Inside Motorsports: Final thoughts on the debacle at the Brickyard
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Wednesday, July 30 2008
OBSERVATIONS • Tony Stewart got fined $10,000 and was placed on probation for a confrontation with a U.S. Auto Club official during a race last week at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis. Stewart owns teams that compete in USAC races and he didn't like a call that officials made that hurt one of his cars chances in the race. Without being overly alarmist about it, containing that part of himself might be a considerable challenge for Stewart as Cup car owner next year. He's had run-ins with NASCAR authority before, but he's always had Joe Gibbs Racing to act as a buffer for him. Next year, it's all on him.• Anybody listening to scanners last weekend knows that the radio is a place where the built-up stresses of a long summer of racing combined with all that's going on with drivers who're either about to move to new teams or drivers who might like to move can come spilling out.• I thought the star of the show on ESPN's first Cup telecast of the season was Brad Daugherty...
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