At one of the Atlanta races, Carl Edwards had just sat down to have a hot dog and some chips with some of the people who had garage passes. Then a guy in a wheelchair (also with a garage pass) approaches the fence, but can't go through door in the fence because there are two stair steps on either side of the wire fence door. Carl sees this, gets up from his seat at their picnic table, goes over and helps carry the guy's wheelchair over the steps, then carries the guy, himself, sets him back in his wheelchair and pushes it over to their picnic table so the guy could have a hot dog with his favorite driver. You would never see this level of care and love for fans in the NFL or NBA.
i met carl mark jamie matt and greg in 2007 in the culvers in my town they were testing at MIS and we sat down and had lunch with them i miss the days of going to the track on thursdays and fridays for practice and qualifying and hitting up all the souviner trailers that they used to have
I was at Kentucky Speedway and Kyle Busch blew some national guard soldiers off for a picture in the garage area. Carl saw it and told them, y’all come take a picture with me. That dude was a class act!
You say those things to differentiate americans from each other. This is normal but what you need to remember is the common. We are all part of something and that is a country. Wars are a great equalizer. Try to remember that.
Richard Petty is truly a class act. He made a several appearances for the company I worked for and was so nice to all of our employees and our guests. He did a short, unscripted video endorsement for us and nailed it perfectly in one take. What a professional; The King, indeed!
I met Tony when I was 10 years old here in Texas and he gave me a hug and signed three things for me. I almost cried when he gave me a huge because he’s been my hero my whole life. I met him again when I turned 16 at his last year here in Texas and shook his hand and told him I never forgot meeting him in 2010 and he smiled and asked if I was wanting a signature and I just told him I wanted to shake his hand and thank him for being such a big piece of my life and he shook my hand and gave me a hug.
Never met Tony, but I did meet Jimmy after a Daytona win and he was great. I bet the same could be said about any of us. I bet some people think I'm OK amd some think I'm an A hole - depending on the day lol.
I met Dale sr at Talladega in 96 , he was talking to one of his crew members about how he thought they needed to change the intake manifold because he didn’t like they way it felt going through the rpm range . He was very nice to us. He finished 3rd to sterling
Are you talking about in the 1960's or 2000? He used to be nasty back in the old days also. Ran a motor 30 C.I. oversize to get 2oo wins. NASCAR won't do that for anybody else.
The driver for stewart may have been his dad. I know his dad and he's a good dude. He used to work for a guy who sells trailers here in Indiana. I've been around Tony many times when i worked on sprint cars. Most of the time he's friendly and humorous and other times he could be kind of arrogant. I do know he has been very generous and giving so I've kind of always look past the negative side of him. He's done a lot for people under the radar that you would never know about because he never let it be known. But if you met him here in Indiana the driver may have been his father.
3:50 It's painfully obvious that this guy knows absolutely nothing about Smoke because that pretty much sounds just like him. 0 fucks given pretty much sums Tony up perfectly. Altho he has toned it down a bit recently since getting married and with NHRA and Leah taking up most of his time these days.
I have gotten to meet Tony on multiple occasions, he was the nicest guy to meet at an autograph session, he would have a full on conversation with you at the track while signing an autograph which most wouldn’t do, which is something that will always standout for me
I’ve met all of them. More than once. One thing I’ve learned is they have good days and bad days they have moods just depends on when you catch them but when you meet them one time for a little while and you try to make a judgment call on them, you’re probably not being really fair. Tony can be easily annoyed. No question about it.
Parked our motorhome behind pit lane at the Copper Classic at PIR around 1992. My son was about 4. Only thing between us and the pit was a chain link fence. Son was fascinated by the midget directly in front of us. Tried to get driver to acknowledge him. Wasn’t happening. Driver seemed like a real jerk. Never could make eye contact. At the end of the day we were able to take son into pit lane. He recognized the car across fence by motorhome. I agreed to walk him over to look at car. Instantly the driver changed. Open arms for son to talk. Driver even personally picked him up and sat him in car. Took a ton of pictures and got autographs. It was then that I realized this driver was in a zone earlier, he was in race mode. That driver was a very young Tony Stewart. We still cherish the day.
