Posts Tagged ‘Tony Stewart’

SHR names Steve Addington crew chief for Tony Stewart

Steve Addington, winner of 16 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races as a crew chief, has been named to the same position for three-time Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart and the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 team of Stewart-Haas Racing effective immediately. The Spartanburg, S.C., native is only the third crew chief Stewart has had during [...]

NASCAR By The Numbers

NASCAR Number By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (November 21, 2011) 9: Top fives for Tony Stewart in the 2011 Sprint Cup season. It is the third-lowest total for a champion in the history of the Cup series. The only champions with fewer top fives were in the series’ first two seasons. The [...]

Tony Stewart Wins 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship

Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Tony Stewart went from all-time great to legend, capturing his third career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship in grand fashion – a number that places him among a short list of historic NASCAR figures. With a victory in Sunday’s Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Stewart became the seventh champion to win [...]

NASCAR National Series Clinch Scenarios Set For Homestead

Only one finish guarantees Carl Edwards his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship – a victory in Sunday’s season-finale Ford 400. Just three points separate points leader Edwards and second-place Tony Stewart, a margin so tight, no other finish would clinch the title for Edwards regardless of where Stewart finishes. Stewart owns the tie-breaker (best [...]

Rowdy.com Podcast – October 31

On today’s show: • Smoke thrives. • Edwards survives. • Matt Kenseth and Brad Keselowski get spun out of championship contention. • Junior likes the beating and banging of Martinsville. • Tony Stewart wants to settle scores like a man. • Mark Garrow from PRN. To listen to the podcast, please click here.

NASCAR By The Numbers

NASCAR Number By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (October 21, 2011) 4.6: Sprint Cup points leader Carl Edwards’ average finish halfway through the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Among the drivers who went on to win the championship, Jimmie Johnson, in 2009, posted the best average finish through five races at 3.2. [...]

Chicagoland Notebook

Is Chicagoland a barometer for the rest of the Chase? By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (September 17, 2011) JOLIET, Ill.—The reshuffling of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule may provide a quicker indication of who’s to be feared in NASCAR’s 10-race playoff. The Chase starts Sunday with the Geico 400 [...]

Rowdy.com Podcast – September 16

On today’s show: •Starting the Chase at Chicagoland. •David Reutimann describes the keys to Chicagoland Speedway. •Tony Stewart talks Chase pressure. To listen to the podcast, please click here.