Oh, by the way, Stewart needs to chill out
Darrell Waltrip / AllWaltrip.com
Posted: 18 minutes ago

Kevin from Chicago: Please tell me what happened to the kinder, gentler Tony Stewart. It seems his actions have resulted in exactly what he has received. Am I wrong?


Darrell Waltrip: Oh, by the way, Tony Stewart really needs to think about chilling out just a little bit. He needs to stop racing people and start racing cars. When you start getting aggravated with people, you're going to beat yourself. You've got to race the cars and not let the people driving those cars — whether they're a rookie or a veteran — bother you. You've got to put those distractions out of your mind, take care of your stuff and don't race people that can't beat you.

When you've got a dominant car and start getting knocked around or pushed around — or you start doing the pushing — you take yourself out of contention. If it continues, he'll be right back like he was a couple of years ago. Your team works its butt off to build a winning car, and you only get so many opportunities. You're not going to have the best car every week so when you do have the best car, you need to take advantage of it.

Don't break my golden rule. I preach it all the time. I'm going to put it on my dash when I run the Martinsville Busch race, I guarantee you that. And I would tell Stewart to put it on his dash. Don't beat yourself!

Rats, foiled again! DW tries to take the Dream Machine for a spin at a 2002 commercial shoot at Lowe's Motor Speedway where he won six times, tied with Bobby Allison for most wins at the track. But brother Michael catches him in the act. (Van Colley / AllWaltrip.com)


We see it every week and everywhere we go, the cars out in front in clean air handle much better than the cars back in traffic. When you get caught in traffic, you've got to use all of your resources. You can't just knock people out of the way because they're holding you up. Everybody is getting held up so you've got to use your ability and rely on your pit crew and your strategy. There's always going to be a late caution so when you get that quick stop, you'll have great track position, and you can still win the race, But you can't win a race in a beaten-up racecar.

You can't win a race if you smack the wall or knock the fenders in on it playing games with somebody that can't beat you or at a time in a race when it's not necessary. Stewart has to refocus and take advantage of the opportunities that he's been given. He had great cars at Daytona and Las Vegas. He obviously had a great car at California, but there's a perfect example of something out of a driver's control taking him out of a race. You need to control those things that you can control.

Stewart is off to one of those ragged starts that he's been known for. He and crew chief Greg Zipadelli need to put their arms around each other and say, "Look, take care of the car, and we can win some races."

So what do you guys think?

For once, I agree with DW. Don't tell my hubbie that!!!

Tony right now is giving himself a bad name. He comes out and says that people are going to get killed because of all the bump drafting, but yet for the past two weeks, he has been the aggressor!!! Hypocrite. I knew the kinder, gentler Tony was just a "smoke" screen. Get it, haha?

I think he's really starting to get on everyone's nerves. You have to believe DW, he's been active in racing for years upon years. Stewart does have plenty of talent, he just needs to relax and drive the car.

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~lol~ I was going through some older posts here and came upon this little gem! After the incident last Sunday with Ryan Newman, I thought it was worth while to bring this thread back to life! Geez, Tony hasn't learned much, huh?

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wow!
Tony hasn't changed a bit since the 1st Daytona race this year. Glad you brought this back up again, cause people should see how Tony hasn't changed a bit. He never takes responsibility for anything exept winning. What the heck is that? He is a good racer though. I haven't seen anyone keep it off the wall like Tony, except for Dave Blaney in the 22 car last weekend!! What a spin!!!

Hey, everyone, I love Tony but I didn't want to put that in my user name after yesterday...I think he lost control after he took his left hand off the steering wheel. If he would have just kept both hands on the wheel, the car wouldn't have jumped to the left like that. Okay...just kiddin.

LOL~ Maybe Tony could hire you to do his PR work!!!~LOL

That would be a dream come true!