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Tony Stewart Racing
WEEKLY REWIND
LEVI JONES – No. 20
TSR/CHEVROLET/SPIKE (USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES)
AN
AMERICAN REVOLUTION WEEKEND PRESENTED BY CHEVROLET – ELDORA SPEEDWAY
USAC
NATIONAL MIDGET, SPRINT & SILVER CROWN SERIES – SEPT. 21 & 22
- Saturday,
Sept. 22 – Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio -- (1/2-mile dirt oval) – USAC
Midget Series
Ø Finished ninth in the 25-lap feature event.
Ø Qualified 18th fastest of 36 cars.
Ø Won the second heat race.
- Saturday,
Sept. 22 – Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio -- (1/2-mile dirt oval) – USAC
Sprint Series
Ø Finished 14th in the 30-lap feature
event. Was involved in a crash during hot laps after being collected by a
spinning car.
Ø Qualified 11th fastest of 50 cars.
Ø Finished ninth in the third heat race.
Ø Finished fourth in the semi-feature event to
transfer into the feature.
- Saturday,
Sept. 22 – Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio -- (1/2-mile dirt oval) – USAC
Silver Crown Series
Ø Finished ninth in the 50-lap feature event.
Ø Qualified 2nd fastest of 28 cars.
Ø Jones has won five sprint feature events this
season – (4) USAC and (1) open event.
Ø Jones has won one midget feature events this
season (1) USAC/BMARA national event.
Ø Jones leads the USAC National Sprint Car Series championship
standings with 1,232 points.
Ø Jones is ranked seventh in the USAC National
Midget Car Series championship with 849 points.
HE SAID
IT…
LEVI JONES ON THE No. 20 TEAM’S PERFORMANCE IN THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION WEEKEND AT ELDORA:
“
FAST
FORWARD…
- Thus.,
November 8 – Phoenix (Ariz.)
International Speedway
– (one-mile pavement oval)
Ø Jones and TSR will resume USAC Racing Action on
Nov. 8 with the USAC National Midget Car Series.
RICKY STENHOUSE,
JR. -- No. 21 TSR/CHEVROLET/SPIKE (USAC NATIONALMIDGET CAR SERIES)
AN
AMERICAN REVOLUTION WEEKEND PRESENTED BY CHEVROLET – ELDORA SPEEDWAY
USAC
NATIONAL MIDGET, SPRINT & SILVER CROWN SERIES – SEPT. 21 & 22
- Saturday,
Sept. 22 – Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio -- (1/2-mile dirt oval) – USAC
Midget Series
Ø Won the 25-lap feature event to post his
fifth USAC Midget Series victory of the season.
Ø Qualified first of 36 cars.
Ø Won the second heat race.
- Saturday,
Sept. 22 – Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio -- (1/2-mile dirt oval) – USAC
Sprint Series
Ø Finished 19th in the 30-lap feature
event.
Ø Qualified second fastest of 50 cars.
Ø Finished ninth in the second heat race.
Ø Won the semi-feature event to transfer into the
feature.
- Saturday,
Sept. 22 – Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio -- (1/2-mile dirt oval) – USAC
Silver Crown Series
Ø Finished 12th in the 50-lap feature
event.
Ø Qualified seventh fastest of 28 cars.
Ø Stenhouse has won two USAC Silver Crown Series
event this season.
Ø He has won one USAC National Sprint Car Series
feature event and five USAC National Midget Car Series features, making him
the first driver to win in all three USAC National Series in 2007.
Ø Stenhouse is ranked third in the USAC Midget
Series championship standings with 1,043 points.
Ø He is ranked fifth in the USAC Sprint Series title
chase with 874 points.
HE SAID
IT…
RICKY STENHOUSE ON THE TEAM’S WIN IN THE USAC
MIDGET SERIES PORTION OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WEEKEND/USAC 4-CROWN
NATIONALS AT ELDORA SPEEDWAY:
“Chevrolet, Bass Pro
Shops and Tony Stewart provide us with some awesome stuff to go out and
race and we make the best out of everything we get. It was great to wrap up
the midget season in this part of the country with a win for Chevy. I’m
ready to go out west for the end of the season. I think we’re going to have
some really good runs out there to end the season with.”
STENHOUSE ON HITTING THE WALL IN THE SPRINT CAR
FEATURE EVENT:
"When you have a chance to make a move on someone, you have to take
it, because you might not have that chance again in the race. I entered the
turn a little too hard to make the slide, and I found the wall but that's
what happens. It was great that we were able to get one win tonight, but it
would have been nice to have gotten two. We had three good cars tonight.
The midget won. The loss of the sprint race was my fault and the silver
crown car just didn't have enough."
FAST
FORWARD…
- Mon.,
Sept. 24 – USAC Racing Show on RaceFanRadio.com
Ø Stenhouse will appear as a guest on the USAC
Racing Show with host Rob Klepper on Monday night
at 9 p.m. EDT.
