Tony Stewart has been granted his release from his current contract.
He'll go to Haas Racing next year.

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I really hate this kind of wheeling (pun intended) and dealing during the season.

It's kinda like telling a kid that his grad present is a trip to Hawaii no matter how he finishes the school year. I think that it crushes any desire for them to do well until the end of the semester.

So what keeps a driver interested? The Mark Martin contract might be a little different. Any races he runs in this season are practice for him. He looks forward to next year with a reason. Do you think that TS will just 'play out the string' this year?

The deal is said to make TS the highest paid driver in NASCAR.