the Tony Stewart Smoke Show, an all-day driving camp for fans and fundraiser for the Speedway Children’s Charities, which has received more than $1 million from proceeds from the camp.

The "Smoke Show," a driving school extravaganza hosted by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart, raises funds and remains the highest-grossing, single-day event for the Speedway Children's Charities Texas chapter, which was founded in 1982 to care for children in educational, financial, social, and medical need in an effort to help them live productive lives.

Held at Texas Motor Speedway, raised more than $1 million since 2008 to benefit the Speedway Children's Charities-Texas Chapter. Participants pay around 6 to 8 thou for the day, get driving instruction from Stewart, are fitted for their own personalized firesuit and receive two 10-lap competitive sessions in a stock car and a thrilling three-lap, two-seater ride with Stewart manning the wheel, with the top-tier packages including a limited edition "Smoke Show" helmet and racing shoes.

The "Smoke Show" was boosted by its annual auction for the fantasy campers with the highest-selling item a pair of custom "Smoke Show" revolvers designed and manufactured by Turnbull Mfg., which were secured with a winning bid of $35,000.

 Other auction items were taking the parade lap with Stewart during the pre-race ceremonies at the AAA Texas 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Two 2013 Brickyard 400 NASCAR packages, with tickets in Stewart's private suite at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the entire race weekend, went for $17,000 each.

"The success of the 'Smoke Show' is testimony that our approach of combining people's love of motorsports and their philanthropic spirit bent on helping children works," SCC-Texas Chapter Executive Director Jaime Carlin said. "When you add Tony's popularity and his gracious gift of his time, the real winners are the children of North Texas."

This year the 8th annual event will be on Oct 12th, and is limited to 30 participants. To purchase a spot for the "Smoke Show" or for additional information, please call the Speedway Children’s Charities-Texas office at (817) 215-8421.

https://www.facebook.com/scctx/
https://www.facebook.com/texasmotorspeedway/
http://texas.speedwaycharities.org/news/532420.html
http://texas.speedwaycharities.org/news/tony-stewart-smoke-show-raises-over-200-000-for-speedway-childrens-charities-texas-chapter.html
http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nascar-auto-racing/texas-motor-speedway/article30193809.html
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/08/prweb4358194.htm 

interesting and unique Nascar trophies

http://hamptoncreative.com/foldsofhonorqt500/

http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/photos/nascar-trophies-most-unique-victory-lane-celebrations-dale-earnhardt-jr-jimmie-johnson-kevin-harvick/16h3gmzexducg1pftd46dzrojb/slide/337000

Miles the Monster... represents the all concrete mile racetrack at Dover Delaware.

 It may not have as much storied history behind it, like winning a grandfather clock at Martinsville Speedway, nor may it carry the prestige of the Harley J. Earl Trophy for winning the Daytona 500. It certainly doesn't taste as good as a win in wine country at Sonoma Raceway or come with food like the lobster winners get at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. But it's coolest looking.

Martinsville gave away a grandfather clock from Ridgeway Clocks, and then that company was bought by the Howard Miller co, and they are now made in Zeeland Michigan. They are valued at about $11,000. Darrell Waltrip owns 12, Jeff Gordon owns 7

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2079380-the-best-and-worst-race-winning-trophies-in-nascars-sprint-cup-series
http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2015/5/27/krafts-korner-miles-the-monster-dover-unique-trophy.html
http://dracoart-stock.deviantart.com/art/Monster-Monument-3-87668489
https://www.glassdoor.com/Photos/Lowe-s-Office-Photos-IMG35190.htm

the biggest mural ever at a Nascar track... was Spongebob. WOW. May 2015, Kansas City

and for a trophy... that is cool! Brooklyn based artist KAWS created the SpongeBob trophy for “The Winner.”

and the 55 car happened to slide out onto the mural... coincidence, but incredible photo op

Nick Oudin, 8, of Kansas City, Mo., with the characters from SpongeBob SquarePants prior to the race. Oudin, who has an inoperable brain tumor, served as honorary crew chief for the SpongeBob 400 race teams.

http://www.vmg1.com/feature/spongebob-squarepants-400/
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/article20618250.html
http://wyandottedaily.com/more-photos-from-the-spongebob-squarepants-400-sprint-cup-race-at-kansas-speedway/

Astonishing... an active duty Navy officer is racing Nascar during weekends while stationed at Monterey as a supervisor at the Naval Academy Postgraduate school, he even hit the Mojave Mile and went over 200mph

the #36 Red List Group Chevrolet

 He was on the Naval Academy football team and ran on the track and field team at Annapolis,  bought a used Challenger and went drag racing, then after getting to his first command, a mine countermeasures unit, he served two tours in the Middle East.

