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Is it true? What about the Dude?

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Does anyone know why Shane Stewart stepped out of his ride for the Chili Bowl?

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"Talked to Shane Stewart's mom a few minutes ago and asked her what was up and she said that Shane's wife quit working for Cruz Pedregon and that in turn put Shane out of a ride."

Shane Stewart Teams Up with Roth Motorsports for 2008 Concord, NC— December 19, 2007--By: Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director

Shane Stewart ran an outlaw schedule in 2007, competing from coast-to-coast in a couple of different cars, winning a career high number of races along the way. In 2008, he will be a true Outlaw, as he will team up with Roth Motorsports to contest the entire Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series schedule and contend for the championship.

Stewart, the 2005 Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year, won 17 total races in 2007, including with the series in their return to Grays Harbor Raceway in Washington in late August.

He was also victorious in the Knoxville 360 Nationals at the famed Knoxville Raceway in Iowa, as well as winning seven events with the Northwest Sprint Challenge Series, including four in-a-row to close out the season. He was also the 2007 Northwest Sprint Challenge Series Speedweek champion.

Victories also came for Stewart at Skagit Speedway in Washington, in the Skagit 360 Nationals, as well as another win at Grays Harbor in the Fred Brownfield Memorial. He was also triumphant at the storied Eldora Speedway with the All Star Circuit of Champions, as well as during Ohio Speedweek at Wayne County Speedway, also with the All Stars.

The car will sport the familiar Roth Motorsports No. 83 with Dave Whitworth as the crew chief and Dean "Bonzai" Bruns joining the team as the car chief.

"I'm really excited to get back on the Outlaw tour full-time this season," said Stewart. "It will be the first chance I've had to work with Davey and Bonzai, so I'm really looking forward to it."

In World of Outlaws action in 2007, Stewart earned five Top-10 finishes in just a handful of starts, including two consecutive strong runs to conclude the season at the inaugural Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway. He was fifth in the first A-Feature and ninth in the finale. He also earned Top-10 finishes with the series at Manzanita Speedway in Arizona and Kokomo Speedway in Indiana, during the Hoosier Sprint Nationals.

"Dennis and Teresa Roth have always put a competitive car in the field as long as they havebeen racing so it's a great honor to drive this car for them," said the native of Bixby, Oklahoma.

The Roth Motorsports team finished a very solid third in World of Outlaws points in 2007 on the strength of six A-Feature wins with former series champion Danny Lasoski behind the wheel. Two of those wins came at Calistoga Speedway in California, the home state of Dennis and Teresa Roth.

"We are very happy to have Shane Stewart driving for Roth Motorsports," said team owner Dennis Roth. "With the changes we have made in our racing program, we feel this will be a great opportunity for both of us to have a successful season in 2008."

In his career with the World of Outlaws, Stewart, finished 12^th during his rookie season of 2005. He earned his first career World of Outlaws A-Feature win at Thunder Valley Speedway in Louisiana in 2004. He also picked up two preliminary feature wins in 2001 with the series at Devil's Bowl Speedway in Texas and at Talladega Short Track in Alabama. He also finished second in points with the former World of Outlaws Gumout Series in both 2001 and 2002.

The 30^th anniversary 2008 Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series season opens on February 8 at Volusia Speedway Park with the 37^th Annual Florida DIRTcar Nationals.

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Good to have Shane back with the Outlaws! He's a proven talent and a class guy.

The kid is going to be one of the really good ones in the coming years. He's always known "how" to stand on the gas -- seems he's been learning the "when and where" over the last year or so.

Phil Taylor

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be curious who the dude drives for...

Didn't one of our illustrious Porch Pilots, all knowing seers of all things oval and dirt say he was driving a Schwan's sponsored sprinter next season???

Maybe Tony or Ronnie will spill......Paging Doctor Ross, Doctor Ditzfeld.....

"As long as I can have a fast boat, a margarita 
machine and can light my hair on fire, I'll be just 
fine."

Jason Giambi

Danny will be field his own car in 2008 since he has ran of people to pay his way. He should have a lot of parts to start out on.

Will danny run the whole outlaw series or stay close to home?

dirty dave and bonzai!! i want to be the gopher on that pit crew.

I think they meant a delivery truck OWNED by Schwan's......

Fenders are like vacuums... they both suck.

dam penguin car!

wasn't the rumor going around that  pedragon, scelzi, and clint bowyer were going to put something together for dude? i heard that because of the advance auto deal with woo that was no longer going to happen as advance was to be part of the sponsership of the team. 

I look for the dude to run for himself on small budget this year.

anymore news on the dude???

What about the 01 Cooper car he ran at Springfield, Mo? Looked like some nice equipment.

According to a recent press release, Gary Wright will be driving for Donnie Cooper in 2008.

It's great to see Shane get a quality ride.  We'll see if he lives up to my prediction of a top 5 driver.

As for the Dude...  This guy has burned a lot of bridges over the years.  Unless there is something to this Bowyer, Pedragon, Scelzi alliance, he may have finally burned them all.  It's surprising the guy still has fans.  Packing up the trailer and heading home as soon as the pit gate opens at the end of the night and leaving a line of autograph and t-shirt seekers in his dust is becoming the norm for him anymore.  I'll admit I'm no Dude fan, but I admire his drive and determination to win.  He's a helluva driver.  It must eat him up to lose.  But the guy isn't exactly a people person.  What goes around, comes around.  I think it may have finally "come around" for the Dude. 

It's come around for me over the last 10 years.  I once said that Lasoski and Schatz would never win the Nationals.  Live and Learn. 

Eric Arnold
Social Media Manager & Track Historian
Knoxville Raceway