April 16th, 2010%
Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet Impala, led the two-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent in time trials at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth by winning the pole for Sunday’s Samsung Mobile 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Stewart, who will make his 400th career Sprint Cup start on Sunday, turned a lap of 28.224 seconds at 191.327 mph on the 1.5-mile oval.
It was the 11th Sprint Cup pole of Stewart’s career, but his first in 155 races, dating back to Oct. 21, 2005, when he qualified on the pole at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. Stewart had previously never won a Sprint Cup pole at Texas, but captured the top starting spot for the track’s IndyCar Series races in 1997 and 1998. Continue reading Samsung Mobile 500 Qualifying – STEWART ON THE POLE!
April 16th, 2010%
FORT WORTH, Texas – Ryan Newman will start 10th for Sunday’s Samsung Mobile 500 Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway.
Driving the No. 39 Army ROTC Chevrolet at the 1.5-mile oval, Newman’s qualifying time and speed in Friday’s time trials were 28.421 seconds at 190.00 miles per hour.
“We made a nice improvement from today’s practice and that is always a good sign,” said Newman, who won last week’s race in Phoenix. “The Army ROTC Chevy made a good lap that got us an important top-10 starting position. It’s important that we build on our momentum and we’ll be working hard tomorrow to get the car dialed in for Sunday. We want to give our Army Strong Soldiers another proud weekend.” Continue reading Newman Qualifies 10th in Texas
April 16th, 2010%
Tony Stewart met with the media at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday to talk about what he expects in Sunday’s Samsung Mobile 500, teammate Ryan Newman’s victory last weekend, Kasey Kahne’s move to Hendrick Motorsports and whether Kahne could be driving a Stewart-Haas Racing car in
Continue reading Tony Stewart Texas Pre-Race Press Conference Video
April 16th, 2010%
As the winner last week, NASCAR driver Ryan Newman met with the media at Texas Motor Speedway Friday to talk about his win last weekend and how he expect things to go on Sunday in the Samsung Mobile 500.
In addition he talked about how the green-white-checker has changed the way teams figure their strategy during a race.
Continue reading Ryan Newman Texas Pre-Race Press Conference Video
January 19th, 2010%
FORT WORTH, Texas – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Tony Stewart, Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle and Brian Vickers became the first drivers to conduct an on-track test with a new aluminum spoiler package that could be implemented for the 2010 season during Tuesday’s Goodyear Tire test at Texas Motor Speedway. Continue reading Stewart First Driver to Test With New Spoiler At Texas Motor Speedway
