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Walk-Off Win Gives Stewart 2011 Sprint Cup Championship

Walk-Off Win Gives Stewart 2011 Sprint Cup Championship

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Tony Stewart went from all-time great to legend on Sunday as he captured his third career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship in grand fashion – a number that places him among a short list of historic NASCAR figures. With a victory in Sunday’s Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Stewart became the seventh champion to win the season finale in his championship season. He out-dueled runner-up Carl Edwards in a finale befitting a … Read entire article »

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Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 400 Qualifying Report

Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 400 Qualifying Report

Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 U.S. Army Chevrolet Impala for SHR, led the two-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent in time trials Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway by qualifying 14th for Sunday’s season-ending Ford 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Newman turned a lap of 31.147 seconds at 173.371 mph on the 1.5-mile oval. “We felt the U.S. Army Chevy was going to produce a better qualifying effort than what we managed,” said Newman, who … Read entire article »

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Tony Stewart Championship Contenders Press Conference Transcript

Tony Stewart Championship Contenders Press Conference Transcript

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship contenders Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards met with the media Thursday for the traditional contenders press conference. KRISTA VODA: Good afternoon, everyone. On behalf of the France family and everyone within the NASCAR family, we want to welcome you to the championship contenders press conference. SHANNON SPAKE: The season started back in February with the Daytona 500. After 35 races at 22 different racetracks in 20 states coast-to-coast, we are down to … Read entire article »

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Tony Stewart – From Rebel to Company Man

Tony Stewart – From Rebel to Company Man

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Tony Stewart is a company man. Yes, the outlaw who burst onto the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series scene as a rookie in 1999 who brazenly grabbed trophies while wearing his emotions on his sleeve, is 13 years later the best thing to happen to NASCAR since two guys named Earnhardt and Gordon were championship rivals. That’s because Stewart, the open-wheel phenom who came to NASCAR as a four-time USAC champion and the 1997 … Read entire article »

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Tony Stewart – Carl Edwards Phoenix Post-Race Press Conference Video

Tony Stewart – Carl Edwards Phoenix Post-Race Press Conference Video

After finishing 2-3 in the Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, Tony Stewart (2nd in points, 3rd in the race) and Carl Edwards (1st in points, 2nd in the race) met with the media to discuss the race, the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and this weekends final race of the season at Homestead-Miami Speedway. … Read entire article »

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Tony Stewart’s possum act is making road kill of Chase rivals

Tony Stewart’s possum act is making road kill of Chase rivals

Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service LOUDON, N.H. – Tony Stewart can’t possibly win the Chase this year. That’s what the driver of the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Chevrolet wanted you—and his 11 competitors in the race for the Sprint Cup title—to believe. That’s why Stewart said during a Sept. 15 Chase media day interview in Chicago that there were seven drivers who could win the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup—and he wasn’t one of them. Two Chase races and … Read entire article »

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Stewart-Haas Racing Sprint All-Star Race Report

Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Burger King Chevrolet Impala, led the two-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent by finishing fourth in Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway. It was Stewart’s fifth consecutive-top five finish in the non-points event and his ninth top-10 result in 13 career All-Star Races. Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 Haas Automation Chevrolet Impala for SHR, finished 10th to score his seventh top-15 finish in 10 career All-Star Races. Carl Edwards won the All-Star Race. It was his first All-Star Race win and his first Sprint Cup victory at Charlotte. Kyle Busch finished .443 of a second behind Edwards in the runner-up spot, while David Reutimann, Stewart and Greg Biffle rounded out the top-five. Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin, David Ragan, Kevin Harvick … Read entire article »

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