Stewart aired it out this past week in Texas: 'I'm so mad at NASCAR right now. I'm not talking about it ...'
to help teammate Chase Briscoe advance in the Playoffs, The team dropped its appeal in the first case. However, its chief competition director, Greg Zipadelli, said in a statement about the second controversy, “Stewart-Haas Racing denies any wrongdoing and will vigorously defend its personnel against these allegations in its appeal with NASCAR.
" Perturbed by the pricey punishments, Stewart told reporters last Wednesday during his fantasy racing camp at Texas Motor Speedway to benefit Speedway Children's Charities just how angry he was at NASCAR."I'm so mad at NASCAR right now. I'm not talking about it . . . If it weren't for the fact that I've got a couple of appearances that I have to make, I wouldn't be in another NASCAR race the rest of the year. Wouldn't waste my time," Stewart told the Associated Press. “Super-glad I’m going drag racing this weekend,” he said, referring to the Texas NHRA FallNationals, at Ennis, south of Dallas, where his two-car team of Top Fuel-driving wife Leah Pruett and Funny Car racer Matt Hagan were racing in the NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship. He told reporters about the NHRA, “Love it. The atmosphere is way different, way different. And I like the atmosphere there. I have all year.” His NHRA weekend turned out to be costly, too. In Friday night’s qualifying session, wife Leah Pruett’s Rush Truck Centers Dragster detonated, in her words, “when a valve train part malfunctioned and caused colossal damage.” Stewart did receive one bright piece of news from Hagan that mitigated all the recent expenses. The Funny Car racer earned the provisional No. 1 qualifying position Friday to collect the $15,000 bonus Texas Motorplex was awarding as a promotional incentive during the “Stampede of Speed”-branded race.In an article to be published in Speed Sport News Magazine’s November issue, Stewart said, “I’ve enjoyed the experience. I absolutely love the atmosphere at an NHRA race: how friendly everybody is, how much of a family atmosphere it feels like inside the racing community. "I love how the fans have the opportunity to just buy a ticket and come down and be right in the middle of the action in the pits. I think it’s awesome that people can see what these teams do to get the cars to the line to make that . Even though it’s a short run, they see all the work it takes to make it go down through there. So I’ve really enjoyed it.”
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