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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Tony Stewart is angry — what else is new? — and wants the record set straight regarding recent business decisions. He also is in love — wait, who? Smoke? — and five months away from his 50th birthday finds himself happier in his personal life than ever before. But even as he’s settled into a blissful routine with drag racer Leah Pruett, a relationship that began early in the pandemic when Stewart’s hectic schedule was suddenly wiped clean, he can’t overlook the criticism being lobbed his way. ADVERTISEMENT It was him, he insists, not NASCAR, who didn’t...

Nicholas Latifi interview; McLaren in more trouble, Jim Hallahan dies and all the news By: Norris McDonald December 14, 2020 Comments 0 SHARES It makes you wonder where the brains are in Formula One. Actually, now that I’ve looked at that line in print, I have come to the conclusion that there are no brains in F1. In just about every major league sport in the world, the league has medical staff on duty to determine if athletes are well enough and strong enough to play. As we’re Canadians, we are particularly familiar with t...

By Tom Joyce tjoyce@mtairynews.com A sport that involves circling racetracks at 200 mph while measuring success in nanoseconds requires lots of moving parts other than car and driver, and a Surry County resident has had a hand in many of those. “Ever since I was little, that’s all I could think about was race cars,” David Cropps said in discussing his 20-year career in NASCAR, which now involves working at Richard Petty Motorsports — headed by “The King” of stock car racing. “My main job is front-end mechanic,” Cropps, 42, of Mount Airy, said regarding his present position wi...