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TONY STEWART COMES TO THUNDER ROAD IN 09 STEWART TO RACE IN VERMONT GOVERNORS CUP 150
For Immediate Release - ACT 032909-12A
Barre, VT Two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Tony Stewart will race in the CARQUEST Vermont Governors Cup 150 lap race Thursday, June 25 as part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration at Barres Thunder Road International Speedbowl.
The 2002 and 2005 Cup winner with 32 major NASCAR victories to his credit is considered the most versatile race driver since Mario Andretti in the 1970s. In 1995 Stewart gained national attention when he swept all three of the United States Auto Clubs major open ****pit divisions, capturing the Midget, Sprint, and Silver Crown Series. He was the first driver to ever do so. He was the 1997 Indianapolis Racing League Champion and is remembered as the rookie who sat on the Indianapolis 500 pole and led for 144 laps before his car went away.
The Rushville, Indiana racer, considered the most aggressive driver in American motorsports today told Thunder Road track officials The Road has special significance. Thunder Road has been on my list of short tracks that I just have to race, he said. My friend Kenny Schrader tells me the competition is tough. This is a race Im looking forward to, said the twice Daytona 400 winner.
Thunder Road promoter and co-owner Tom Curley said, Of all the people, in any form of racing, the one driver I wanted to have help us celebrate the tracks 50th anniversary is Tony Stewart. I have always thought he represents what stock car racing is really all about, said Curley. He definitely will be coming to race and thats what Thunder Road fans and competitors expect.
The CARQUEST Governors Cup will draw a top field from the American-Canadian Tour. Earlier this year ACT announced that the Governors Cup would be designated as a Qualifier for the Saturday, September 19th ACT INVITATIONAL at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. It will be part of the Sprint Cup weekend, which will culminate with the Sylvania 300 on Sunday, September 20th. If Stewart wins the Barre race and elects to compete, New Hampshire Motor Speedway will increase the starting line-up for the INVITATIONAL.
A special commemorative 50th Anniversary Governors Cup Tony Stewart discounted ticket will be available beginning with Thunder Roads Mekkelsen Memorial Day Classic double header over the May 23/24 weekend when the American-Canadian Tour will be joined by the True Value Modified Racing Series on Memorial Day weekend.
Ticket prices for the Governors Cup will be $17.00 for Adult advance tickets, with race day Adult tickets $20, and Childrens ticket (6-12) $3.00. Pits will open at 2pm, front gate at 3pm, with post time 6pm and the Governors Cup scheduled for 8pm.
For additional information, contact the American-Canadian Tour at 802-244-6963 or media@acttour.com.
