Stewart Set Up To Win New Hampshire

 

How good was Tony Stewart last year at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon?

After leading 405 of an available 600 laps to finish first and second, respectively, in the two NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series races held at New Hampshire, Stewart proved to be wicked good.

The driver of the No. 20 Home Depot Chevrolet for Joe Gibbs Racing made New Hampshire his personal playground en route to securing his second Nextel Cup championship. And staying true to The Home Depot's ad campaign of how the No. 20 team's home improvement projects help them perform on the race track, crew chief Greg Zipadelli and crew members from Joe Gibbs Racing are building a playground on Thursday in nearby Nashua with KaBOOM!, a national non-profit organization, to ensure that their New Hampshire success continues.

And while Zipadelli and Co. create a playspace at the YMCA of Greater Nashua's Camp Sargent, Stewart will hone his driving techniques on New Hampshire's 1.058-mile oval in a NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour car.

The 2,610-pound, open-wheel, closed cockpit race car is a staple of New England motorsports, but far different from the familiar orange and black Chevrolet Monte Carlo Stewart typically pilots. Nonetheless, track time is track time, and Stewart plans to make the most of it. more on Tony Stewart at New Hampshire