First news conference since Atlanta on NASCAR.com, 11 a.m. ET
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Tony Stewart will address the media on Monday for the first time since Aug. 29 at Atlanta Motor Speedway when he holds a news conference at Stewart-Haas Racing headquarters in Kannapolis, North Carolina. The news conference will be streamed live on NASCAR.com.
On Wednesday, a grand jury in Ontario County (New York) cleared him of wrongdoing after examining the events of Aug. 9 when the sprint car he was driving struck and killed Kevin Ward Jr. at Canandaigua Motorsports Park. In his first interview since the incident, published Friday by the Associated Press, Stewart said it was "an accident."
"I know 100 percent in my heart and in my mind that I did not do anything wrong," Stewart told AP. "This was 100 percent an accident."
According to the report, legal counsel advised Stewart not to describe what he remembers about the crash in upstate New York.
After missing three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Watkins Glen International, Michigan International Speedway and Bristol Motor Speedway, Stewart returned to the track at Atlanta last month and read a statement at a news conference. On Monday, Stewart will take questions in a group session for the first time since the incident.
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