CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Tony Stewart says his car’s paint scheme for the Sept. 4 Southern 500 will mirror that of Bobby Allison’s when he won at Darlington Raceway in 1971 and 1972. Stewart is a three-time NASCAR premiere series champion who has won 49 races, but none at Darlington. It’s one of only two venues where Stewart is winless…
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) – A federal judge ruled Friday that the insurance carrier for NASCAR driver Tony Stewart does not have to defend or indemnify him in a lawsuit brought by the family of a driver who died after being struck by Stewart’s car during a race. U.S. District Court Judge David Hurd ruled that Axis Insurance Co.’s policy with…
DOVER, Del. (AP) – Tony Stewart suffered his first serious hit since his return from a back injury during a three-car wreck at practice Friday at Dover International Speedway. Danica Patrick’s No. 10 dumped oil on the track, spun and the rear of her Chevrolet burst into flames. Stewart, her Stewart-Haas Racing teammate, was behind her and the No. 14…
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) – It’s been an action-packed week for Tony Stewart following his return to a race car after a back injury sidelined him the first eight races of the season. First, he was fined $35,000 by NASCAR for criticizing the series about safety surrounding lug nuts. He then ran his first race since November and participated in the…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Tony Stewart has been cleared to return to racing and will be back in his car Friday at Richmond International Raceway. The three-time NASCAR champion missed the first eight races of the season with a fractured vertebra suffered in a January all-terrain vehicle accident. The injury occurred one week before Stewart was scheduled to start his…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Doctors are pleased at the pace Tony Stewart’s broken back is healing and have given the three-time NASCAR champion a rehabilitation program aimed to get him back in a race car. Stewart was injured Jan. 31 in an all-terrain vehicle accident. He suffered a burst fracture of the L1 vertebra and has missed the start of…
