Suspend Tony himself, I agree with that. Suspend TSR as a team, no, Hines and Levi did NOTHING to deserve a suspension. I'd tell Tony he can come back when they race at one of his tracks

Just depends on who the perp is... Welcome to my world.

I believe the precident set last year in one race when Sammy Jumped Clayton. Course that wasn't a official. but it was a team member

I was thinking A.J by the description Marv gave but could be Hewitt or any number of people.

Who ever heard of a racer with a temper?

SWEET!!...There ya go!!..........Brucer'

I like that the car is #14. From Speedtv.com:


Stewart’s car will carry the No. 14, the number of his boyhood idol and close friend A.J. Foyt. “A.J. has always been my hero and will always be No. 1 on my hero list, with the best part being that we are really good friends,” Stewart said. “We obviously have a tremendous amount of respect for one another. I remember him calling me after I won my first Cup championship in 2002 and I remember how much it meant to have him call that night and congratulate me. We really do have similar pasts and carry a lot of characteristics that are the same. He is one of the greatest icons in racing worldwide and to be compared to him in any way is always a huge honor.

“We came up through the same types of cars, from Sprint Cars to Midgets, and then I went to the IRL and moved into NASCAR,” Stewart said. “A.J. ran Indy cars for a long time and still came into stock car racing and was successful. There aren’t a lot of guys that can go from car to car and still win races. It was something that A.J. was really good at and something that we have been very fortunate to replicate.”

“Tony and I have been friends for a long time,” said Foyt, a winner of four Indianapolis 500s, the 1972 Daytona 500 and the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans. “In addition to being quick, he’s always told it how it is. I don’t think there’s anyone better to carry the No. 14.”

From ESPN

INDIANAPOLIS -- Two-time Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart expects to be fined by the U.S. Auto Club for an "altercation" with an official during Thursday night's race at O'Reilly Raceway Park.


The incident occurred after points leader Tracy Hines, who drives for one of Stewart's two National Midget teams, got into the wall and there wasn't a track official or push truck present to help get the car back in the race.

Hines' crew reportedly attempted to change a right rear flat and get him back into the race before another restart. As they pushed the car to the front of the straightaway, a USAC official indicated they were too late.

Stewart then came down to pit lane to get an explanation for the call. He reportedly knocked the headset from the official's head and then shoved him.

"We had an altercation," Stewart said Friday after unveiling the car number (14) and sponsors (Office Depot and Old Spice) he'll showcase for Stewart-Haas Racing next season. "It was a situation [where] we didn't understand a call they made."

In a statement Friday, USAC official Kevin Miller acknowledged that there was an incident but would not say who was involved.

"A review of the incident will be conducted Monday morning among USAC officials and staff," Miller said in a statement. "At that time an official USAC response will be released."

Stewart said the incident ultimately could cost Hines, who finished 22nd, the USAC crown. He also admitted if he had to do it over again he wouldn't have confronted the official.

"When you're sitting there and you've got your corporate sponsors there and you've got a car on the racetrack and it's sitting on pit lane and they can't get a push truck to it, you're supporting your guys and your team that worked on that car to get it back out," he said.

"There was definitely a disagreement. We talked about it after it happened and after the race was over. It got their eyes open and they're doing everything they can to make sure incidents like that don't happen again."

David Newton covers NASCAR

USAC will get more coverage from the mainstream press over this incident than they have in years, because it involves a NASCAR driver. I'll bet this David Newton had never even heard of USAC before this happened.

Are you kidding? Ban A WHOLE ORGANIZATION because the team owner pushed an official? Of course the act was wrong and Tony probably admits it now but in the heat of the moment and tempers flaring I'm sure you would be pissed off too if your car (who also happened to be leading the points) was waiting to be pushed off for over 10 seconds and no push truck in sight.

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but from what little I saw, the push was minor and the official didn't fall or anything. Now when Jeff Gordon pushed Matt Kenseth at Bristol in 06 did we see all 4 hendrick cars suspended from competing in the next four races? NO! Because it's ridiculous, what did all the team members and drivers at TSR do wrong in this? Absolutely nothing.

It's pretty clear your suggestion comes not from you actually thinking he or the team deserves it, but just because you don't like him as a person.

- Tyler Cottongim

Tony should be penalized. A fine and perhaps some entrant points. But Tracy should not recieve any penalties. He did absolutely nothing wrong.