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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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Tony Sterwart Homestead-Miami Friday Media Visit Transcript
TONY STEWART met with members of the media at Homestead-Miami Speedway and discussed practice, how the track has changed over the years and other topics. HOW WAS PRACTICE TODAY? “It was good. I was pretty happy with it. I think we are decent in race trim. I think in qualifying trim we were alright. We need to gain a little bit. All in all I thought it was a good session.” HOW DIFFERENT IS THIS TRACK SINCE YOU WON HERE? “It is a whole new race track. It’s not even in the same place because of that. The way you drive it; the pace you run; where you lift; that is all different now that they have banking in it.” IS YOUR STRATEGY TO JUST RUN YOUR OWN RACE HERE? “You have to. … Read entire article »
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Tony Stewart Friday Media Visit Transcript
TONY STEWART met with media at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday and discussed racing in the Chase, the tight point battle, and more. HOW WAS PRACTICE? AND WHAT ADJUSTMENTS, IF ANY, DO YOU NEED TO MAKE? “Well, we’ve only got an hour and a half; we haven’t been here very long. I think we’re decent. We’ve got a good starting spot off where we were in the spring and feel like we’ve got something we can work with. Let’s get through today and see how good a job we can do in qualifying and then we’ll go into tomorrow and start our race stuff again and see if we can make it better than it was today.” EVERYBODY HAS MADE THESE COMMENTS LIKE ‘ANYBODY BUT THE NO. 48′ ABOUT JIMMIE JOHNSON RUNNING FOR … Read entire article »
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Tony Stewart Friday Media Visit at Martinsville Speedway Transcript
Tony Stewart met with members of the media at Martinsville Speedway and discussed his car for Martinsville, team ownership and other topic. HOW IS YOUR CAR? “I think it is decent. We won there at the end of the session so I think we are ok right now.” TALK ABOUT THE PRESSURE ON TEAMS TO STAY SOLID FINANCIALLY AND WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF RICHARD PETTY’S NAME IS NO LONGER ON A TEAM IN THE SPORT: “I’ll be honest, it is hard to think about because it is hard to imagine if there wasn’t a Petty. We’ve sat here and done interviews about this story before and Richard (Petty) always finds a way to stay here. He’s been here a long time. He is smart enough to know how to stay … Read entire article »
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Tony Stewart Thursday Media Visit Transcript
Tony Stewart met with member of the media at Charlotte Motor Speedway and discussed racing in the Chase, taking chances, and more. HOW EXCITING IS IT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A NEW SPONSOR GOING INTO THE REST OF THIS SEASON AND STARTING NEXT YEAR? “It’s definitely nice. It’s nice to not have that pressure of still searching and it’s real comforting after we met these guys and got to be around them a little bit. They’re definitely a group of racers and they are definitely people that are as passionate about racing as we are. They’re going to fit in real good with Office Depot and the whole Stewart-Haas [Racing] program.” YOU’VE WON A COUPLE TITLES–DOES IT HAVE AS MUCH TO DO WITH HOW WELL YOU’RE RUNNING OR OTHER DRIVERS MAKING MISTAKES … Read entire article »
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