Ø The USAC Racing Show begins at 9 p.m. EDT and can
be heard online at www.RaceFanRadio.com.
Ø Race fans and media can submit questions via email
at usacracingshow@racefanradio.com
or by calling the toll-free hotline at 866-376-4720.
Ø The USAC Racing Show airs each Monday night at 9
p.m. The show is replayed on Tuesdays at 1 a.m. and 1 p.m.
- Thus.,
November 8 – Phoenix (Ariz.)
International Speedway
– (one-mile pavement oval)
Ø Stenhouse and TSR will resume USAC Racing Action
on Nov. 8 with the USAC National Midget Car Series.
TRACY HINES –
INJURED DRIVER – UPDATE
TRACY HINES WAS INJURED IN AN OFF-ROAD MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT ON HIS INDIANA PROPERTY ON
APRIL 30. HE CONTINUES TO WORK TOWARD HIS RETURN TO TSR WITH DAILY THERAPY AT ST.
VINCENT SPORTS MEDICINE.
PAUL MCMAHAN, No.
20 TSR/BASS PRO SHOPS/EAGLE (World of Outlaws)
WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT SERIES AT ELDORA SPEEDWAY – SEPT. 21
- Fri.,
Sept. 21– Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio -- (half-mile dirt oval)
Ø McMahan timed in 15th quick of 47 cars
in qualifying.
Ø Won the third heat race.
Ø Finished second in the dash event.
Ø McMahan finished third in the 30-lap A-main after
starting second.
Ø McMahan is ranked eighth in the World of Outlaws
Sprint Series championship standings with 8,525 points.
Ø In 65 starts, he has earned two victories, seven
quick time awards, 14 top-five finishes and 35 top-10 finishes to date.
HE SAID
IT…
PAUL MCMAHAN ON THE NO. 20 TEAM’S THREE-RACE RUN
IN THE MIDWEST LAST WEEK:
“The car was pretty good
tonight. We tried a new chassis from what we have been running. It seemed
to help. We qualified well enough to start up front and won our heat race.
It’s good to have a podium finish at Eldora. We had a good third-place run.
We’ll head up to Orange County Fair Speedway and Williams Grove later this
week for the final time. I like the bigger tracks and I think we’re going
to have three good chances to pick up our third win of the season for Bass
Pro Shops and Chevrolet.”
FAST
FORWARD…
- Wednesday,
Sept. 26 – Orange County Fair Speedway in Middleton, N.Y. -- (5/8-mile
semi-banked dirt oval)
Ø McMahan will compete with the World of Outlaws
Sprint Series in the make-up event at Orange County Fair Speedway. The
event was postponed on May 19 due to heavy rain.
Ø Orange County Fair Speedway is a 5/8-mile
semi-banked oval.
Ø Pit gates will open on September 26 at 2 p.m. EDT.
Grandstand gates will open at 5 p.m.
Ø Hot laps are scheduled for 6 p.m.
Ø The last WoO Sprint
Series event at the facility on May 29, 2006 saw Brooke Tatnell
earn the victory.
Ø To reserve tickets, fans can call 845-342-2573.
Tickets can also be purchased at the gate on Wednesday.
Ø The official Web site of the Orange County Fair
Speedway is www.ocfsmotorsports.com.
- Friday
and Saturday, Sept. 28 - 29 – Williams Grove Speedway in
Mechanicsburg, Pa.
-- (half-mile semi-banked dirt oval)
Ø McMahan will compete with the World of Outlaws
Sprint Series in the two-day Williams Grove Open Nationals event.
Ø Williams Grove Speedway is a half-mile semi-banked
oval.
Ø Pit gates will open on Sept. 28 - 29 at 4 p.m.
EDT. Grandstand gates will open at 5:15 p.m.
Ø Qualifying is scheduled for 7:15 p.m.
Ø The last WoO Sprint
Series event at the facility on July 21, 2007 saw Donny Schatz win the
A-main.
Ø McMahan has earned three top-five finishes and one
top-10 finish at the facility in 2007. On July 21, 2007, he posted a third
place finish.
Ø To reserve tickets, fans can call 717-697-5000.
Tickets can also be purchased at the gate on Friday and Saturday.
Ø The official Web site of Williams Grove Speedway
is www.williamsgrove.com.
- Sunday,
Sept. 30 – SPEED -- Media
Ø The WoO Sprint Series
will return to SPEED, with racing action set for broadcast on Sunday, Sept.
30.
Ø Action from the Sept. 21 “An American Revolution
Weekend” event at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg,
Ohio, will be broadcast 1:30
p.m. EDT.
Ø The WoO Sprint Series will
see 20 races broadcast on SPEED and ESPN2 throughout the 2007 season.
Ø For a complete listing of air dates and times, log
on to www.worldofoutlaws.com.
NUTS AND BOLTS…
- Jones and Stenhouse compete with a Maxim
chassis in the USAC National Sprint Car Series and the USAC Silver
Crown Series. The Nos. 20 and 21 dirt midget chassis are designed by
Spike Chassis.
