Tony Stewart Rallies Behind 11x NHRA Champion Wife Before Her Finals Appearance

Talent for Motorsports runs deep in Tony Stewart’s family. The 52-year-old himself is a three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and a former IndyCar Series champion. He has one of the most storied careers in motorsports and currently operates a number of racing teams, like Stewart-Haas Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series and Tony Stewart Racing in the NHRA (National Hot Road Association).

The finals of the NHRA US Nationals will take place in the coming weekend and a member of Stewart’s family will be a part of the event. This is none other than the 11-time NHRA champion, one of the best drag racers in the country, and Tony Stewart’s wife, Leah Pruett. The 35-year-old drives a NHRA Top Fuel dragster for Tony Stewart Racing and she will be hoping to deliver a good performance on Sunday. Pruett will have her team owner, husband, and biggest fan Tony Stewart supporting her all the way.

Busy Weekend for Tony Stewart’s Champion Wife

It can be said that Leah Pruett is a driver in perhaps the most extreme form of motorsport as she is a Top Fuel driver. Top Fuel dragsters are the fastest-accelerating racing cars in the world with speeds reaching up to a whopping 338 miles per hour. Pruett has been doing this for quite a while and she has become a master at controlling the massive vehicle at such high speeds, but it will prove to be a massive challenge for anyone not from her field of motorsports.

Pruett recently completed the Q1 session of the NHRA US Nationals where she clocked a speed of 331.69 mph and is currently the provisional fifth-place qualifier in the US Nationals. Given her skills, the 35-year-old stands a very good chance at winning the competition to bring yet another piece of motorsport silverware to the Stewart family.

Pruett has been working on track since Friday with her crew members at Tony Stewart Racing, testing out her Top Fuel dragster and greeting fans after she’s done with her day’s work.

The 35-year-old recently uploaded a video on her social media handles showcasing all the work she and her mechanics did with her Top Fuel dragster to get it ready for the big event which will take place on Sunday. She also shared snippets of herself interacting with the fans afterward.

Pruett’s debut in Top Fuel racing came all the way back in 2013 with Dote Racing. She joined Tony Stewart Racing in 2022. The announcement of the signing came in 2021, the same year she and Tony Stewart got married.

While his wife seems to be on course to make him proud in NHRA, things are a lot worse for Tony Stewart in the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series. Retiring veteran Kevin Harvick is the only one out of four full-time drivers to have made it into the playoffs and even he just managed to scrape through.

It is safe to say that SHR cars have not been anywhere near the mark as per expectations and this has drawn criticism from a lot of fans, experts, and current drivers, including the outspoken Denny Hamlin.

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On a recent episode of the Actions Detrimental podcast, Hamlin slammed the SHR team for fielding what he believes is the slowest #4 car since Kevin Harvick joined the team. It is all the more disappointing since it is Harvick’s final season in the sport and many would have loved to see the legendary racer go out on a high, but that does not seem to be the case.

“Just that they don’t have speed. They have shown glimpses of speed over the last few weeks or so, but man! You can’t continue to just outperform all your other teammates that much.

“That just means there’s not enough room for error in speed in your car. So I think that they execute better than anyone in the series, but if he doesn’t make it, it is because this is the slowest 4 car since they have been together,“ Hamlin said.

Harvick himself was disappointed with his team after the race at Watkins Glen. After the race, he said that he doesn’t think they would be able to do anything of consequence in the playoffs if the car doesn’t improve.

2023 is a year that Tony Stewart would like to forget when it comes to the Cup Series. Only one out of his four drivers have made it to the last 16 and even he does not have much confidence in his car. The 52-year-old will be looking forward to a fresh start in 2024 and go as far as Harvick’s years of experience takes them into the playoffs.

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