NASCAR Hall Of Famer Tony Stewart’s Midlife Crisis Has 11,000 Horsepower
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LAS VEGAS, NV – APRIL 13: Top Fuel driver Tony Stewart celebrates after winning his first career … More national event at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Four-Wide Nationals on April 13, 2025, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, NV. (Photo by Will Lester/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Icon Sportswire via Getty Images When most of us cross the half-century mark, we start hearing whispers from the shadows. Not ghosts, but worse: retirement planners. We begin to notice the pull of the front porch, the gentle lure of sweet tea, and the seductive promise of taking it easy. The world wants us to trade horsepower for rocking chairs, racetracks for golf carts, and say things like, “I used to be wild, back in the day.” Tony Stewart wants absolutely nothing to do with that nonsense. At 53, while most men are leaning into orthopedic sneakers and early bird specials, Stewart is out here wrestling 11,000-horsepower Top Fuel dragsters in the NHRA. And he’s not just playing with fire—he’s winning with it. He got his first NHRA Top Fuel victory in Las Vegas, a town that feels tailor-made for a man like Stewart: hot, loud, reckless, and running entirely on adrenaline and attitude. This is the same Tony Stewart who already has an IndyCar championship, three NASCAR Cup Series titles, a NASCAR Hall of Fame induction, a bio that also includes more dirt ovals than you can count, and he’s shown more middle fingers to drivers than many will see in a lifetime. He’s also a guy who once punched a reporter and made it look like community service. When he stepped away from the driver’s seat in 2016, people assumed he was winding down. And when he sold his stake in Stewart-Haas Racing…
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