Full Throttle

The headline is an attention getter isn’t it?

It’s also a verifiable truth. Smoke spent Wednesday evening racing at Skagit Speedway looking for a little fun: “You go to work and you go to play,” Stewart said. “This is all about fun for me.”

Unfortunately (for Smoke and the fans) the fun was left for 18 year old Travis Rutz as he captured his second win of the month while Tony smacked the wall on the first lap of the first heat race, sending his car end over end.

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“In 27 years of racing that’s the first time I’ve had a hole in my memory after a wreck,” Stewart said. “I can’t remember anything from about the middle of Turn 2 until we got out the back gate. Obviously we didn’t want the night to end this early, but Kasey’s a whole lot better at these things than me.”

Kasey is fellow NASCAR star Kasey Kahne who was also on hand for the charity event. Proceeds from the race went to the Kasey Kahne Foundation ($144,000 dollars was raised), a charity Kahne started about a year ago to benefit critically ill and underprivileged children and their families.

Kahne started from the five hole and finished fourth in the 30 lap main event. “It feels great being here,” Kahne said. “It’s always great being home and I love racing at Skagit Speedway.”

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