Winston Cup Series
Super Close Call – Aaron’s 499 – Winston Cup Series – #3
It's official. After weeks of hints and speculation, Tony Stewart will leave Joe Gibbs Racing after the 2008 season for the Sprint Cup Series. He another year on his contract with JGR, but as Casey Mears, NASCAR pacts are made to be broken.
The new Toyota JGR is rumored that the main problem, but Stewart, 37, wanted control of their future above all. He got it when it reached a deal with Haas CNC Racing to buy a 50 percent the rookie race team. The name of the team next year will be Stewart Haas Racing. Equipment and technical support still coming from Hendrick Motorsports, and sponsors and other details soon.
Stewart ends the current season of Sprint Cup behind the wheel of the No. 20 Home Depot Toyota. Will be promoted at an event more nationally for JGR, piloting the No. 20 Old Spice Toyota on August 16 in Michigan. His successor in the 20 car (s) is likely to be teenage prodigy Joey Logano, now GameStop leads the No. 20 Camry for JGR in the Nationwide Series. Logano became the youngest winner in series history when he took the checkered flag in June in Kentucky.
Stewart already owns some Sprint Car teams and three race tracks. Gene Haas, the current owner of the Cup team, began serving a sentence of two years in prison in January for tax evasion. His wife, Margaret, served as interim owner. Current Sprint Cup drivers are from Scott Riggs Haas CNC, in the No. 66 Chevrolet, with Jason Leffler, Johnny Sauter share the No. 70. The general manager Joe Custer owns a piece of No. 66.
Stewart Haas is expected to be a two-car operation in '09, with "Smoke" conduct a full-time driver of the car and the other unidentified. Rumors have fellow Hoosier Ryan Newman, the Daytona 500-winning '08 Penske aboard when his contract expires after this season.
As twice Champion Cup Series is considered one of the two or three drivers in NASCAR, Smoke had 32 career victories, never the Daytona 500-level pre-Cup Chicago, and was the scene of a 32-race winless streak. Teammates Kyle Busch, 23, and Denny Hamlin, 27, have been far ahead of him in the classification of '08 Point.
Stewart won the 1997 championship the IndyCar Series while running five Busch Series races for JGR that year. Conducted in 22 events Busch in 98 before entering the time Winston Cup full series in 99. After a record for a rookie three wins in 99, has won at least three times in each season, but two winning twice each in 2003 and '04. The team's championship was in '02 and '05.
One competitor more intense in racing history, tempestuous, Tony has had his share of scrapes and fights and is always quick with a good quote or a sincere comment. The oft-cited statement that Dale Earnhardt Inc. would become a museum to Dale Jr. 's departure is being widely distributed.
The reasons for the separation of Stewart are friendly, if not mutual. I wanted to be a landlord, either full or part-that was not an option in JGR. Therefore, solicited and obtained, after a statement rotation into an extension of the Gibbs family went unheeded.
The rest we can say is the future.
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how many points each driver has accumulated during the Series 2003 winston cup?
The winner of the NASCAR Winston Cup in 2003 was by Matt Kenseth. Kenseth earned 90 points more than his nearest rival, Jimmie Johnson. Together they have earned 9954 points. How many points will accumulate over Each driver of 2003 Winston Cup Series?
1 Matt Kenseth 5022 2 Jimmie Johnson 4932 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 4815 4 Jeff Gordon 4785 5 Kevin Harvick 4770 6 Ryan Newman 4711 7 Tony Stewart 4549 8 Bobby Labonte 4377 9 Bill Elliott 4303 10 Terry Labonte 4162 11 Kurt Busch 4150 12 Jeff Burton 4109 13 Jamie McMurray 3965 14 Rusty Wallace 3950 15 Michael Waltrip 3934 16 Robby Gordon 3856 17 Mark Martin 3769 18 Sterling Marlin 3745 19 Jeremy Mayfield 3736 20 Greg Biffle 3696 21 Ward Burton 3550 22 Elliott Sadler 3525 23 Ricky Rudd 3521 24 Johnny Benson 3448 25 Joe Nemechek 3426 26 Dale Jarrett 3358 27 Ricky Craven 3334 28 Dave Blaney 3194 29 Jimmy Spencer 3147 30 Kenny Wallace 3061 31 Todd Bodine 2976 32 Steve Park 2923 33 Tony Raines 2772 34 Jeff Green 2656 35 Casey Mears 2638 36 Ken Schrader 2451 37 Kyle Petty 2414 38 John Andretti 2379 39 Mike Skinner 1960 40 Jack Sprague 1284 41 Larry Foyt 1228 42 Mike Wallace 1189 43 Kevin Lepage 877 44 Christian Fittipaldi 857 45 Jerry Nadeau 844 46 Derrike Cope 822 47 Jason Leffler 764 48 Scott Wimmer 599 49 Brian Vickers 379 50 Hermie Sadler 373 51 Johnny Sauter 356 52 Brett Bodine 308 53 Scott Pruett 236 54 Bobby Hamilton Jr. 203 55 Boris Said 201 56 Ron Fellows 200 57 Buckshot Jones 160 58 Jason Keller 152 59 Johnny Miller 146 60 David Green 125 61 Casey Atwood 113 62 Ron Hornaday 103 63 Hideo Fukuyama 98 64 PJ Jones 91 65 Mike Bliss 85 66 Paul Menard 76 67 Jason Jarrett 76 68 Ted Musgrave 70 69 Morgan Shepherd 68 70 Geoffrey Bodine 46 71 Stacy Compton 39