No heart-throbbing heavy metal, fast-paced rock-n-roll needed to get Stewart's competitive juices going.
Tony Stewart says he uses different methods to encourage each of his NASCAR Cup drivers.
His NHRA drag-racing drivers have wildly different approaches in the moments before they make their runs down the dragstrip.The ways race-car drivers prepare for on-track performance is about as varied as methods of decorating a Christmas tree. Just ask Tony Stewart. “I have four [NASCAR] Cup drivers. And before the race, I say something different to each of those four drivers, because I know what button to push that’s going to get 100 percent out of them,” the multi-series team owner said.“Leah, her demeanor in the tow vehicle versus Matt are polar opposites from each other,” Stewart said.
Tony Stewart gives a thumbs up to wife Leah Pruett at Las Vegas after a successful Alcohol Fuel Dragster run at the NHRA Nevada Nationals.Before she makes her Top Fuel passes, he said, “Leah’s got music in there, and she’s got music that’s turned up so loud that I can’t even hear myself think. She likes to get all amped up before she runs.”“So she likes to be amped up, and Matt, you can talk to him,” Stewart said. “He’s putting his stuff on and he’s still in a conversation with you.
“It just shows the difference in personalities and mind sets. What each one of ’em does to get ’em in the frame of mind they want to be in when they get in the car is different for every driver,” he said.
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