NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event. Stewart turned a lap of 15.653 seconds at 122.584 mph on the .533-mile oval.
Continue reading Stewart-Haas Racing Irwin Tools Night Race Qualifying Results
August 20th, 2010%
Bristol – Tony Stewart met with members of the media at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday afternoon to talk about racing at Bristol, the problem of finding sponsorship in the current economic climate and his thoughts on last weekends dust-up between Ryan Newman and Joey Logano at Michigan International Speedway.
Transcript follows the video.
Continue reading Tony Stewart Friday Media Visit – Video and Transcript