I met Matt Kenseth and Jamie Mac at a pizza and arcade place. Was during the crazy fog race at Pocono. At first I didn’t want to bother them. They were having pizza and playing games with their kids. But I eventually went and asked for an autograph after most of the people at the place did. I wish I hadn’t. Matt was very nice. Jamie was annoyed. But I get that. That was family time for them. And I interrupted it for an autograph. I still have the autographs. I feel it’s important to keep them since they took time from their family to sign my hat. I had taken a few pics as well. But deleted them. Their kids were in the pics. And it just wasn’t a moment I should have captured. It wasn’t for me. Time and place for autographs. I chose the wrong time and the wrong place.
Honestly true lol, the only truly questionable thing this guy claimed about Tony was that he was saying "weird shit" to a woman he supposedly knew was married. There's nothing wrong with having a driver if you're rich, this guy just assumed Tony underpaid him, and it might even have been Tony's dad anyway. Also he didn't actually talk to Tony himself, just claimed he was "walking around like a dick" whatever that even means.
Sad part about Tony is that until fairly recently, like after his retirement, all he basically did was racing. He had no wife or gf, never really went on vacations etc. His whole life revolved around racing.
Being solely focused with an endeavor is one of many reasons that elevated him to the level of successes he achieved. I've known race drivers that during the height of their careers were socially unlikeable. Years after their retirements, were pleasant people to socialize with.
the biggest driver that I've talked too was Steve kinser an Scott bloomquist. kinser was cool sat there smoking a cigar talking to everyone but bloomquist which I used to watch at his home track was a dick
Steve Kinser was the best driver to ever Race Real Race Cars, but Him and his wife Dana was very caring people to their fans also. There was a 12 year old girl that needed Bone Merrill surg., that lived close to Freeport Raceways in Freeport IL. When Steve found out about it he set up a race up there with the Outlaw racers and the outlaw teams donated their winnings to the little girl, She had less then a year to live. Somehow Steve and Dana worked a deal with somebody and pulled into the track in a conversion truck that was set up with a clear bubble on top for the girl could watch the races inside the conversion unit. It was set up with a lift in it and raze her up to watch the races. Him and a bunch of the Outlaw people went and was tested to see if they could help her but none of them matched up. The girl passed away but her Parents Contacted Steve and thanked him and the other teams for all the help they did. 99.9% of the Race Car people I know are Great Nice Caring People.
Scott bloomquist, depends on the day - went to Jr high with him , got in a massive police chase with him on dirt bikes , when we were 13 , wrecked the police car . . and was at his 1st dirt track race , i was the vice crew chief - after his dad . . .corona raceway . .he took a top 5 . . .sorry about your experience , he has had some injuries , can be that way when in pain . .again sorry - depends upon the day
Steve is a good dude. I went to IU Bloomington and worked part time at a tire store. One of the techs there went to high school with Steve and had been kind of an unofficial part of his crew in the early 90s. Had Steve and Mark’s autographs on his toolbox (laminated). I had commented on it and about a year later, he told me that Steve was going to swing by the shop after close to pick up something from him. So of course I’m going to wait around. Funny, down to earth, sat and shot the shit for about 10-15 minutes.
Why did Dale Sr get his nick name- Darrell Waltrip had a name or 2- All Great drivers had different names, If your sitting with any of them when not busy they are Great Caring Human Beings. Yes I do know what I'm talking about. How maney of you ever tryed talking to Rusty Wallance when a camera wasn't around? It is all most impossible if a camera crew is not with you, even to kids, I worked on a Limited Late Model at 34 Raceways and my drivers 12 yr.old daughter went down to him to get her Rusty Wallace T-Shirt signed and he told her he was to busy to do it. The races were over, she came back to us and was crying and told us what he said, the track photo guy was talking to us and he took the girl down and told Rusty he wanted to take a picture of him signing her t-shirt and he did it.
Stewart was in southern California in 2004 during a race in fontana. He was doing a home depot appearance in San Diego where my uncle worked. A 6 year old boy wanted him to sign his die cast car. Stewart snubbed him saying he didn't have time for that shit. Left this kid crying. Stewart's always been an asshole
We "met" mr excitement Jimmy Spencer in the clubhouse at Thompson International Speedway in CT after a modified race. We were about 15 yrs old and giving him the business untill he turned on us and we took off running! 😂
Interesting! Goes to show that first impression isn't everything. Can never know what someone else is dealing with that day. Both are definitely legends.. Thanks for the comment!
