AND Tony Stewart’s actions following Sunday’s race at Talladega were being reviewed Monday afternoon by NASCAR officials to determine if further action by the sanctioning body was necessary. “We’re reviewing (Stewart’s actions),” NASCAR spokesman Mike Zizzo said. “And gathering facts on what occurred to determine what we might do.” Stewart caused one accident during the race when he hit Kurt Busch and was on the receiving end of some similar contact later in the race from Jimmie Johnson that sent Stewart spinning. He was being reviewed because, after taking the checkered flag at about 70 mph behind the pace car, he abruptly turned 90 degrees to the left, onto the track’s asphalt apron heading into Turn 1. When he did, Stewart’s car made contact with the front of Terry Labonte’s car, causing it heavy damage, according to a team spokesman. Stewart drove up pit road in the opposite direction from the rest of the field, causing at least one television correspondent to report Sunday evening he and his co-workers had “feared for their safety” upon Stewart’s actions. Stewart stopped at NASCAR’s checkpoint to get the proper angle of his car’s rear spoiler verified, and then drove into the garage area.(more at NASCAR.com)(4-27-2004)
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AND Tony Stewart’s actions following Sunday’s race at Talladega were being reviewed Monday afternoon by NASCAR officials to determine if further action by the sanctioning body was necessary. “We’re reviewing (Stewart’s actions),” NASCAR spokesman Mike Zizzo said. “And gathering facts on what occurred to determine what we might do.” Stewart caused one accident during the race when he hit Kurt Busch and was on the receiving end of some similar contact later in the race from Jimmie Johnson that sent Stewart spinning. He was being reviewed because, after taking the checkered flag at about 70 mph behind the pace car, he abruptly turned 90 degrees to the left, onto the track’s asphalt apron heading into Turn 1. When he did, Stewart’s car made contact with the front of Terry Labonte’s car, causing it heavy damage, according to a team spokesman. Stewart drove up pit road in the opposite direction from the rest of the field, causing at least one television correspondent to report Sunday evening he and his co-workers had “feared for their safety” upon Stewart’s actions. Stewart stopped at NASCAR’s checkpoint to get the proper angle of his car’s rear spoiler verified, and then drove into the garage area.(more at NASCAR.com)(4-27-2004)