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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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Stewart-Haas Racing Kobalt Tools 500k Race Report
Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala, led the two-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent at Phoenix International Raceway by finishing third in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500k NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Stewart led five times for a race-high 160 laps en route to his eighth top-five finish of 2011 and his eighth top-five result in 20 career Sprint Cup starts at Phoenix. Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 U.S. Army Veterans … Read entire article »
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Stewart-Haas Racing Kobalt Tools 500k Qualifying
Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala, led the two-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent in time trials Saturday at Phoenix International Raceway by qualifying eighth for Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500k NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Stewart turned a lap of 26.488 seconds at 135.911 mph on the 1-mile oval. “We did not get on the pole, but we had a nice, solid lap and that’s what we needed to do,” said … Read entire article »
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Fuel Mileage Battle in Phoenix Leaves Stewart 17th
Tony Stewart had a fast racecar in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500k NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Phoenix International Raceway, but as the 312-lap race around the 1-mile oval turned into a fuel mileage battle, fastest wasn’t necessarily best. Stewart was proof of that, as he finished a disappointing 17th when the checkered flag dropped. The maroon and red No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) proved quick from the start, as Stewart used it to crack the top-10 on lap 38 after starting 20th. Running some of the fastest laps of the race, he continued his march to the front. Stewart was eighth when the caution flag waved on lap 60, whereupon he came to the pits for four tires and fuel, along with a track bar … Read entire article »
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Newman Fuels to 2nd-Place Finish in Phoenix
PHOENIX – A strong race car and a successful fuel strategy resulted in U.S. Army driver Ryan Newman finishing runner-up in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 Sprint Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway. He trailed race winner Carl Edwards to the checkered flag by 4.7 seconds. It was the second-outstanding performance of the season at the one-mile oval for Newman, who won the April Cup race in Phoenix. Driving the No. 39 U.S. Army Chevrolet that was adorned with more than 500 faces of military veterans, Newman opted not to pit for fuel late in the race while some of the leaders did. The strategy paid off for the Army team as Newman managed to conserve enough fuel to get to the finish line and pick up three spots in track position. He … Read entire article »
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Stewart-Haas Racing Kobalt Tools 500k Race Report
Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 U.S. Army Veterans Day Chevrolet Impala, led the two-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent at Phoenix International Raceway by finishing second in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500k NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Newman came into Phoenix as the track’s most recent Sprint Cup victor, as he scored the win in the series’ spring visit to the 1-mile oval in April. He now has five top-10 finishes in 17 career Sprint Cup starts at Phoenix, with Sunday’s effort giving Newman his 13th top-10 finish of the season. Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala for SHR, finished 17th. Carl Edwards won the Kobalt Tools 500k to earn his 17th career Sprint Cup victory, his first of the season, and his first at Phoenix. Newman finished … Read entire article »
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Newman’s Army Car to Feature Faces of More Than 500 Veterans at Phoenix
More than 500 faces of military veterans will grace Ryan Newman’s No. 39 U.S. Army Chevrolet in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 Sprint Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway. The special paint scheme serves as an extension of Veterans Day (Nov. 11), an annual United States holiday honoring military veterans. The 500 plus faces on Newman’s Veterans Day car represent multiple generations of men and women who embraced the call of duty, dating back to the World War I era. Among the photos submitted through www.goarmy.com was from World War II veteran and Arizona resident Luis Rodriguez Jr. who will attend Sunday’s race as a guest of the U.S. Army race team. Rodriguez, 85, served in the U.S. Army and was a member of the 118th General Hospital, a U.S. Army military hospital … Read entire article »
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