Claims extracted
26
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 26 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
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Tony Stewart can’t seem to catch a break in his returns to NASCAR.
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Stewart → seem → NASCAR
The three-time Cup Series champion got caught in a pileup on the 17th lap of the Craftsman Truck Series race Friday afternoon at Talladega Superspeedway.
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champion → catch → Superspeedway
After qualifying 29th, Stewart advanced 11 spots in the first 15 laps before his charge abruptly ended.
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charge → qualify → laps
Stewart Friesen lost control of his No. 52 Toyota in traffic, triggering the nine-truck crash on the backstretch.
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Friesen → lose → backstretch
Friesen made a hard right up the banking into the left front of Stewart’s No. 25 Dodge Ram.
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Friesen → make → Ram
Both trucks slammed into the outside wall.
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trucks → slam → wall
Stewart radioed his team that the impact knocked the wind out of him.
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impact → radio → him
He was seen and released from the track’s infield care center.
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He → see → center
“I just saw Stewart Friesen in the middle had an issue, and there were two trucks in front of us that got in the wall,” said Stewart, who fell to 34th in the 36-truck field.
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who → see → field
“I started to get past those guys and didn’t see (Friesen) coming from the left.
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Friesen → start → left
“Yeah, it’s just a racing deal.
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it → ’ → ?
That’s part of it.
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That → ’ → it
Stewart couldn’t go anywhere.
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Stewart → go → ?
He had an issue, and he’s stuck in the middle.
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he → have → middle
So he was doing the best he can to hang onto it, and just everybody around him got caught up in it.”
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everybody → do → it
The wreck also collected Garrett Mitchell, a YouTube influencer better known as “Cleetus McFarland” to his millions of followers.
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wreck → collect → followers
“I just saw the wreck and started slowing down heavily trying to get down out of the way,” said Mitchell, who finished last.
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who → see → way
“I got lightly tapped in the back left.
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I → tap → left
I was riding, having a great race.
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I → rid → race
I was totally good and just got spun, and my truck’s wrecked.
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truck → spin → ?
It just sucks.”
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It → suck → ?
It was the second truck start this season for Stewart, who raced in the Feb. 13 season opener at Daytona International Speedway after nearly a decade away from driving in NASCAR.
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who → race → NASCAR
He crashed after completing 39 laps and decided to return to the No. 25 eight months later because “we definitely didn’t get our fill at Daytona.”
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we → crash → Daytona
Talladega might have been even more unsatisfying for Stewart, who was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame six years ago.
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who → induct → Fame
The versatile star will now return to his full-time job as a Top Fuel driver in the NHRA drag racing series.
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star → return → series
He is ranked fourth in the championship standings with two races remaining.
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He → rank → races
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