A lot of it depends on the setting. For instance race day Johnson may be all nerves and trying to get into a "zone" for the race. Off the race track and away from that pressure he may just be more comfortable. Now Tony Stewart may be the exact opposite, the race track is where he is most comfortable and in a good mood while he probably just loathes having to do the media stuff and doesn't feel at hone doing it. When I met Tony it was the first year he was a team owner and him and Ryan Newman were supposed to run in the Knoxville (Iowa) Late Model Nationals which is the second most famous dirt track in America, second only to Eldora (which Tony Stewart owns) Well the race got rained out for Saturday night and they postponed it to Sunday but Tony and Ryan had a NASCAR Cup race at Kansas City. So they raced at KC, jumped on a private jet to Des Moines, jumped into a helicopter and flew the 30 miles to Knoxville and while they didn't make the qualifying heats they were both given Provisionals starting at the rear of the field. After the race Tony and Ryan sat in the infield and talked win fans for well over an hour until they essentially kicked us all out. Both of them could have just said "screw this, I'm just not going to make it because I have a more important race" much less stick around and shoot the bull with fans.
Without the playoffs Jimmy Johnson wouldn’t have been a 7 time cup champion. At most he might have been a 4 time champion. Just like Jeff Gordon without playoffs 6 time champion with playoffs 5 time. Playoffs just plainly suck.
Tony was too busy for a picture when we ran into him at Eldora. We didnt bother him, we just seen him walking. Too busy for 5 seconds. I bet the owner of one of the successful nascar teams would have taken a second. Bill Elliott did.
5 seconds X 1000s of people wanting a picture. That's a lot of time for a track owner putting on a show, dealing with spectators, and dealing with the racers owners and sponsors. He has a lot of things to do at the track I've worked at one before if you're running it right you will never have time.
Did he own the track then or just racing there the night you tryed to talk to him. Running the race track is nothing like a race car drivers job. He has law's he has to follow running a race track. If somebody buys food to eat there and they get sick he can be sued. People sitting in the Grandstands can sue him for hundreds of things every night. I met Tony Stewart at 34 Raceways one night, I was driving the Race Tracks push truck+wrecker that night and after the races were over we set and talked for about a hour and was a nice caring race car driver. He showed the local hot dogs why he was called the Rushville Rocket and driving Indy cars at that time.
@@billschaefer3818dude there is insurance if someone eats a funnel cake and get sick. Give me a break. It's actually hilarious to bring something like that as a real stressor. It's all insured buddy hahahah
Yep, that's a carbon copy of my experience too. Jimmie was 1st Class & Tony was an ass. Good to know it wasn't just me.
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I have met tons of Nascar drivers and this guy is totally wrong about Stewart. He was one of the coolest guys ever. JJ , Kyle Busch and Ty Gibbs have to be the biggest POS's in Nascar today. I have met them several times and got the same reaction everytime
I never met him in person, but I mailed a poster from his 1976 Indianapolis 500 win, to Johnny Rutherford a few years ago, along with a nice letter. He signed and personalized my poster, and mailed it back to me. Very classy guy to do that for a fan! Kyle and Richard Petty both are very engaging with the race fans. I contacted Kyle about sending some diecast cars to him to have them signed. He told me, send to me, I'll sign them for you.
