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Tony Stewart Friday Darlington Media Visit Transcript
TONY STEWART met with media and discussed improving race car issues, last week’s race at Richmond, upcoming races at Dover and Charlotte, Mother’s Day, and more. Full Transcript: HOW WAS YOUR CAR IN PRACTICE? “Well, we only ran 15 laps, but I think we’re all right. We didn’t get out right away. We didn’t really run more than about four or five laps at a time so I’m not sure we really know 100 percent yet; but at least it looks decent on the sheet right now.” ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THAT OR WERE YOU HOPING TO GET MORE OUT OF IT? “So far I’m pretty happy with it. It seems pretty balanced. We’re just trying to figure out a couple of little things to try to anticipate what we think it’s … Read entire article »
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Ryan Newman Friday Darlington Media Visit Transcript
RYAN NEWMAN met with media and discussed the assistance his Foundation is giving to animals in the aftermath of recent tornadoes, the toll tempers can take on race teams, the incident with Juan Pablo Montoya at last week’s Richmond race, his thoughts on Dover next week, Safer Barriers, and more. Full Transcript: KERRY THARP: Ryan Newman. He’s eighth in points. Ryan, before we go into the race weekend, I know that the Ryan Newman Foundation has been very, very active of late with the tornadoes that obviously devastated the southeastern part of this country. The Greater Birmingham Alabama Humane Society, you’re going to be working with those folks to help in this cause. Talk a little bit about that. RYAN NEWMAN: We’ve got a great partnership with Iams, the pet food company, … Read entire article »
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Tony Stewart Texas Press Conference Transcript
TONY STEWART met with members of the media at Texas Motor Speedway and discussed the struggles at Martinsville, racing at Talladega and other topics. Full transcript: ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT BOTH OF YOUR CARS HAD LAST WEEK?: “The gear issue that we had — we have to look in to. That’s the first one we’ve lost this year, but we had a problem with Ryan’s (Newman) car last fall losing a gear. We’re definitely looking into that. The deal with the header and the wire — we haven’t had that issue, but at the same time we’ll still put just as much emphasis on looking into that as we do the gear side. Neither one of those variables are … Read entire article »
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Ryan Newman Friday Media Visit at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Ryan Newman, driver of the no. 39 Haas Automation Chevrolet, met with members of the media at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and discussed the start to his season, the amount of crashes so far this season and other topics. Full transcript: TALK ABOUT THE START OF YOUR SEASON: “It is the best two-race start to the season since my Daytona 500 victory in 2008. This just really proud to get started better. I think we have done a good job so far of carrying a good run in the last 10 races of last season into the off season and turning that into a good start to the season. That isn’t easy to do. Maybe Carl Edwards is doing it just a … Read entire article »
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Tony Stewart Friday Media Visit at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Tony Stewart, driver of the no. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet, met with members of the media at discussed driving Lewis Hamilton’s F1 car, racing at Las Vegas, Bristol and other topics. Full transcript: CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CAR SWAP YOU ARE DOING WITH LEWIS HAMILTON TO GET IN HIS F1 CAR AT WATKINS GLEN? “Right now I am too busy worrying about what we’re doing, but, I am excited about it. It is an awesome opportunity. It is really a chance of a lifetime to drive something that is probably the most sophisticated race car on the planet. It is going to be really cool to get a chance to do it. We did a commercial shoot day with Lewis (Hamilton) and … Read entire article »
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Tony Stewart Friday Media Visit
Tony Stewart met with media and discussed what the drivers have learned in the two two-car pairings, how the Nationwide and Cup Series differ, how the driving is back in the driver’s hands, and more. ON HIS WEEK SO FAR AND THE OUTLOOK FOR BOTH THE NATIONWIDE AND SPRINT CUP RACES “It’s definitely been different. And we said that after the test session. We knew it was going to be different racing down here. But I’ve kind of enjoyed the part where we’re out of the pack and not sitting there just stuck in a line. You actually have the ability to help or hurt your cause, depending on who you get with and how quick you do the exchanges and how you play the runs on guys from being the … Read entire article »
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Tony Stewart Daytona Testing Media Visit Transcript
Daytona Beach – Fresh from his working vacation in Australia, Tony Stewart tackled the high banks of Daytona International Speedway Thursday morning in day 1 of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Preseason Thunder Testing at Daytona. After a busy morning, he tackled the even tougher tougher crowd in the speedway media center. Not surprisingly the first question from the media related to his altercation with one of the owners of Tyrepower Sydney Speedway, and what possible future ramifications there might be. Moderator: We’re going to start off with Tony Stewart. He drives the No. 14 Office Depot for Stewart-Haas Racing. If I’m not mistaken, you were one of the first drivers that got to lay their eyes on this new track back in October. Talk about the evolution … Read entire article »
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