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Stewart Racing In Two Divisions This Weekend At I-94 Raceway
SAUK CENTRE, MN -- Trevor Stewart was winning feature races on dirt tracks in
Minnesota and the Dakotas three years ago.
After he won 50 WISSOTA Modified events, he decided to switch to paved track
racing.
"I won the first modified race I ran at asphalt at I-94 Raceway,"
Stewart said of the change.
He quickly changed to a late model car and last year moved up to the American
Speedway Association National Tour. His best finish was a ninth at
Kentucky Motor Speedway.
His team, like many others, was left out in the cold when ASA went out of
business over the winter. They planned to switch to the Midwest
AllStar Racing Series (MARS) and then in February joined the new American
StockCar League (ASL) formed for the ASA Tour teams.
He finds himself third in the MARS Series and fourth in the ASL heading into a
double duty weekend at I-94 Raceway July 4th Weekend. On Saturday
night, July 2nd he is scheduled to compete in the MARS 100 and Sunday night he
will be racing in the ASL 150.
"If you want to get anywhere in racing, you have to race on asphalt,"
the St. Cloud racer said. "My dirt racing experience is
valuable. It has helped me adopt quickly to different race tracks.
When you race on a dirt track the surface can change in three laps and you
have to adapt to it," Stewart said.
"Racing on asphalt is more car. Everything has to be right.
On dirt its more driver," he continued.
"There is stiff competition in both MARS and ASL. I expect the ASL
will continue to get tougher every race with the tire change they made,"
he stated. "You only realize how tough it is when you get
into it," he continued.
Stewart is a hard charger. He amazed everyone when he turned the fastest
ASL qualifying lap at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids earlier this
year. "I actually tapped the turn two wall on that
lap," Stewart admitted.
A few fans are even beginning to ask him if he is Tony Stewart's
brother. No, he is not related to the top running NASCAR driver,
but Tony Stewart was also an awesome dirt racer before he began running
asphalt tracks.
Stewart drives the Grandstay Residential Suites car for Rodney Lindquist in
both series.
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