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Tony Stewart USAC Shoving Video Emerges

Posted Jul 27, 2008 10:59AM By Geoffrey Miller (RSS feed)

Filed Under: Tony Stewart, NASCAR Videos, Joe Gibbs Racing

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FanHouse's Geoffrey Miller is on location & blogging away at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Sunday's 15th Running of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard.

Friday morning, word got out that NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Tony Stewart was in some kind of altercation at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis during a Midget race involving a race team that he owns.

Stewart was alleged to have gotten extremely heated at USAC race officials after his car, driven by Tracey Hines, was forced to a go a lap down after officials had deemed the team had taken too long to repair the car prior to the green flag coming out.

The result of Stewart's anger has now been made available online thanks to an Indianapolis television station, WTHR-13, who received the homemade video from a fan who was in the grandstands that night.

The video, which is only 0:46 seconds long, clearly shows an irate Stewart yelling directly in the face of a USAC official. At that point, Stewart hadn't done anything wrong, and its quite normal to see an irritated crew member getting after it with an official in the racing world -- just like an umpire and a baseball manager would do.

Unfortunately, though, Stewart doesn't stop there, appearing to jab his finger into the USAC official's chest before ripping off his headset and throwing it to the ground. Stewart then appears to storm away from the official before confronting another official and pushing him backwards.

To me, the video clearly shows that side of Tony Stewart that every NASCAR fan has to hate -- a side that is simply not excusable for any person to show.

From the WTHR website:
Stewart marched into the pack of officials and became very upset. He snatched a headset off the head of one of the officials. As he walked away and the official replaced the headphones, Stewart returned and yanked them off again.

He was approached by another official as he walked further away and shoved him with two hands. No punches were thrown in the incident.

Reports say Stewart will meet with USAC officials Monday to discuss the confrontation. If punished, he could face a fine.
So, ready to see the video? It's available at this link, look for it at the top right corner of the page.

Tags: JoeGibbsRacing, NASCARVideos, OReillyRacewayPark, SprintCup, StewartHaasRacing, TonyStewart, USAC

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