June 9th, 2010%
Even though there’s a new wrinkle in the format, the favorite in Wednesday night’s Prelude to the Dream charity race at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, is the same as it ever was—the guy who owns the track and stages the event.
Tony Stewart, who launched the Gillette Fusion ProGlide Prelude to the Dream at the half-mile dirt track in 2005, has won the event the past two years and three of the five since its inception. Stewart set the one-lap qualifying record last year (15.405 seconds) and led all 30 laps of the main event.
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June 4th, 2010%
Tony Stewart met with the media at Pocono Raceway on Friday June 4, 2010 to talk about the Prelude to the Dream charity race being held at Eldora Speedway on Wednesday. The race, which is available on HBP Pay Per View, is a fundraiser for children’s hospitals.
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June 4th, 2010%
Longpond, PA – TONY STEWART met with members of the media at Pocono Raceway and discussed Prelude to the Dream and other topics.
CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT PRELUDE TO THE DREAM THIS YEAR?:
“Excited about it. It’s obviously something we’ve enjoyed doing every year. The drivers have been awesome and very supportive of it. We’re up to that weekend before now and this is the weekend that I start getting nervous and start watching The Weather Channel like there’s nothing else on TV to watch. Continue reading Tony Stewart Friday Media Visit
June 4th, 2010%
Longpond, PA – RYAN NEWMAN met with media and discussed this year to date compared to last year, being half-way to the Chase, the Jeff Burton/Kyle Busch incident at Charlotte last weekend, and more. Full Transcript:
ON RACING AT POCONO:
“I’m just glad to be able to do media availability again (laughs). It’s been a strong recovery, and it’s taken a little bit of time, but a strong recovery for our team from how we started the season. So coming into Pocono, I’m happy to be in the top 12. I really like this race track. It’s fun and challenging. It’s got a nice break on the front straightaway; gives us a chance to get something to drink and regroup for the next lap. I look forward to it and we’ll try to have some fun.”
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June 3rd, 2010%
Tony Stewart at Pocono 2009.
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KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Tony Stewart returns to Pocono (Pa.) Raceway as the defending winner of the Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500. The driver of the No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series won last year’s June visit to the venerable and quirky 2.5-mile triangle, where he led twice for 39 laps – including the final 37 – to take his first point-paying win as a driver/owner and the first for a driver/owner since Sept. 27, 1998 when Ricky Rudd won at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway – a span of 375 races.
It was a monumental win, not just in terms of numbers, but also because it stamped Stewart’s foray into team ownership with Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) as a success. It was his 34th career Sprint Cup win, but first with SHR after leaving the comfy confines of Joe Gibbs Racing, where the two-time Sprint Cup champion spent his first 12 years as a NASCAR driver.
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