Tony Stewart Still Has A Temper When He’s Wronged
Indianapolis - Tony Stewart still has a temper and it was showing at O’Reilly Raceway Park Thursday night. During the Midget portion of the double header, Tracy Hines brushed the wall during a restart on lap 8. His crew quickly changed the tire in order to get him back out before the restart. However, there was no push truck available to push him back out and as the crew pushed him onto the straightaway a USAC official stopped them and indicated it was to late.
That brought Tony down pit lane to “discuss” the situation with the official. Reports vary on what happened next. One report says that Tony “heatedly confronted” the official, while another claims that Tony knocked the headset off the officials head then shoved him.
At this time it’s not known whether USAC will issue any penalty to Tony.
Tracy, who has 10 wins at ORP, had held the midget points lead before the race but finishing 22nd dropped him back into 2nd. Teammate Levi Jones finished 4th.
In the Silver Crown portion of the double header, Hines finished 15th and Jones finished 7th.
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