Tony Stewart on getting out of car early

Dillon replaces Stewart

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TONY STEWART, NO. 14 BASS PRO SHOPS CHEVROLET SS – WAS RELIEVED OF DRIVING DUTIES BY TY DILLON ON LAP 52

HOW DIFFICULT WAS IT TO GET OUT OF A PERFECTLY GOOD RACE CAR?
"It sucks to be honest. I know why we got to do it, but it sucks. It still sucks that you have to do it but if I hadn't broke my back at the end of January; we wouldn't be in this situation. Good news is this is last time we have to do it and I am back in next week. I really appreciate Ty (Dillon). He's been a rock star through this whole thing and especially this weekend. He's done all the heavy lifting and I just got in to ride around for 50 laps and turn it over to him. Fortunately we got the Lucky Dog and kept him on the lead lap. The change went pretty smooth – no drama there so we got him so he could go out there and race now."