Despite there being many prominent names in NASCAR, there’s one driver that stands out from the rest, Tony Stewart is a man known for his multi-faceted racing career. After causing all the smoke in both NASCAR and Indycar scenes, clinching several coveted titles, and establishing his distinctive mark, ‘Smoke’ currently has his eyes set on the drag racing scene.

Following his recent milestone at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, coming home with the prestigious Wally trophy, Stewart revealed his thoughts while reaching the zenith.

Reacting to his success, Living Nitro, a popular YouTube channel had an exclusive with the winning driver who exclaimed, “I’m proud to be an alcohol driver right now.”

After his successful NHRA run, Tony Stewart has a message for the fans!

Looking at things from a broader perspective, things certainly weren’t so easy for the veteran and his team, venturing into an unknown sport, that too risking it all and coming home with the win even after earlier setbacks. So, the route has definitely been the most challenging part it seems.

Even with his busy schedule as the co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing, the NASCAR Cup Series veteran has found the time and patience to study the sport, consequently, winning on the grand stage. Stewart did not hesitate to elaborate on his emotional state when he won the event in an exciting quad-race final.

Speaking on the super popular Living Nitro, fans get to see a candid, Stewart explaining his achievement while mentioning the happy place where he is at, “I like the four-wide format, I think its exciting for everybody that, there’s there’s a lot of extra people and lot of extra stuff going on in the starting line but its, you know yesterday, our qualifying run we had somebody that broke and the official told me somebody broke in that lane so you know not to watch for that bulb.”

“So I think the officials do a great job of you know making sure its runs really smooth and I like it. It’s hard not to like it when you win at it. But I think it’s a cool deal,” he added. 

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Furthermore, the three-time NASCAR Cup Series champ said, “Personally being able to run all 3 of our rounds with the pros and with Matt and these guys today, I mean that that makes you feel good.”

Following his historic milestone, Tony Stewart doesn’t care what others think!

Going into a new venture, into a whole new ball game, Stewart has always been the type of guy to jump right in instead of contemplating. He did just that, after receiving setbacks in his last season in 2022, the veteran is back again and this time his effort certainly paid off!

As he conquered the four-wide track, clinching the title while edging out three other seasoned drivers in the final four-way showdown.

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In a post-race exclusive by Autoweek, the driver was asked if the people surrounding him had become tired of the veteran’s achievement in the drag strips, to which, Stewart had a bold answer.

He said,  “I don’t give a s—. I don’t care if NASCAR is mad. I don’t care if anybody’s mad. I’m having fun, living my life now.”

With strenuous effort and the right team, there’s nothing impossible as the NASCAR veteran proved his point by outclassing other greats in sport to win his first NHRA National event.