Hold the phone: Stewart says NASCAR did the right thing?
MIKE HARRIS
The Associated Press
Nobody could blame two-time Cup champion Tony Stewart if he was upset after NASCAR waited out the rain last Sunday at Kansas Speedway, a decision that cost Stewart a win and eventually a lot of points in the Chase.
Stewart, stretching his gas to the limit, was out front when heavy rains hit the speedway just past halfway in the race. If NASCAR had called it at that point, Stewart would have been the winner.
Instead, officials waited more than two hours and eventually restarted the race. Stewart, who started the day just two points out of the lead, was involved in a crash, finished 39th and dropped to fourth – 117 points out. On his satellite radio show Tuesday night, he said NASCAR did the right thing.
“You look at it from their standpoint,” he said. “If they call the race, we’re going to leave Kansas City with a 50- or 60-point lead and that could have been the difference between us stealing a championship away from somebody or not.
“NASCAR, in my opinion, did exactly the right thing, did everything they could to get it in.
"It’s the same thing we would have done at Eldora (the dirt track Stewart owns in Ohio). And the reason it was the right decision is let us settle it on the race track. Let us win the championship on the race track.
"Don’t let weather be a determining factor in those last 10 races of who is going to win or not win the championship.”
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2007-10-06 01:26:27 · 12 answers · asked by jgrevinjim 3 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ NASCAR
Wow, nine minutes and three answers that prove people don't read!
2007-10-06 01:41:45 · update #1
I'm a Tony Stewart fan and have been since he came into the cup series. Even when he's been a hot head and traded paint with other drivers on purpose. I've been a fan even though he wasn't always the most popular driver out there.
Tony is very much like Dale Earnhardt Sr. whether Earnhardt fans want to admit it or not. Tony has a short fuse and he is very much the intimidator in nascar today. I hope Tony gets his first Talladega win this weekend, and tells all the rednecks there to kiss his Home Depot azz when he climbs the fence.
2007-10-06 02:12:15 · answer #1 · answered by Big Rick 6 · 6⤊ 3⤋
Very good view point.I've been a fan of Tony since he ran a partial Busch season 15 years ago.
The points made hear are really good from a man on a mission.
And to settle the championship on the track is the right way.
Grant it I was vocal about not calling the race an hour after the red was thrown,but this is the right way to be.
Let the chase be settled on the track.Not on a technicallity.
2007-10-06 02:31:52 · answer #2 · answered by blakree 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Tony is a good guy,he does so much for this sport. He brings back personality,something that has been sadly lacking since the great Earnhardt - Waltrip battles of the 80's.Who can forget Ol' D.W. saying "with Earnhardt,every lap is a controlled crash" or "you ought to get an extra 5 points for taking out Earnhardt" ? The plastic personalities that abound in this politically correct world make for a very drab and boring existence.
2007-10-06 03:24:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I am impressed. If in fact, that is what he said, he gets kudos from me and I really don't like him. I have to say that I thought at the end of the race last Sunday, he had been robbed, I still do not like the finish (it s@cked a big one), but if he really feels like this, I want to say that he is a bigger man than I thought he was.
2007-10-06 18:36:55 · answer #4 · answered by loco-mama 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, wonder what made him change his tune. That's a far different answer that all us fans at the track got last Sunday. As we were making our way down the stands in the pouring rain he told us he hoped the race would be called. You can imagine all the boo's he got. Must have decided he needed to "save face".
2007-10-06 03:58:08 · answer #5 · answered by 4 In A Row (#48JJFan) 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Glad to hear he said that.
As a fan I think if there is ANY possibility of finishing a race, it should be done and not let mother nature decide it.
2007-10-06 04:28:51 · answer #6 · answered by Jayme M 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
FIRST BIG RICK ...TONY STEWART OR NO ONE ELSE WILL BE THE INTIMIDATOR...THERE WAS ONLY ONE
THE DRIVER HAVE TO BE INTIMIDATED TO BE CALLED THE INTIMIDATOR AND I REALLY DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING WITH TONY...
I DON'T SEE KEVIN HARVICK, KURT BURCH AND JEFF GORDON BACKING OFF OF TONY...IT WANT HAPPEN!!
WHAT WAS THE WHEEL AND HELMET BIT LAST SUNDAY??
TONY IS A GREAT DRIVER BUT NEEDS TO CONTROL THAT TEMPER!!
2007-10-06 09:35:52 · answer #7 · answered by DIANA JEFF GORDON FAN 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No matter what any article says about him it doesn't change the fact that he is a tantrum-throwing little *****.
2007-10-06 08:31:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
nascar don't call races over until they are at least 3/4 over. y'all got to read the rule book. and tony Stewart does nothing but whine on the radio when he comes on the radio goes off
2007-10-06 01:39:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 7⤋
I agree. Wait till he drives he drives a Toyota. Hope his sponsor is pampers.
2007-10-06 01:33:27 · answer #10 · answered by Pups 4 · 1⤊ 6⤋