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Video Reports – Prelude to the Dream and The Shakeup at Stewart-Haas Racing

In an exclusive interview Hutch Konerman of WDTN-TV previews the 7th Annual Prelude to the Dream event with NASCAR star and Eldora track owner Tony Stewart. Then FOXSports.com’s Lee Spencer talks about the shakeup at Stewart-Haas Racing and more. … Read entire article »

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How to Order the Prelude to the Dream

ROSSBURG, Ohio – If you can’t make the drive to Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, on Wednesday, June 8 to see the seventh annual Prelude to the Dream in person, don’t worry. Beginning today, race fans across the nation will have their first opportunity to order the charity all-star race on pay-per-view. The event will feature stars from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the IZOD IndyCar Series and the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. All will join two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart in piloting 2,300-pound dirt Late Model stock cars capable of putting out more than 800 horsepower around Eldora’s half-mile oval. The Prelude to the Dream is a … Read entire article »

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Tony Stewart Friday Kansas Press Conference Transcript

TONY STEWART met with members of the media at Kansas Speedway and discussed the Kansas race track, Prelude to the Dream and other topics.  Full transcript: HOW WAS PRACTICE?: “It’s hot and slick out there right now, but that’s the way I like it.  It’s a challenge for sure to get your balance right and guys are already using the whole race track.  It’s definitely going to be a hot, slick day for the race on Sunday too.” ARE YOU HAPPY WITH YOUR CAR?: “I don’t think anybody — you can have the best car out there right now and you’re still not going to be happy with it.  We’re sliding around a lot, which is good.  I like that side of it.  It makes … Read entire article »

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Tony Stewart NASCAR Teleconference Transcript

Tony Stewart sat down for this weeks NASCAR CAM Video teleconference earlier today and field questions from around the country.  Here’s the transcript: THE MODERATOR: Thank you, and good afternoon.  Welcome to today’s NASCAR CAM Video teleconference in advance of Sunday’s STP 400 at Kansas Speedway.  Our guest today is Tony Stewart.  At Kansas Tony will be sponsored by A&E’s, The Glades, which will start its second season this Sunday June 5th. Tony shot a cameo for their originally scripted drama series in late March and that NASCAR themed episode is slated to air June 26th. Tony is currently ninth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup points standings and has been successful at Kansas Speedway having won there twice and having seven Top 10s in ten starts at … Read entire article »

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Stewart Turned Down A Ride With Hendrick

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Could you see Tony Stewart in the No. 25 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet? Rick Hendrick could—15 years ago. But Stewart turned down a job offer from Hendrick because he didn’t feel he was ready for the Sprint Cup Series. At that point, the sum total of Stewart’s stock car experience amounted to a handful of Nationwide races for owner Harry Ranier. “In the fall of ’96 I got a call, and Rick’s organization had offered me the 25 car,” Stewart said Wednesday at a press conference at Levine Children’s Hospital to announce details of his Prelude to the Dream dirt Late Model charity race. “I’d only run eight (actually nine) Nationwide races that year, so I just didn’t feel that I’d earned the right and … Read entire article »

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2011 Prelude to the Dream Set for June 8

Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, will once again be the site of the all-star dirt Late Model race featuring more than 25 world renowned drivers as they battle for dirt supremacy on the half-mile clay oval, all of which will be presented live to the entire nation on HBO Pay-Per-View® with proceeds from the telecast supporting four of the nation’s top children’s hospitals: Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, N.C.: www.LevineChildrensHospital.org Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta: www.choa.org St. Louis Children’s Hospital: www.StLouisChildrens.org Children’s Medical Center Dallas: www.childrens.com The seventh annual event will feature stars from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. All will join two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart in piloting 2,300-pound dirt … Read entire article »

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Cup drivers converge on Eldora for charity race

Cup drivers converge on Eldora for charity race

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 … Read entire article »

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