- Jones and Stenhouse compete with BEAST
pavement chassis in the USAC National Sprint Car Series and the USAC
National Midget Car Series.
- Paul Kistler of Kistler Engines builds the Chevrolet powerplants for TSR’s
USAC National Sprint Car and Silver Crown Series entries. TSR’s Chevrolet Midget engines are built by Steve
Smith of Hawk Race Engines.
- McMahan competes with an Eagle Chassis in the
World of Outlaws Sprint Series.
- Kistler also builds the Chevrolet powerplants for TSR’s
World of Outlaws Sprint Series entry.
- The Nos. 20 and 21 (USAC & WoO) team sponsors are:
Ø Chevrolet, Bass Pro Shops, J.D. Byrider, Coca-Cola, Old Spice, Hoosier Tire and
Simpson.
Ø Bubby
Jones –No. 20 USAC National
Sprint & USAC National Midget, No. 10 USAC Silver Crown Series entries
driven by Jones.
Ø Bobby Barth – No.
21 USAC National Sprint & USAC National Midget, No. 22 USAC National
Silver Crown Series driven by Stenhouse.
Ø Jimmy
Carr – No. 20 World of Outlaws
Sprint Series, driven by McMahan.
LEVI
JONES…AT A GLANCE
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Jones is the
driver of the No. 20 USAC National Sprint Car & USAC National Midget
and the No. 10 USAC National Silver Crown Series entries for Tony Stewart
Racing.
- Jones is in his second year with TSR. He was
the USAC National Sprint Car Series runner-up in 2006 in his first
season with TSR. Jones also earned a sixth-place finish in the USAC
National Midget Car Series championship in his first full season in
the series.
- Jones will enter his fourth year of USAC
National Silver Crown Series competition this year. The 2007 season
will also mark Jones’ second full-time efforts in the USAC Silver
Crown Series and the USAC National Midget Car Series.
- Jones won the 2005 USAC National Sprint Car
Series championship, his first national title.
- Jones won the inaugural O’Reilly Sprint
Bandit Tour ’N Topless Series in 2005, sweeping four of five events en
route to the title.
- Jones was named as the 2005 “Driver of the
Year” by the North American Non-Winged Sprint Car Poll voting panel.
- Before becoming a full-time USAC National
Series competitor, Jones honed his racing skills around the Midwest in various sprint car classes.
STENHOUSE,
JR.,… AT A GLANCE
§
Stenhouse is
the driver of the No. 21 USAC National Sprint Car & USAC National
Midget and No. 22 USAC National Silver Crown Series entries for Tony
Stewart Racing. He was named as the interim driver for TSR’s
Tracy Hines, who is recovering from injuries he sustained in an off-road
motorcycle accident on April 30.
- Stenhouse joins TSR after competing in
several different winged and non-winged open-wheel racing series over
the past four years. His experience includes events in several 360
winged sprint division, the All Star Circuit
of Champions (ASCoC,) the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS,) and the
United Sprint Car Series (USCS) winged sprint car ranks.
- Stenhouse made his first USAC National Sprint
Car Series start at Memphis Motorsports Park (MMP) in 2004. He
finished seventh in the feature.
- Stenhouse was named as the National Sprint
Car Hall of Fame (NSCHoF) driver poll “Wild Card” nominee in the 360
Winged Sprint and 410 Winged Sprint Car Series divisions.
- Stenhouse won three ASCoC Ohio Speedweek A-main features in 2006.
- Stenhouse won four USCS features in 2005.
- Before moving into the professional ranks,
Stenhouse recorded 47 A-main karting wins in
various series. He also won the 1999 Tulsa Shootout A-main and the
1998 Indoor Thunder Nationals Championship.
PAUL
MCMAHAN…AT A GLANCE
- McMahan is the driver of the No. 20 World of
Outlaws sprint car for Tony Stewart Racing.
- McMahan is in his second year with TSR. He
earned a sixth-place finish in the 2006 National Sprint Tour Series
Championship.
- McMahan posted one World of Outlaws Sprint
Series victory in 2006, winning at USA
Race Park
in Tucson, Ariz., in March, 2006.
- McMahan has earned at least one World of Outlaws
Sprint Series A-main victory since 2003.
- McMahan won his first World of Outlaws Sprint
Series A-main in 2001, capturing a victory at the Sedalia
(Mo.)
State Fair Speedway.
- McMahan was named as the All Star Circuit
Champions “Rookie of the Year” in 1999.
- Before joining the World of Outlaws Sprint
Series full-time in 2001, McMahan competed in the Golden State
Challenge Series in California,
the World of Outlaws Gumout Racing Series
and the All Star Circuit of Champions.
WEB SITE
INFORMATION…
FOR MORE
INFORMATION…
Contact Misha Geisert at True Speed Communication
317-432-4110 (mobile) or Misha.Geisert@truespeedcommunication.com
Or log on to www.tonystewartracing.com, www.chevrolet.com or www.basspro.com.
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