When he returned, he decided to test his driving skills at the Mojave Mile. He drove a car 200 mph on the desert track in California, becoming one of a select few to accomplish the feat.

He was then stationed at Monterey, Calif., and was assigned to the Naval Postgraduate School in Student Services. There he joined a NASCAR team and began working toward becoming a professional race car driver. In 2015, Iwuji started his NASCAR journey in the Whelen All-American Series and recently was approved to drive in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series.

http://jesseiwujiracing.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Jesseiwujiracing
http://www.knfilters.com/news/news.aspx?id=5980
http://www.ruggedradios.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=221

- Held the record for Fastest 1/2 Mile Late model Hemi in the world (174 MPH in '09 Challenger SRT8) and became the 5th person in the world to go over 200 MP in the 1-mile for Late Model Hemi's (200.9 MPH) with a stroker hemi and Kenne Bell supercharger.
- 4 Hot Rod Magazine Articles (May 2013 and Jan 2014 issues and Aug 2015/Dec 2015 online articles)
- Cover of May 2013 MoparMax Magazine
- 2015 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Driver
- 2015 Road Course Time Trial in Corvette C6 Z06
- 2015/2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series Driver

http://www.navytimes.com/story/sports/2015/06/14/navy-naval-academy-jesse-iwuji-nascar-racecar-driving/71068984/

How does this guy's duty days not interfere with racing? 

the Geico 500 at Talladega this weekend, was so rough, only 5 cars finished undamaged

and skip the 1st 30 seconds for something cool, slo mo over the finish line

Tony Stewart speaks about safety regarding lug nuts not all getting installed during pit stops, Nascar old fart France loses his mind, hits Stewart with 35 thousand dollar fine. Stewart should have called France a booger head moron while he was at it

"For all the work...and all these other things they want us to do for safety, we can't even make sure we put five lug nuts on the wheel," Stewart said on Wednesday, April 20th. "This is not a game you play with safety and that's exactly the way I feel like NASCAR is treating this. This is not the way to do this."

"It's however many you think you can get away with," Stewart said. "So we're putting the drivers in jeopardy to get track position. It's not bit anybody yet, but I guarantee you that envelope is going to keep getting pushed until somebody gets hurt."

Seriously, consider, the damn lugs are inches longer than stock for safety! It's a Nascar regulation that the bolts a wheel is attached to be a couple inches long so loose nuts and loose wheels will make it back to the pits instead of killing spectators in the stands! What jackass forgot that, and decided fewer lug nuts on extra length safety studs, was logical? Morons.  Even the stud hole on a NASCAR wheel has a deeper chamfer, or bevel, on the outer edge than on the inner edge. This creates a tension on the lug nut similar to that of a lock washer, preventing it from loosening.

Can you tell what it was that Brian France thought should be censored enough that he put everyone else under his gag order with a "Behavior Policy" : conduct guidelines highlighted in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rule Book Section 12.8.1, actions that could result in a $10,000-$50,000 fine include disparaging the sport and/or NASCAR's leadership, or verbal abuse of a NASCAR Official.

Oh, there it is, pointing out that Nascar has their head up their ass. Pointing out clearly that they aren't concerned about the safety of drivers and fans (can you recall the recent coverage last August about the lug nut issue? http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/08/is-time-saved-by-replacing-every-lug.html )

http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2015/08/28/nascar-america-is-the-risk-of-fewer-lug-nuts-worth-the-reward-video/


The Sprint Cup Drivers Council released a statement Thursday night on Tony Stewart’s punishment from NASCAR, supporting the three-time champion and announcing it would pay his $35,000 fine.

The statement reads:

“We as drivers believe Tony has the right to speak his opinion on topics that pertain to a sport that he has spent nearly two decades helping build as both a driver and an owner. While we do not condone drivers lashing out freely at NASCAR, we do feel Tony was in his rights to state his opinion. We as a Council support him and do not agree with the fine. Therefore, we fellow council members have agreed to contribute equally to paying his fine.”

http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/04/21/sprint-cup-driver-council-supports-tony-stewart-will-pay-his-fine/


Up until last year, NASCAR had officials who would go over the wall with teams during a pit stop to make sure they hit all the lug nuts. This year the officials were removed and the onus to hit all lug nuts was put on the teams. The debate over whether the reward of having a faster pit stop is worth the risk of having a loose wheel has been a big one this year. It's not unusual for a team to only hit four nuts, but three is extra risky. "There have been a lot more loose wheels this year," Copp says. "[Drivers] can't stay out if they feel something loose because they don't have those extra lug nuts."
http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/news/a27475/more-than-you-ever-want-to-know-about-nascar-tires/