Sam’s Town 300 - Tony Stewart Notes

Tony Stewart
No. 33 Old Spice Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
Team Report
NASCAR Busch Series Race 4 of 35—Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Telcel Motorola 200 Race Recap: Ron Fellows’ first race of the 2007 season for Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) didn’t go as planned in the Telcel Motorola Mexico 200 in Mexico City, Mexico. Engine problems were the culprit after Fellows smelled something burning from inside the car on lap 35. Fellows, who started sixth and had an extremely fast racecar all weekend, finished 32nd.

Stewart Returns To The No. 33: Tony Stewart will jump behind the wheel of the No. 33 Old Spice Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS for the second time this season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Stewart will compete in eight races for KHI in 2007. In 2006, Stewart drove in 10 races for KHI, picking up one win (Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway) and four top-10 finishes. Stewart helped the KHI Busch program get off the ground with two starts in 2004, and then in 2005 by picking up the first win for KHI at the season-opener in Daytona. Much like last season Stewart will share driving duties in the No. 33. Team owner and fellow Cup competitor Kevin Harvick, Tony Raines, Ron Fellows and newcomer Cale Gale will all be behind the wheel this year. The star-studded cast of drivers should make for a thrilling season. Primary sponsors in addition to Old Spice will be RoadLoans.com for 14 races and Camping World for 11 races with the remaining two races going to Bounty and Dollar General.

Tony Stewart Quotes:
Since Las Vegas is essentially a new race track, how will you approach the weekend? “I can promise you one thing, I’ll make more laps in my first run of the day than I would if I were in a Sprint car or a Midget practicing at a new race track. Normally when you go to a Sprint car or Midget track, you only get four or five laps of practice on the dirt and that’s it. At Las Vegas, I’ll use all of the practice time they’ll give us. It’s just a matter of going out and using the track time as if you were testing. You go out and sneak up on it, steadily improving yourself with each lap.”

What do you like about the actual city of Las Vegas? “I love going to Vegas. You’ve got the stock car track during the day. You’ve got the dirt track at night. If you want to stay up real late, you’ve got everything that Vegas has to offer. If you can’t have fun in Vegas, then you’re pretty hard to entertain.”

QUICK NOTES
March 10, 2007
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Sam’s Town 300

Race length: 200 laps/ 300 miles
Race: 4 of 35
Banking/Turns: 20-degrees in turns
9-degrees frontstretch
3-degrees backstretch
Track layout: 1.5-miles
Shape: D-shaped oval

Pre-Race Schedule
Practice: Friday at 11:30-12:30 p.m. ET
Practice: Friday at 1:20-2:20 p.m. ET
Qualifying: Friday at 8:05 p.m. ET
TV: The Sam’s Town 300 can be seen live on ABC at 2:30 p.m. ET.
Radio: The Performance Racing Network (PRN) will broadcast the race live at 2:30 p.m. ET.

No. 33 Old Spice Chevrolet
Monte Carlo SS Specs:
Chassis: 028
Car History: Raced at California Speedway (2/24/07) where it finished sixth with Kevin Harvick behind the wheel.
Engine: RCR

Dan Stillman Quotes:
Was the preseason Las Vegas test beneficial? “Whenever you get a chance to test on a new track surface, it can only be beneficial to the driver and team. I think it will take some time before we see some really good racing. Usually when you have a new surface there will only be one groove, which will be hard for everyone to race on.”

What is the biggest benefit having Tony Stewart behind the wheel? “It’s Tony Stewart, what else can you ask for? He is a two-time champion with great knowledge of the sport. He knows what it takes to be a winner and that is what we need here at KHI.”