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Tony Stewart Texas Press Conference Transcript

Tony Stewart Texas Press Conference Transcript

TONY STEWART met with members of the media at Texas Motor Speedway and discussed today’s announcement of Danica Patrick’s schedule and car number, his mindset for the last three races of the season, battling for the championship and other topics. Full transcript. ON TODAY’S ANNOUNCMENT WITH DANICA PATRICK. “Yeah, it’s definitely nice. Everybody wanted to know where she was going to be racing, what the number was on the car and that’s what today was all … Read entire article »

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Ryan Newman Chicagoland Media Visit Transcript

Ryan Newman Chicagoland Media Visit Transcript

RYAN NEWMAN met with media and discussed last week’s racing at Richmond, answered questions about deliberately spinning out to cause a caution, his team’s intermediate program and more. Full Transcript: ON RACING AT CHICAGOLAND AND STARTING THE CHASE AT A DIFFERENT VENUE “I’ve been successful here, both on qualifying days and on race days and look forward to the opportunity to prove that our 1.5-mile program is better than it was in the past couple of years … Read entire article »

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Tony Stewart Meets the Press at Chicagoland

Tony Stewart Meets the Press at Chicagoland

TONY STEWART met with members of the media at Chicagoland Speedway about Chicagoland’s grip, the difference in a day and night race at Chicagoland, a competition director for Stewart Hass Racing and other topics. Full transcript: REGARDING GRIP AT CHICAGOLAND: “It is the same for everybody. I don’t think it makes any difference. It is always harder to pass when it has a ton of grip in it because nobody really struggles for grip and has to … Read entire article »

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Tony Stewart Friday All-Star Race Media Visit

TONY STEWART met with members of the media at Charlotte Motor Speedway and discussed racing the All-Star versus the Coke 600, health of short track racing, driving Lewis Hamilton’s car and other topics. Full transcript: IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN HOW YOU PUSH FOR QUALIFYING VERSUS THE RACE? “Yes. When you are doing qualifying you only have to make it last one lap where when we are in our race, you want to push it hard, but you can’t run qualifying laps because the tires won’t last if you do that. So, you have to know how hard you can push it for 35 laps or 40 laps versus one lap.” DO YOU TRY TO LEARN SOMETHING FROM THE ALL-STAR RACE FOR THE COKE … Read entire article »

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Ryan Newman Friday All-Star Race Media Visit

RYAN NEWMAN met with members of the media at Charlotte Motor Speedway and discussed his win in the All-Star race, continuing safety in the sport, the physical demands of running 600 miles and much more. Full transcript. TALK ABOUT THE ALL-STAR RACE. “I guess just use generic words, it’s a cool event because we’re home, it’s a race all for pride, all for money and it’s a nice short race. I’ve always said it was the way we grew up and were brought up racing. Short stints, short runs, short races, all for the money and the glory. I really look forward to the opportunity. Two years ago we had a car that should have won the race and we got … Read entire article »

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Ryan Newman Press Conference Transcript

RYAN NEWMAN met with members of the media at Dover International Speedway and discussed racing at Dover, NASCAR probation and other topics. Full transcript and video at bottom: HOW HAS YOUR WEEK BEEN AND HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR THIS WEEKEND?: “It’s one of my favorite race tracks and coming off of Darlington — it’s usually a place you can carry over some of the things you learned from there to Dover. I enjoy the race track because it doesn’t change a whole lot, but because it’s demanding as well. Having a good finish at Darlington was good for our team to get back on that path and we need to continue that here at Dover.” WHAT HAS BEEN GOING WRONG AT DOVER FOR YOU SINCE 2003 AND … Read entire article »

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Tony Stewart Press Conference Transcipt

TONY STEWART met with media and discussed practice and racing at Kentucky. FULL TRANSCRIPT: HOW WAS PRACTICE? “Oh, I’m encouraged by it. I’m cautiously optimistic; we’ll see. But I was pretty happy with the way it ran in the first practice. I think we’re a lot better than the last couple of races that we’ve been here, for sure. So we’ll wait and see.” ON KENTUCKY, YOU’VE NEVER RACED THERE AND SEVERAL OTHERS. DOES THAT PUT YOU BEHIND GOING IN THERE OR IS IT GOING TO BE PRETTY SIMILAR FOR EVERYBODY? “Oh, there’s guys who have run the Nationwide race there that know the track. It’s no different than when we all ran our first races at Dover or anywhere else. We’ll have a … Read entire article »

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