{"id":1557890,"date":"2023-04-17T08:59:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T12:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1557890"},"modified":"2023-04-17T09:04:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T13:04:42","slug":"tony-stewart-skipped-martinsville-added-to-legacy-absolute-racing-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/tony-stewart-skipped-martinsville-added-to-legacy-absolute-racing-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Stewart Skipped Martinsville but Added to His Legacy as an Absolute Racing Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Few drivers have tried tackling NASCAR<\/a>, IndyCar, USAC, ARCA, and IROC. Fewer still have won in all of them. Tony Stewart<\/a> has done that and more. The three-time Cup Series champion added an NHRA triumph to a list that also includes SRX, the Chili Bowl Nationals, and World of Outlaws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While his Stewart-Haas Racing team was posting its best collective showing of the season on Sunday in Martinsville, Stewart was driving to his first NHRA victory at the Four-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a sport Stewart took up just last fall, and it\u2019s a reminder that the man can drive anything anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tony Stewart crosses two items off his motorsports bucket list<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Tony Stewart holds up his Wally trophy and celebrates after winning his class at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals on April 16, 2023 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. | Jeff Speer\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Winning at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday proved to be a two-fer for NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart. Not only did his speed of 269.62 mph and margin of 0.0003 seconds over Todd Bruce in just his fourth appearance in the Top Alcohol class give Stewart his first NHRA victory, but it also completed a grand slam at the racing complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stewart, who started an NHRA Nitro team<\/a> in 2022 and began competing at events with wife Leah Pruett last fall, has now won events on the LVMS speedway, dirt track, Bull Ring oval, and drag strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know it\u2019s not a pro series win \u2026 but I told Leah that I\u2019m not just happy to be in the finals today, I want this,\u201d Stewart said, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/a>. \u201cReal racers always want to win. Nobody likes losing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That applies to NASCAR as well, and Stewart makes no apologies for being on the other side of the country while Stewart-Haas Racing\u2019s four-man Cup Series team was competing at Martinsville. Nor will he stop talking about his love of NHRA racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t give a s***, I don\u2019t care if NASCAR is mad,\u201d Stewart said, according to Autoweek<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t care if anybody\u2019s mad. I\u2019m having fun, living my life now. I\u2019m able to control my life. I don\u2019t have to do all the things that I had to do with my previous jobs. I have more control of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tony Stewart\u2019s NHRA team had a great weekend in Las Vegas<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Got him! Congrats to boss man @TonyStewart<\/a> on his first @NHRA<\/a> win! @mobil1racing<\/a> | @Mobil1<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/EVC7lVYPtr<\/a><\/p>— Tony Stewart Racing Nitro (@TSRnitro) April 17, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>