Tony Stewart Says Little; Unfortunately Not All Follow His Example

Optimism

Posted 7/10/2008 on Rev' Jim's RantsnRaves

This was to be a special "Live on Type Delay" installment featuring the Tony Stewart-Joe Custer press conference announcing the establishment of Stewart-Haas Racing, but technical difficulties on the feed made the part of the press conference we got to see very short. The main points managed to get from the conference are as follows: Tony Stewart recieves 50% equity in the organization for ...

The First Domino of Silly Season Falls

Posted 7/10/2008 on NASCAR Bloggers FT Digest

Posted by BadGroove The press conference made all the speculation official today. Tony Stewart is leaving Joe Gibbs racing at the end of this season to form what will be called Stewart Haas Racing. The new driver/owner Stewart claims this step is “a huge turning point in my career.” No details were given as to future car number, sponsors, crew chief or the second car’s ...

Nascar: Stewart To Be Co-Owner

Posted 7/10/2008 on Auto Racing Blog

Tony Stewart said Thursday that he will become the new co-owner of Haas-CNC Racing, which will be renamed Stewart Haas Racing. In a live press conference from Chicagoland Speedway, Stewart confirmed what had been rumored since April: That he would leave the powerhouse Joe Gibbs Racing organization for an ownership stake in Haas-CNC, a perennially struggling team which has both of its cars ...

Stewart Haas Racing and some DEI news…

Posted 7/10/2008 on The Pit Stop

Today at the major Tony Stewart press conference Tony Stewart made it official in stating that he is going to own 50% of Haas CNC racing. He said that this was along decision to make. So far this point of time the DEI company is appealing the six week suspensions for chief Kevin “Bono” Manion and car chief Gary Putnam. Richard Childress says that he is going to decide who is going to ...

Tony Stewart Makes His Move, Space/Time Continuum Would Have Proceeded As Normal Anyway

Posted 7/9/2008 on Restrictor-Plate This: Front Page Posts

To the surprise of no one who's been paying the least bit of attention, the process of Tony Stewart leaving Gibbs in favor of becoming an owner/driver at Haas-CNC began today with JGR finally admitting the inevitable and giving Stewart a release from his contract at the end of the year.  Tomorrow comes Stewart's press conference where he'll announce the ownership deal, probably unveil ...