http://motorsportsnews.net/archives/100 Home of the FREE Stock Car Gazette E-zine Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:01:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://motorsportsnews.net/archives/100/comment-page-1#comment-661 tinarenee.com » Blog Archive » Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:54:19 +0000 http://motorsportsnews.net/archives/100#comment-661 [...] MotorSportsNews.Network » Stock Car Gazette, Monday, 11/27/2006 Stewart Races Turkey Night Two-time NASCAR Nextel Cup Series champion Tony Stewart made a surprise appearance in the 66th running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix at Irwindale Speedway on Thursday night. Well, maybe it was a surprise to those who don’t see him every weekend. Casey Mears, a driver on the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series who was entered in the USAC Midget and Sprint car races at Irwindale, said he knew Stewart was planning on racing in the Turkey Night GP after the Cup season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It appears Mears was one of the select few who knew. “I’m never surprised to see him at a Sprint car or Midget car race,” said Mears, “Are you?” Those late getting to the track might have been. Stewart spent the afternoon putting down test laps, but made no indication he was racing until he took his car out for qualifying. It turns out Stewart was trying to make his first USAC race of the year. Not that he has much time for USAC racing with his NASCAR schedule. But he owns a Midget team and apparently decided a week ago to race his own car in the traditional USAC event that is run on Thanksgiving. [...] [...] MotorSportsNews.Network » Stock Car Gazette, Monday, 11/27/2006 Stewart Races Turkey Night Two-time NASCAR Nextel Cup Series champion Tony Stewart made a surprise appearance in the 66th running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix at Irwindale Speedway on Thursday night. Well, maybe it was a surprise to those who don’t see him every weekend. Casey Mears, a driver on the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series who was entered in the USAC Midget and Sprint car races at Irwindale, said he knew Stewart was planning on racing in the Turkey Night GP after the Cup season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It appears Mears was one of the select few who knew. “I’m never surprised to see him at a Sprint car or Midget car race,” said Mears, “Are you?” Those late getting to the track might have been. Stewart spent the afternoon putting down test laps, but made no indication he was racing until he took his car out for qualifying. It turns out Stewart was trying to make his first USAC race of the year. Not that he has much time for USAC racing with his NASCAR schedule. But he owns a Midget team and apparently decided a week ago to race his own car in the traditional USAC event that is run on Thanksgiving. [...]

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