Boring races? Stewart says no, that's just a media myth
Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009
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TALLADEGA, AL - OCTOBER 30: Tony Stewart, driver of the #14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet, stands in the garage prior to practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 30, 2009 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
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MARTINSVILLE, VA - OCTOBER 23: Tony Stewart sits in the #14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet in the garage prior to practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series TUMS Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway on October 23, 2009 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
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10/15/09 Tony Stewart (14) driver for Old Spice/Ofiice Depot Chevrolet talks with a pit crew member in the garage before the start of Thursday night's NASCAR Banking 500 qualifying. ROBERT LAHSER - rlahser@charlotteobserver.com
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Tony Stewart pauses during a news conference at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. The NASCAR Banking 500 auto race isscheduled for Saturday, Oct. 17. (AP Photo/Mike McCarn)
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MARTINSVILLE, VA - OCTOBER 23: Tony Stewart (R), driver of the #14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet, listens to Denny Hamlin (L), driver of the #11 FedEx Freight Toyota, during qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series TUMS Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway on October 23, 2009 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Geoff Burke/Getty Images for NASCAR)
FORT WORTH, Texas – Tony Stewart had harsh words for the media at Texas Motor Speedway, holding them at least partially responsible for the fan backlash from last weekend's Talladega race.
"The races are exciting. It's like everybody wants the perfect race every time. You can't do that," Stewart said. "I mean, the drivers think about how they can be smart all day.
"It's a situation where the race is so long that you can fight your guts out to try to get to the front in the 100 miles, but what have you accomplished?
"You haven’t accomplished anything, absolutely nothing."
Stewart said only the final 10 to 15 laps matter.
"The hardest thing is we got this room in particular that keeps telling people that it's a boring race," he said.
"So we leave, and then we listen to the fans complain because it's something that they read in the magazine or read in a paper, you know, that everybody keeps trying to reinforce to them that it's a boring race."
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