According to Speedcafe.com.au, Tony Stewart has been held for questioning about an incident that occurred at Sydney, Australia Speedway.
Stewart has been racing dirt track events down under in January.
Stewart was allegedly involved in a physical altercation with
speedway co-owner and former driver Brett Morris after early-evening
time trials.It is believed that Stewart, who is racing for a team owned by
Morris’ business partner and Australian speedway legend Garry Rush, had
issues about track conditions after a Hot Lap session and made them
known to Morris. A helmet and punches were rumored to be thrown and
exchanged during the alleged altercation.
According to the report, Stewart was scheduled to leave Australia Saturday, and there’s no word on how this will affect his travel plans.
Given his racing history, Stewart has become a dirt track surface aficionado. He owns Eldora Speedway — a dirt track that hosts his Prelude to the Dream charity race — and is involved with some of the hands-on prep work when he has time. Two years ago at an indoor dirt track race in Kansas City, Stewart showed up to watch some of th racing and ended up offering advice to the track workers on how to prepare the surface for racing.
(Thanks to Nate Ryan’s Twitter for the heads up)
Report: Tony Stewart held for questioning in Australia
