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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 92 Views
I’ve been sitting here for almost two hours debating on what to say about the situation that finally was leaked and somewhat announced today.
Yes, that announcement.
Tony Stewart will not be returning to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2009.
Tony Stewart is the reason I got back into NASCAR and is my favorite driver. I know people who want to persue a career in NASCAR or Sports Journalism shouldn’t have a favorite driver, but he’s mine.
I’m going to wait until tomorrow to write out my thoughts after seeing the press conference. I’m in class when it airs so I’m recording it and will watch it when I get home. I will then review it and write what I’m feeling as I’m watching it. I’ve gotten a lot of e-mails today about the topic and I’m just going to wait and see Tony’s face when announcing it. That’s when I’ll know it’s the right thing to do or what I should say.
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008 62 Views
DAYTONA BEACH, FL - JULY 05: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota celebrates after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway on July 5, 2008 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
Kyle Busch won his sixth race of the season tonight at Daytona International Speedway’s Coke Zero 400. It was his first career win in the premiere NASCAR series at Daytona after coming in second to Jamie McMurray in 2007 and Tony Stewart in 2006.
Busch’s teammate, Stewart, who was the favorite coming into the race, removed himself from the #20 Home Depot Toyota just after Lap 72 after being sick all weekend. Before the race started, Stewart recieved IV’s in the Infield Care Center.
Former Joe Gibbs Racing teammate J.J. Yeley was already suited up and climbed into the car.
Stewart sat behind his pitbox for a short time, drinking fluids before being taken back to the Infield Care Center and was treated for the remaineder of the race for “flu-like symptoms.”
Photo of Tony Stewart (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008 107 Views
SPARTA, KY - JUNE 14: Joey Logano spins his tires after winning the Game Stop Toyota in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Meijer 300 presented by Oreo at Kentucky Speedway on June 14, 2008 in Sparta, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images for NASCAR)
Joey Logano made history tonight by becoming the youngest driver to ever win a race in NASCAR’s top three premiere series.
And he kicked some major tail by doing so. The 18-year-old driver of the #20 Game Stop Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing won his first Nationwide Series race in only his third start.
He also won his second Coors Light Pole in his third start today.
Keep your eyes open people. This kid is going to be around for a long time.
Second photo credit: (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)
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Monday, June 9th, 2008 137 Views
According to an ESPN/AP article, which I saw on Jayski, Greg Zipadelli, crew chief for the #20 Home Depot Toyota, thinks driver Tony Stewart knows what his future holds.
“I honestly think the decision’s made, I just don’t think we all know yet.”
Zipadelli and Stewart have the current longest driver/crew chief relationship in the garage area, having been together all of their ten years in the premiere NASCAR series.
Swear to god, if it doesn’t include Joe Gibbs Racing or at least the Home Depot, I may possibly give birth to a small farm animal. Baaaaaah!
Baaaaaah! Meow! Baaaaah!
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008 70 Views
If this were to happen… I think I would poke my eyes out with a fork or steel rod.
#42-Juan Pablo Montoya requested a face-to-face meeting with his boss and got it the day before the Indianapolis 500, when owner Chip Ganassi flew to North Carolina to talk with his emotional driver. The early morning meeting Saturday let Montoya express his frustrations over the race team’s direction, including the firing of crew chief Jimmy Elledge, a move Montoya vehemently opposed. “I told him everything I was thinking and how it was,” said Montoya, who finished 30th. “The hope of the meeting is that everything that has happened turns into results. I need to run better. That’s what will calm me down.” Meanwhile, there is speculation that Joe Gibbs Racing may make a run at Montoya to fill the seat Tony Stewart is expected to leave at the end of the season. (Per Jayski via Chicago Tribune)
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 134 Views
Karah-Leigh
karah@trackbunnyfilms.com
I remember hearing about Joey Logano the first time in 2004 and in 2005 when I went to Joe Gibbs Racing fro the first time, Logano was there, sitting out front with Aric Amirola signing autographs for fans. Everybody talked about how this kid was the next Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart, but I had never seen him race.
