Stewart Overcomes to Win Nationwide Race/ Newman and Stewart to Backup Cars/ The Return of Wind Tunnel/ It’s a Robin Miller Night
Stewart Overcomes to Win Nationwide Race
After suffering through a terrible final practice session which saw both of the Cup cars he owned damaged, Tony Stewart bounced back to win the Nationwide Series Race.
Former IRL pit goddess Jamie Little introduces us to the over the wall pit dude camera for 2009.
Green flag and we are off racing. Lap 17 and Michael Annett suffers a flat right rear and gets his car off the track with out incident.
On to lap 56 where Brian Keselowski spins after a little contact. The caution gave Annett lucky dog honors.
The race was on ESPN2 so that means a mandatory wreck during a commercial break. (I know it is not ESPN2’s fault but this was a trend in 2008 and their bad luck hit again in the 2009 opener.)
Jason Leffler gets into the back of Steven Wallace and Wallace goes for a ride through the grass
and then up the track
collecting Scott Lagasse Jr. and Justin Allgaier.
NASCAR handed down a five lap penalty to Jason Leffler for causing the three car pileup.
10 laps to go and Brad Keselowski has a tire go south and hits the wall.
We go green with only 7 laps left. Kyle Busch is all over Tony Stewart’s bumper
but Stewart holds off Busch and Carl Edwards for the win.
As we alluded to earlier Ryan Newman and Tony Stewart will start from the back of the pack following a wreck in the final practice session for the Daytona 500. It appeared that a tire on Ryan Newman’s car blew causing him to spin right in front of his car owner Tony Stewart. The accident trashed both cars enough to force the two Open Wheelers to backup cars and the back of the pack. Team owner Tony Stewart was not happy with Goodyear.
“We’ve got a lot of work to do,” said Stewart. “I’m ticked right now. I’m not happy, I’m not cordial, I’m not nice, I’m not anything right now, and I shouldn’t be. If it was because two guys wrecked and it was a driver’s mistake, that’s one thing. But a manufacturer that has the sole deal here, they don’t have any competition and they can’t give us something to keep us from having problems like this. So I don’t know. I’m just amazed at how much everybody kisses their butts right now.”
The blowout was the second one for Ryan Newman this year at Daytona. He had a tire go south on him during the Twin 125’s Thursday. Stewart with drive the car he drove in the Budweiser Shootout last weekend. Newman will now drive what was originally Tony Stewart’s backup car.
After suffering through a terrible final practice session which saw both of the Cup cars he owned damaged, Tony Stewart bounced back to win the Nationwide Series Race.
Former IRL pit goddess Jamie Little introduces us to the over the wall pit dude camera for 2009.
Green flag and we are off racing. Lap 17 and Michael Annett suffers a flat right rear and gets his car off the track with out incident.
On to lap 56 where Brian Keselowski spins after a little contact. The caution gave Annett lucky dog honors.
The race was on ESPN2 so that means a mandatory wreck during a commercial break. (I know it is not ESPN2’s fault but this was a trend in 2008 and their bad luck hit again in the 2009 opener.)
Jason Leffler gets into the back of Steven Wallace and Wallace goes for a ride through the grass
and then up the track
collecting Scott Lagasse Jr. and Justin Allgaier.
NASCAR handed down a five lap penalty to Jason Leffler for causing the three car pileup.
10 laps to go and Brad Keselowski has a tire go south and hits the wall.
We go green with only 7 laps left. Kyle Busch is all over Tony Stewart’s bumper
but Stewart holds off Busch and Carl Edwards for the win.
Open Wheelers Results
1. Tony Stewart
2. Carl Edwards
28. Mike Bliss
33. Jason Leffler
35. Michael Annett
40. Justin Allgaier
Newman and Stewart to Backup Cars
2. Carl Edwards
28. Mike Bliss
33. Jason Leffler
35. Michael Annett
40. Justin Allgaier
Newman and Stewart to Backup Cars
As we alluded to earlier Ryan Newman and Tony Stewart will start from the back of the pack following a wreck in the final practice session for the Daytona 500. It appeared that a tire on Ryan Newman’s car blew causing him to spin right in front of his car owner Tony Stewart. The accident trashed both cars enough to force the two Open Wheelers to backup cars and the back of the pack. Team owner Tony Stewart was not happy with Goodyear.
“We’ve got a lot of work to do,” said Stewart. “I’m ticked right now. I’m not happy, I’m not cordial, I’m not nice, I’m not anything right now, and I shouldn’t be. If it was because two guys wrecked and it was a driver’s mistake, that’s one thing. But a manufacturer that has the sole deal here, they don’t have any competition and they can’t give us something to keep us from having problems like this. So I don’t know. I’m just amazed at how much everybody kisses their butts right now.”
The blowout was the second one for Ryan Newman this year at Daytona. He had a tire go south on him during the Twin 125’s Thursday. Stewart with drive the car he drove in the Budweiser Shootout last weekend. Newman will now drive what was originally Tony Stewart’s backup car.
The Return of Wind Tunnel
Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain kicks off their 7th season Sunday night at 9pm eastern on Speed. As tradition, the season premiere will be live from Daytona. Darrell Waltrip will co-host the show. Their featured guest will be the 2009 Daytona 500 Winning Car Owner.
It’s a Robin Miller Night
Before you give up on the season opener of WT, Open Wheelers will be well represented Sunday. The great one, Robin Miller, will be a guest on Wind Tunnel this Sunday as he shares his thoughts on the upcoming IndyCar season.
Images appearing in this blog courtesy of ESPN2, Speed and NASCAR Images.
Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain kicks off their 7th season Sunday night at 9pm eastern on Speed. As tradition, the season premiere will be live from Daytona. Darrell Waltrip will co-host the show. Their featured guest will be the 2009 Daytona 500 Winning Car Owner.
It’s a Robin Miller Night
Before you give up on the season opener of WT, Open Wheelers will be well represented Sunday. The great one, Robin Miller, will be a guest on Wind Tunnel this Sunday as he shares his thoughts on the upcoming IndyCar season.
Images appearing in this blog courtesy of ESPN2, Speed and NASCAR Images.
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