By SmokinNews, on April 25th, 2009%
Ryan Newman wasn’t the only Stewart-Haas driver to doing double duty this weekend. Two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart took a break from the action at Talladega Superspeedway to compete at Carolina Speedway on Friday night. Continue reading Stewart spends Friday night playing on the dirt
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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By SmokinNews, on October 5th, 2008%
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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By SmokinNews, on October 5th, 2008%
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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