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Tony Stewart will take anything he can over the final 17 races of the Sprint Cup season. Hes not in a giving mood. And why should he be?That approach already started over the last few events, and the Brickyard 400 Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway will include another afternoon of taking everything he can get -- and enter another dimension.Stewart, an Indiana native, will try to take in the entire atmosphere of his final Brickyard 400.Its a big weekend, obviously, Stewart said. Im not going to downplay it, because its one of the most important weekends of the year for me being at home and racing in front of friends and family for the last time there.Itll be an emotional weekend for sure, but Ive got a plan on how Im going to approach the weekend, and Im just going to stick to that plan and go about our work.Born in Rushville, Indiana, and living about 50 miles away in Columbus, the driver once known as the Rushville Rocket has his roots in IndyCar racing. He competed in the Indianapolis 500 five times, with a best of fifth, and won the 1997 IndyCar title.In an 18-year Sprint Cup career, Stewart has 49 victories, including two in the Brickyard 400. This will be his last race there; he announced last fall that 2016 would be his final Sprint Cup season.Despite missing the first eight races of 2016 with a broken back, Stewart sits comfortably in the Chase thanks to a win at Sonoma and a current 67-point cushion on 31st.Stewart has a first-, second- and fifth-place finish in three of the past four races. His second-place finish Sunday at New Hampshire included him rallying from 18th at one point and being sixth on a restart with 11 laps remaining.I can promise you, I wont leave anything on the table [at Indy], Stewart said. But I havent been leaving anything on the table anyway. What do I have to lose here? I dont have anything to lose. Were going to go get everything we can get out of it, and well take what we get at the end of the day.Were going to fight and claw and scrap and scrape like everybody else. Were dishing out what weve been taking for a while, now. The guys that have been leaning us, were leaning back on them. They know were here to mean business.That sounds much like his attitude from the 2011 Chase, where he won five of the final 10 races to capture the championship.When Tony wants it, hes kind of hard to beat, said his former boss, Joe Gibbs, who remembers going to Indianapolis with Stewart.Its a huge deal for him, Gibbs said. He loves that place. Whenever Tony Stewart wants it, he can certainly make a run at it with his skill and talent.Itll be interesting. You hate to see him retire because he means a lot to our sport.The Brickyard week actually starts early as far as being special for Stewart. As owner of Eldora Speedway, Stewart will be working and focused on making sure the track has a smooth Camping World Truck Series race Wednesday night.Any distraction is a nice distraction from now until Friday morning, Stewart said.Stewart actually will get an unexpected distraction at Indianapolis: Jeff Gordon driving the No. 88 car for an ailing Dale Earnhardt Jr. , which will take away at least a little bit of the focus on Stewart.Earnhardt continues to battle balance issues and nausea likely related to concussions.Stewart will gladly see the spotlight shift to adopted Indiana son Gordon while obviously wishing that Earnhardt gets better.I dont need the spotlight on me, Stewart said. I show up to race; Im not the profile guy. That was Rusty Wallace and Jeff and some of these other guys. Rusty thrived on it; Jeff just deserved it.Ive never cared about that. I just want to race. Im a race-car driver. Im a racer. I dont care about all the hoopla. 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Two teams that appear to be heading in opposite directions collide when the Connecticut Sun travel on Wednesday afternoon to Indianapolis to play the Indiana Fever at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.The Sun have gone 3-7 in their past 10 games and the Fever are 5-5.And while both teams have won two of three, the Fever have the hot hand entering Wednesdays tipoff.Indiana (9-11) found a way to win two straight on the road and can take another step toward .500 against a team that struggles on the road.Not only are the Sun (5-14) inept on the road, where they have a 2-7 record, Connecticut has yet to beat an Eastern Conference opponent in nine attempts.The Fever closed out a three-game road trip on Sunday by giving up a big early lead and then rallying to crush Seattle. Shenise Johnson came off the bench to score 18 points and Tamika Catchings added 15 points.Alyssa Thomas scored 19 points and Chiney Ogwumike added 11 points as the Sun had a chance to knock off the Atlanta Dream at home on Sunday, Connecticut led 59-58 late in the game but ended up losing 67-63.ddddddddddddThe Fever already have chalked up a win this season against the Sun. Tiffany Mitchell came off the bench to lead Indiana with 21 points in an 88-77 win on June 5 in Connecticut.On Monday, Mitchell was named to the 11-member USA Basketball Womens Select Team, which will train alongside the U.S. womens Olympic team.Mitchell is the Fevers second leading scorer at 11.7 points per game, behind Catchings, who leads Indiana at 13.6 per game.Alex Bentley paces the Sun at 14.5 points per game. She was held to two points in the teams first meeting in June. ' ' '