Tony Stewart KHI No. 33 Busch Team Report
MR. CONSISTENCY IN ‘07: Stewart has compiled eight starts in the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series season. In those eight starts, he has grabbed seven top-10 finishes, with his worst finish of the year coming at the California Speedway, where he finished 11th in a Joe Gibbs racing machine.
LOOKING FOR NINE STRAIGHT: Tony Stewart will be looking for nine straight top-10 finishes for Kevin Harvick Inc., dating back to the Michigan International Speedway in 2006. Stewart’s last race for KHI came two weeks ago at New Hampshire International Speedway where Stewart finished fourth.
SECOND TIME AROUND: The Durock 300 will be the second NASCAR Busch Series race that Stewart has entered at Chicagoland Speedway. The Rushville, Ind. native made his only other start there last year, where Stewart started 17th and finished ninth.
73 AND COUNTING: Tony Stewart has 73 career NASCAR Busch Series starts. In those 73 starts, Stewart has two wins (Daytona ’05, ’06), four poles, 19 top-five and 25 top-10 finishes. Stewart’s two Busch Series wins both came driving Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) Chevrolets.
LOGGING MILES: Tony Stewart will drive 700 miles this weekend at the Chicagoland Speedway. Stewart will participate in the Durock 300 (NBS) on Saturday and the USG Sheetrock 400 (NNCS) on Sunday. This means that Stewart would have driven from Charlotte, North Carolina to New York City, New York, for example.
CHICAGOLAND SUCCESS: Tony Stewart has seven career starts in both the NASCAR Busch and Cup Series at Chicagoland (Ill.). Of those seven starts, he has compiled five top-10 finishes including one win (2004, NNCS) and one pole (2003, NNCS).
OPERATION WAX SMOKE: Tony Stewart said on his SIRIUS radio show that if someone would make a $100,000 donation to the Victory Junction Gang Camp (VJGC), he would wax his chest and back. “I thought it was a hilarious way to raise money for an excellent cause. I am calling on my fans (and Tony’s too!) to make a donation in an effort to raise $100,000 for the Victory Junction Gang Camp,” said Kevin Harvick. “Plus, it’s a way to have a good laugh at Tony’s expense.”
Tony Stewart Quotes:
Track position and pit strategy seem to be the two biggest variables at Chicagoland. When and how do you make the decision to sacrifice tires for track position, or depending on the circumstances, track position for tires?
“I think it just depends on how your car is working. If your car is driving well, one that keeps you up toward the front all day because it’s fast, then just two tires can keep you pretty quick. In that situation, you could make a big gain at the end by just taking on two tires and maintaining your track position. Even some guys who are behind and don’t have their car the way they want, by taking on two tires, the track position they gain helps out more than four tires would. But when you get right down to it, I think Chicago is a track where if your car’s good, then it doesn’t matter whether you take two tires or four.”
with all the negative passion that gets him into trouble on the track… he makes up for it with his golden heart
that’s for sure. he’s given over 2 million to Victory Junction and if you keep your eyes open, every couple of weeks or so you’ll see a little story in a little paper about somebody he’s helped out.