When he started racing in the Hooter’s Pro Cup Series in the Southern Division, he won at South Georgia Motorsports Park where I go frequently and I was unable to attend it. Why? I forget now, but I know that I was devastated when I found out that he had actually won it.
I saw Logano again the next fall at Joe Gibbs Racing, still signing autographs for fans who were waiting around in long lines for Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin. People walked right by him, not really noticing him just like they do a lot of up and coming drivers when the “star” is nearby. (more…)
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Monday, May 26th, 2008 191 Views
Dear Mr. Stewart,
I’m writing this letter in response to some feelings that I have been feeling lately and how I think some of your fans are feeling after the heartbreaking weekend in Charlotte.
First off, you won that race. In the hearts of all of your fans, and even some of the people who don’t like you, you won it. You know it, the fans know it, your crew knows it, and Kasey Kahne knows it. I listened to the in-car audio the entire race and you were in perfect form all night. From joking about the tire that hit the motor home to telling your crew what a great job they did after pit stops, you were on your game and so were they.
As a huge fan of yours and the #20 Home Depot Joe Gibbs Racing Team, it scares me to think that you won’t be there in the future. I guess in a way we know how the Earnhardt fans felt last year when their “fan world” was in the midst of being turned upside down. The important thing with your contract talks is that you find something that makes you happy and something that will more than likely take you until the end of your career.
Honestly, the Haas CNC discussions are a bit scary to me. In the back of my mind, it scares me to think that you could go over there and close out your career on a possibly less than stellar mark such as Dale Jarrett did after moving to Michael Waltrip Racing which is still struggling to stay in the Top 35.
Tony, you are Joe Gibbs Racing. I know that Jarrett and Bobby Labonte were there before you, but you are what makes JGR what it is. The first thing people think of when you hear “Joe Gibbs Racing” is Tony Stewart. The first time I went to Joe Gibbs Racing, I was amazed at how much of a shrine it was to you. They’ve been there for you when everybody else wanted to throw their hands in the air at you. It’s hard to picture you working with anybody else but Greg Zipadelli in the Cup series.
Why change something that isn’t broken?
You’re not broken, Tony Stewart. Your team isn’t broken. Your organization isn’t broken. You’ve won two championships with Joe Gibbs Racing. You’ve started winning those Nationwide Series races with them that had been out of your reach for so long (except for the ones you won for DeLana Harvick). You’re in the Top 10 in points. You would have won two or more races by now if it hadn’t of been for pure bad luck or last lap passes.
We want you to be happy, Tony, but will starting completely over somewhere else (especially a team that struggles week in and week out like Haas) make you happy when you have a championship winning team of guys who have been with you for ten years who have stood by you through thick and thin?
I know this letter will probably come off as snobbish and rude, but it’s not intended to be. It’s just from a concerned fan, worried about the future of her favorite racing team.
You’re a winner, Tony Stewart.
Sincerely,
Karah from Georgia
and all the other fans that agree with this
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008 132 Views
After being in NASCAR ten years, Tony Stewart finally tamed the “lady in black” Friday night with his win in the Nationwide Series’ Diamond Hill Plywood 200!
To say the least, Stewart was thrilled.
“At the start of this year, there were still four tracks I haven’t won at and it was California, Las Vegas, Talladega and here (Darlington) and thanks to Dave and the guys on this 20 car on the Nationwide side, we’ve conquered three and should have won the fourth one, but not to be greedy, get four this year and three at the tracks that I haven’t won at, it’s, man with the rich heritage and history at Darlington, to win here and be the first guy to win after they resurfaced here, it’s a feeling that’s hard to describe. It’s just cool to win at Darlington.
It’s just fun, this series is so deep in history in general and this is one of those tracks that it’s history goes as deep as NASCAR and to finally win here, it’s just a huge honor to me.
Crew Chief Dave Rogers also had something good to say about Tony.
I saw Tony Stewart drive probably one of the smartest races I’ve seen here at Darlington.
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