Veteran sprint car driver Matt Stewart teams with Tony Everhardt Racing

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Peoria, Arizona sprint car racing veteran Matt Stewart will be in the cockpit of the Tony Everhart Motorsports #55 in this Saturday night’s Glenn Howard Memorial at Perris Auto Speedway.  The race will mark the first time the two have joined forces for the prestigious event.

Stewart, a 32-year-old pilot, jumps into the Everhart Construction #55 fresh off a win and a second-place finish in the Joe Hunt Magnetos Wingless Sprint Car Series at The Stockton Dirt Track. Both finishes came in the Intents Racing #33 (pictured at the top of this release).  The victory came on August 23rd.  He followed that up with a second-place finish the ensuing night.  A couple of weeks prior to those outings, the second-generation driver recorded a fourth-place finish at the Placerville Speedway in the same series.

Last year Stewart notched a win in the same car at Stockton.  He also impressively drove the same carbureted car to a fifth-place finish against a full field of fuel injected USAC West Coast Sprint Cars at the Ventura Raceway.

Saturday’s race will be Stewart’s fifth of the year at the track he cut his teeth on racing Sprint Cars.  A past winner of the American Motorcycle Association’s “Promoter of the Year Award,” he has contested the main events in three of his first four appearances on the Riverside County racing facility this year.  His best finish came on June 29th when he started the 30-lapper in the 18th spot and finished ninth and thus earned the race’s “Hard Charger Award.”

Based in El Cajon, California, Tony Everhart’s name and cars have been around Southern California open-wheel racing for decades.  And, not only in 410 Sprint Cars.   In 1994, he drove to the first-ever California Lightning Sprint Car Series championship.  He has also been a familiar competitor in the USAC Western Midget Series as well as in both the USAC/CRA and SCRA Sprint Car Associations.

Saturday’s Glenn Howard Memorial plays homage to a man who was not only a racer but also a car owner, official, innovator and racing business owner.  The race also memorializes Howard’s late wife Pat and two Sprint Car driving sons, Steve and Gary.

Fans who want to see Stewart in action on Saturday night can find Perris Auto Speedway at 18700 Lake Perris Drive in the City of Perris (92571). Spectator gates will open at 5:00 P.M. and the first race will be at 7:00.  The track website is http://perrisautospeedway.com/ and the track phone number is (951) 940-0134.  

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