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Suffice to say the past two weeks have not been kind to NASCAR team owner and driver Tony Stewart.
By now, most of you know about the incident at a central New York dirt track Saturday night that cost promising driver Kevin Ward Jr his life after getting tangled with Stewart's car.
After initially saying he wanted to race in the Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen the next day, Stewart relented and handed over the #14 Stewart-Haas racing car to Reagan Smith.
Thursday afternoon, Stewart's race team released a statement saying Tony would not race in the upcoming race in Michigan. They did not elaborate other than to say that veteran driver Jeff Burton would drive his car on Sunday.
Stewart has drawn a lot of heat on social media and other places for what appears to be a limited response to a horrible accident/mistake. No charges have been filed and we'd be surprised if eventually they were.
But that should not absolve the millionaire multiple times over Stewart from trying to something to help. As far as anyone knows--and we hope we are wrong, Stewart has avoided the public at all costs and has thus far not reached out to the Ward family.
Stewart will eventually get back behind the wheel and investigators in Ontario County, New York will eventually finish their investigation. And no matter the outcome, we suspect someone is not going to be happy with the results.
Fox Sports gives us the video update:
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Thursday, August 14, 2014
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Silly Season: Ryan Newman To RCR To Replace Burton
((HT: NASCAR and Jenna Fryer))
Ryan Newman has found a home for 2014...
His "he can't stay at Stewart-Haas because they aren't going to have a 4th car in 2014 until Kurt Busch came along to be the 4th car" now moves him to Richard Childress Racing to drive the #31 Caterpillar car that will be driven by Jeff Burton until the end of the year...
Luke Lambert will remain with the team as crew chief, and Caterpillar was the only sponsor announced for 2014. Burton said he was leaving RCR at the end of the season because he didn't think a proper team could be run with just Caterpillar as the sponsor now lends itself to the idea that Newman is bringing others with him to fund the 31.
"This is a great opportunity for our team," RCR owner Richard Childress said. "I am very proud to have Ryan in our No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet starting next year. We have high expectations for this No. 31 team. Ryan has proven himself to be a great driver, and I'm looking forward to winning races with him."
Newman said that he first talked to Childress about a potential deal five years ago, but now they're doing their thing...
Ricky Craven speaks with Allen Bestwick
((HT: ESPN))
Ryan Newman has found a home for 2014...
His "he can't stay at Stewart-Haas because they aren't going to have a 4th car in 2014 until Kurt Busch came along to be the 4th car" now moves him to Richard Childress Racing to drive the #31 Caterpillar car that will be driven by Jeff Burton until the end of the year...
Luke Lambert will remain with the team as crew chief, and Caterpillar was the only sponsor announced for 2014. Burton said he was leaving RCR at the end of the season because he didn't think a proper team could be run with just Caterpillar as the sponsor now lends itself to the idea that Newman is bringing others with him to fund the 31.
"This is a great opportunity for our team," RCR owner Richard Childress said. "I am very proud to have Ryan in our No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet starting next year. We have high expectations for this No. 31 team. Ryan has proven himself to be a great driver, and I'm looking forward to winning races with him."
Newman said that he first talked to Childress about a potential deal five years ago, but now they're doing their thing...
Ricky Craven speaks with Allen Bestwick
((HT: ESPN))
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