Report: EMT says Stewart hit him in July

NASCAR reviewed tape, said video was "inconclusive"

LOUDON, N.H. -- Embattled NASCAR Winston Cup driver Tony Stewart found himself in the middle of another storm Saturday morning at New Hampshire International Speedway.

The Winston Cup Series is in New England for the second time this season, to compete in Sunday's New Hampshire 300.

Timeline  •  August 4: Stewart shoves photographer at Indy  •  August 5: Photographer downplays confrontation  •  August 6: NASCAR looks into Stewart incident  •  August 6: NASCAR fines Stewart $10,000  •  August 7: Home Depot not leaving Gibbs Racing  •  August 7: Stewart seeks anger management help  •  August 8: Home Depot fines Stewart $50,000  •  September 6: Stewart accused of shoving fan  •  September 7: Stewart denies hitting fan  •  September 14: Report: EMT says Stewart hit him in July

In the latest incident, Stewart was cited in a story published in Saturday's Concord Monitor under a headline stating, "EMT says Stewart punched him" after an accident during the New England 300 on July 21.

Emergency medical technician Larry Jewett, an employee of Raceway Ambulance -- with whom the track sub-contracts for its emergency medical services -- was quoted as saying Stewart "swung at me and hit me in the left arm."

Jewett's responsibility was to assist Stewart in getting out of his car, if necessary, after Jewett responded to an accident by Stewart's No. 20 Home Depot Pontiac. After that, the EMT was supposed to make sure Stewart went to the track's infield care center for observation.

Jewett told the Monitor that Stewart then went directly to his motorcoach in the track's infield, followed by the EMT, and responded with an expletive-laced refusal when Jewett told him he had to go to the care center.

After the race in July, Jewett met with NASCAR president Mike Helton and Winston Cup Series director John Darby. They reviewed a tape of the incident and according to NASCAR vice president for corporate communications Jim Hunter, Helton and Darby decided the video presented "inconclusive evidence" to issue any fines to Stewart.

Hunter said Winston Cup drivers are subject to possible sanctions if they do not go to the care center after an accident, but in this particular case, Helton had a "pretty serious discussion" with Stewart by the next day.

NASCAR -- at that point -- considered the case closed. Jewett said in the Monitor story he was under the impression he would be contacted and waited until the series returned to express his displeasure that he was not.

Stewart is currently embroiled in an investigation by the Sullivan County (Tenn.) Sheriff's Department over an alleged assault of a fan in the Bristol Motor Speedway infield last month.

He was also fined and placed on probation for the rest of the year for an incident with a newspaper photographer at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in August.