By SmokinNews, on August 6th, 2008%
Not a great night for Tony Stewart Racing at Oskaloosa.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shane Cottle (#4 Contos), 2. Levi Jones (#20 Stewart), 3. Kevin Swindell (#1H Triple Crown), 4. Brady Short (#36 Short), 5. Justin Zimmerman (#7k Williams), 6. Daron Clayton (#92 Clayton), 7. Darren Hagen (#10 R & B), 8. Ryan Anderson (#71R Anderson). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cole Whitt (#67k Kunz), 2. Dave Darland (#2B 2B Racing), 3. Brady Bacon (#99 Kahne), 4. Gary Taylor (#5 Tel-Star), 5. Bret Mellenberndt (#97 Mellenberndt), 6. Bill Rose (#6 Rose), 7. Thomas Meseraull (#10T R & B), 8. Travis Rilat (#13 Buch). 3:19.37
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Damion Gardner (#71 Leffler), 2. Hunter Schuerenberg (#11 Walker/Guiducci), 3. Chad Boat (#30 Boat), 4. Dustin Morgan (#67
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By SmokinNews, on August 6th, 2008%
J.J. Yeley, has been released by Hall of Fame Racing in favor of Brad Coleman. Yeley came to NASCAR at the urging of Tony Stewart after a USAC career that included becoming only the second driver in USAC history to win the triple crown, championships in Silver Crown, Midgets and Sprint cars in the same year. The first driver to accomplish the task was Tony Stewart himself.
Yeley replaced Bobby Labonte in the Interstate Batteries #18 but was never able to achieve the success that was expected of him, scoring just 1 top 5 and 6 top 10′s in 78 races.
Yeley moved to Hall of Fame Racing in 2008 as Kyle Busch took over the #18. In 17 races he had 1 top 5 and 1 top
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By SmokinNews, on August 6th, 2008%
INDIANAPOLIS (TSR) – The old cliché, “It’s just another race” simply doesn’t work when discussing Sprint car racing’s premiere event, the Knoxville Nationals. Every driver who gets behind the wheel of a 1,200-pound, 800-horsepower Sprint car dreams of winning the Nationals, held annually in August at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway. For the past two years, Donny Schatz has been the man to beat. And this week, he hopes to continue leading the way behind the wheel of the Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) No. 15 Armor All/Chevy/ParkerStore J&J.
The focus all season for Schatz has been winning races in the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series. The current WoO points leader has done a good job of maintaining the level of success that helped him
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