Tony Stewart Claims His Laziness Triggered His Utmost Commitment in Life

Tony Stewart is a 3-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and a legend in his own right. The owner of Stewart-Haas Racing has racked up an impressive 49 Cup wins during his racing career. In addition to that, he is well-known for being a versatile driver. After all, which NASCAR champion can also boast of an IndyCar championship as well. However, in a recent appearance on the Pat McAfee show, Stewart made an astonishing confession.

Tony Stewart made a shocking admission at the Pat McAfee show

The SHR owner was asked if he was always a better driver than others and if we always out did others while racing in karts.

Replying to this, Stewart told Pat McAfee, “I don’t know, I learned I was too lazy to work at a real job at a young age. So I figured I had to be good at something.” This got a great laugh from the whole room.

But this led McAfee to enquire if Stewart was more courageous than any average Joe. To this, he answered, “I don’t know. I honestly don’t have a good answer for that.”

“I did my deal and I didn’t worry about what everybody else said. We just did it our way. We stuck to our programme. Even when we won, we always try to figure out how can we have done it better.”

Following his IndyCar career, Stewart joined the NASCAR Cup Series in 1999. Right off the bat, he was in a top team with Joe Gibbs Racing and finished 4th in the championship in his debut season. Later on, in 2002, Stewart would finally clinch his maiden NASCAR Cup Series championship. Along the way, he grabbed three wins that year, adding to a total of 15 visits to Victory Lane.

Since then, he had been going from strength to strength. He won two more Cup Series titles in 2005 and in 2011. The driver continued racing, all the way up till his retirement at the end of the 2016 season. Even after that, he has continued his association with NASCAR, through the Stewart-Haas Racing team.

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The 3-time Cup Series champion proves that age is just a number

Currently, Stewart is 52 years old, but he is still racing to this day. He may not be in NASCAR anymore, but he is plying his trade in the drag racing arena. This is all thanks to the influence of his wife, Leah Pruett, who is a drag racer herself and she was able to convince him. Additionally, Tony Stewart is racing in his own established racing series, the Superstar Racing Experience series.

In the series’ inaugural campaign, he emerged as the maiden champion, which was very poetic. In the following season, he ended up fourth in the standings, behind Marco Andretti, Ryan Newman and Bobby Labonte. Now, Stewart is back at it once again for the 2023 SRX championship battle.

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