By SmokinNews, on October 5th, 2008%
Transcript of the Winners Press Conference at Talladega Speedway today.
THE MODERATOR: We’re joined by the winning team in today’s race.
We will start with J.D. Gibbs. Your thoughts on today’s victory?
J.D. GIBBS: You know, it’s kind of two different days for us. We have Denny’s run first, have the tire go, hits the wall. That was scary. Get him to Birmingham, have the doctors check him out. He had a little headache, his foot was hurting. You go from that, come back over here, watching at the end of the race, Kyle got caught up in the accident there. Then Tony to go where he was, to not have a win all year, that was a big deal for us. The way we won it, you
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Talladega – Video of the post-race press conference after Tony Stewart won the AMP 500 at Talladega Speedway. This was Tony’s first victory at Talladega, his 33rd win in his cup career. Involved in the press conference are Joe Gibbs Racing President J.D. Gibbs, Owner Joe Gibbs, Crew Chief Greg Zipadelli and of course, Tony Stewart.
A written transcript will be posted. Videos courtesy of Cup Scene Daily at www.CupScene.com
Press conference Part 1
Press conference Part 2
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It took Dale Earnhardt Sr 20 tries to win the Daytona 500. Eight years ago, he won the last race of his career in the fall race at Talladega. It took Tony Stewart 20 tries to capture a Cup race at Talladega, and it comes as his 12 year career at Joe Gibbs Racing comes to an end.
After being the first loser 6 times at the 2.66 mile Alabama track, Tony held off the DEI trio of Regan Smith, Paul Menard and David Ragan to hoist the winners trophy, after a few tense moments while NASCAR determined that Regan Smith, who crossed the finish line in front of Tony had passed him below the yellow line.
Prior to todays win, Tony had gone 43
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Terre Haute, IN – Cole Whitt of Alpine, Calif. won Saturday’s 57th First Financial Bank “Hut Hundred” USAC Mopar National Midget race at the Terre Haute Action Track, presented by Dorsett Mitsubishi.
Whitt started alongside pole winner Brad Sweet and led the first 45 laps in his Red Bull/MMI Bullet/Esslinger Ford.
Shane Cottle, who was involved in a multi-car tangle on lap one and restarted at the back of the field, raced through the pack to take the lead on lap 46 in his Tony Stewart Racing machine. Cottle was given the opportunity to drive Levi Jones’ backup car to give TSR 3 entries in the race.
On lap 79, Whitt regained the lead and led the final 22 laps for the victory. Cottle finished second ahead of Sweet,
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Princeton, MN — With the success that Donny Schatz has had at Princeton Speedway, it’s hard to believe that the first time he competed at the high-banked ¼-mile located in Minnesota was in 2004, when the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series made their debut at the track. After all, the two-time defending World of Outlaws champion cut his teeth racing in the Upper Midwest, including at a number of tracks in the state of Minnesota, where he now has nine victories.
A dominating performance on Saturday night in the PolyDome Princeton National that saw him lead all 40 laps, earned Schatz his second consecutive victory at the track, becoming the first driver to claim two A-Feature wins at the high-banked bullring with the
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