KANNAPOLIS, NC – Tony Stewart has decided not to compete in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event this weekend at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. Veteran driver Jeff Burton, a winner of 21 Sprint Cup races, will pilot the No. 14 Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing in place of Stewart for the second straight week. Burton subbed for Stewart last weekend at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. Burton has 40 Sprint Cup starts at Bristol, which includes a victory in the 2008 Food City 500. This driver change pertains only to Bristol. Stewart’s plans for upcoming Sprint Cup races have yet to be determined. Stewart has missed the last two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races after being involved in a sprint car incident August 9 in which another driver died. Regan Smith drove the No. 14 at Watkins Glen on August 10 and Burton was in the car last weekend at Michigan. Stewart has been secluded since August 9. source – team communications
