Stewart was fined $25,000 and docked 25 Nextel Cup series points for his comment.
His irritation with ESPN continued Friday when he spoke to the media outside his hauler at Pocono.
He accused the all-sports network of ‘‘digging up dirt’’ and refused to answer a question by ESPN reporter David Amber.
‘‘If every time we do an interview and you want to stand here and dig up dirt, you might as well go find somebody else because we’ll wait until you leave before we do the rest of the interviews, ‘’ Stewart said. Keith Groller | Of The Morning Call
Aug 04
NASCAR, as expected, came down on Tony Stewart Tuesday for using inappropriate language in a televised interview following his victory in last Sunday’s Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. He told ESPN’s Dave Burns, “This one is for everyone in the stands who pull[s] for me and [has] to take all the [expletive] from everyone else.”
Aug 02, 2007
No surprises here when NASCAR handed Nextel Cup’s bad boy a $25,000, 25-point penalty on Tuesday that doesn’t even drop him from fifth place in the points race. And so what if Carl Edwards had passed him anyway, Stewart’s still going to be in The Chase where it all starts anew.
Stewart didn’t slip when he swore on ESPN’s live victory interview after the Brickyard 400. He got even with ESPN for the opinions of its commentators, Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon. They concluded last week that Stewart is a bad role model for children because he said he was going to drink a case of Schlitz beer after getting his first victory of a frustrating season two weeks ago at Chicagoland. Doug Guthrie, DetNews.com
July 31
NASCAR announced today that Tony Stewart has been fined $25,000 and penalized 25 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series driver championship points, as a result of using inappropriate language during a post-race televised interview following his victory Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Auto Racing Daily
July 30
Tony Stewart faces a possible fine and points deduction after he uttered an expletive during his post-race interview following his win at the Brickyard 400.
Asked about winning his second career NASCAR race at Indianapolis, Stewart told a national television audience, “This one is for everyone in the stands who pull for me and have to take all the bull**** from everyone else.” TSN.ca
July 30, 2007
As he is oft known to do, Tony Stewart used his victor’s pulpit on Sunday to preach on a couple issues on his mind.
And Stewart’s mouth likely has gotten him in a bit of trouble again. In his post-race interview with ESPN Stewart used some blue language that will probably lead to a some sort of punishment from NASCAR. Shawn Courchesne, Courant.com
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