I like Tony because he “makes a lot of smoke when he wins.”
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Apr 03, 2008
The Times Dispatch
Nick got to meet his hero, NASCAR race driver Tony Stewart. He didn’t just get Stewart’s autograph. He got to sit down and visit with Stewart one-on-one, got an autographed picture of the two-time NASCAR Cup winner, talked with him and sat in his lap to have his picture made. Stewart also signed Nick’s cap and the race suit he was wearing.
Nick has been a Stewart fan for four years and will gladly tell you that Tony Stewart is his hero.
“I like Tony because he wins a lot,” Nick says with a sweet smile and a twinkle in his eye. “He makes a lot of smoke when he wins,” Nick adds as his smile broadens and his twinkle brightens.
“Sometimes they ‘get loose’ and ‘get in the wall,’ and they turn over on their side,” Nick says, using NASCAR jargon. Like a lot of NASCAR fans, he enjoys watching the spectacular crashes the drivers dread.
Every three months Nick goes to Children’s Hospital to have CT scans. In order for Nick to have an opportunity to meet Stewart, a lot of people put their heads together and came up with a plan.
When he told Stewart he was coming to Talladega, Stewart was very pleased. “Sometimes when first-time fans attend a race it brings good luck to their favorite driver,” Stewart told Nick. “Maybe you’ll bring me good luck. I’ve never won a race there.”
“I think I’ll bring Tony good luck,” Nick told The Times Dispatch last Wednesday.
