Tony Stewart News

You know the NASACAR narrative by now: Personality is too vanilla. Has a crew chief who cheats.

Dover In'l Speedway hosted its first team testing session of the year on Tuesday, with six NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams and five NASCAR Nationwide Series teams turning laps at the Monster Mile today in preparation for the May 31-June 2 tripleheader weekend.

Yawn . We've heard it all before. The only argument that's older is "Who is the best driver of all time?" And the key difference is that only one of these questions can be answered in many different ways.

Jimmie Johnson won the 2012 NASCAR Sprint All-Star race at Charlotte, N.C., for the third time.

MANY of those who turned out for the official dedications of four refurbished Columbus playgrounds last week were drawn by the presence of several national celebrities - individuals like hometown hero and NASCAR driver Tony Stewart, HGTV personality Carter Oosterhouse and his actress wife Amy Smart, and Subway spokesman Jared Fogle.

In a fast-paced Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway that at one point had only 10 cars on the lead lap, Tony Stewart was poised to score a top-10 finish in one of the most grueling races the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has to offer.

NASCAR Racing 6 p.m. on Chs. 25 and 64. The Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Jimmie Johnson prevailed last year on this venerable 63-year-old track, leading the last 44 of 368 laps.

For all of Tony Stewart's success, a NASCAR Sprint Cup victory at Darlington, S.C., is something that has eluded him.

Tony Stewart and Jared Fogle joked, laughed and exercised with children and parents at a convocation Wednesday at Columbus North High School.

Shortly after arriving at Andretti Autosport headquarters in Indianapolis on Wednesday, the 2004 Cup champion wasted no time in urging officials from the NASCAR and IndyCar series to compromise on the Memorial Day weekend start times to make it possible.

Take the Cookie vs. Creme, Tony Stewart vs. Ryan Newman challenge on the Winn Dixie Facebook page and score some coupons.

Tony Stewart is just 22nd in the NASCAR Sprint Cup points standings with 16 races left before the Chase.

If you read my column last week, you will remember my discussing my father and trying to get him to go with me to a race track almost literally in his backyard to watch some races.

The focus will shift from NASCAR racing to The Greatest Show on Dirt on May 24 as the stars of the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series battle it out at The Dirt Track at Charlotte for the Circle K NOS Energy Outlaw Showdown.

A little bit of controversy is the norm at Talladega, and this is nothing all that over the top for a restrictor-plate race.

A Columbus Park Foundation program to update equipment at four city playgrounds will be capped Wednesday with a celebrity-studded series of ribbon cuttings and a convocation at Columbus North High School.

But the crash that came in Lap 42 was big because of the contenders whose chances were at least hurt.

Eight laps to go Saturday night at Eldora Speedway and a restart with Brian Brown and Donny Schatz on the front row had the crowd on its feet, but it was Daryn Pittman who took their breath away with a stunning slider past the leaders for his fourth World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series victory of the season.

It seems like the only time NASCAR star Tony Stewart can relax is when he is behind the wheel of his Sprint Car.

He said the wait-for-the-big-one mentality in Talladega-style racing was "bloodthirsty" and that he'd look for a different line of work if all the races were like that.