I can relate to what you said about Johnny Rutherford from a phone conversation I had with him 10 years ago. Back then an elderly friend of mine [and motorsport fanatic in the 1960s ~ '70s], when doing his 'estate planning' of thinning out his possessions by passing them along to others, had a 1974 Goodyear Tires poster of Rutherford's Indy 500 win, where my elderly friend had a novel notion of giving it to Johnny, so he had me research how to contact a representative of Rutherford. I did some research on my friend's behalf that resulted with an address and phone number. I dialed the number to confirm the mailing address, and lo-and-behold, I was stunned that *Johnny Rutherford answered the phone.* We had a brief pleasant conversation, where I explained the reason for it, with this response being: _'this has got to be the most peculiar request I've had in 20 years, for someone to be offering me something from my racing career, as usually I'm always being asked for something from me.'_ It turns out that Johnny was most appreciative for the poster gift, as *he did not have* said poster in his possessions. He confirmed the mailing address for the poster, too. His demeanor on the phone was most pleasant, indeed! That was the start of assisting my elderly friend's passing along much of his motorsport memorabilia to retired racing drivers or to their off-springs; as some drivers of past prominence were deceased. Nearly all of it were in the form of [1960s ~ '70s] print editions of Autoweek, Road & Track, Motor Trend, Hot Rod, Stock Car Racing, Auto Racing Magazine, and Sports Car Graphics; with a smattering of posters. There were some in our social circle that thought our friend should have put the memorabilia on eBay to profit from it. He didn't want to hear of it, as the generous aspects he experienced in life . . . he wanted to pass along his good fortune, and not profit from it. Lesson learned from the on-going motorsports memorabilia gift-giving activity: Many of those drivers, and their [now] adult children didn't have much of keepsakes [aside from awards and trophies] from their racing careers. It turns out that the drivers were so strongly focused with their careers, little to no thoughts were put into accumulating [the then] current print items in their racing years to keep as artifacts for posterity. Some of those drivers [pardon for the name dropping] were Dan Gurney and [the off-spring of] Mark Donohue.
@@bloqk16 That is an awesome story! Johnny Rutherford is certainly one of my sports heroes for sure. He won his first Indianapolis 500 in 1974, 5 months before I was born. I sent him a nice letter, and told him to contact me if there was any charge for signing the poster. I may try to get the poster restored in the future, as it was a little wrinkled from time. I don't want to damage the signature is my main concern. I wish I could thank Mr. Rutherford in person or call him, but I really don't want to bother this man. I plan on sending him a birthday card next year, or maybe a Christmas card this year, along with a gift card. I probably should have already done that! A lot of celebrities and sports stars wouldn't have bothered with me. When I was in high school, Johnny Rutherford was doing Oldsmobile commercials with his son. I told him that I remembered the commercials he did, because my mom had an new Olds Cutlass around that time, so that's the car I learned to drive with. I have to say, most of the celebrities I have encountered, save for one, were always really nice when I met them. I won't name the one celebrity who wasn't nice, but he is well-known, and he has had several DUI's as well as a cocaine addition, for years. I don't wish this person any ill will, just hope he has gotten things turned around. My brother has met several celebrities through his friend who is a sports reporter in Chicago. Evander Holyfield, Jeremy Piven, Carmen Electra, and they were all really nice. Priscilla Presley, Gina Davis, Vicki Lawrence were all really nice when my mom met them. I e-mailed Victoria Jackson about 20 years ago to thank her for speaking at a ballgame I attended, and to my surprise, she emailed me back! I wrote a letter to Marla Gibbs last year asking for an autographed photo, and she signed one for me. Much love and respect for her as well!
Junior Johnson was a very humble down to earth guy who treated everyone like they were a good friend. He would cook breakfast at his shop in Rhonda, N.C. for his farm hands before they started work first thing in the morning and it grew to where fans he didn't even know would show up at his shop and he would invite them to pull up a chair and eat with everyone asking them how they liked their coffee as he served them coffee and treated them like friends. The worst celebrity sports star I ever met and spoke to lived up to his on court reputation. John McEnroe was a total jerk off the court as well. Also met and talked to Jimmy Connors about 3 minutes later for about 20 seconds and he autographed a World Tennis magazine for me and was very pleasant. At the same tournaments intermission I went to the concession stand and standing in line in front of me was the comic CarrotTop. Spoke with him and he was very nice. Three out of four nice celebrities and one jerkhole a decent average.
Junior was one of those one of a kind characters. Would have loved to have sat down with him with a jar of moonshine and listen to whatever stories he had.
I’m really surprised that Tony was like that. He seems like he would want to sit and have a beer, talk racing. I’ve met Richard before and what can you say…the guy just oozes greatness.
Tony seems so soft spoken and gracious in interviews and vlogs (when he's not beefing with someone) but he does have moments on record where he acts a dickhead for no reason.
I fill bad for the young boy, but being a crew cheif on dirt track cars I know how Car Shows go. All it takes with 90% of the Drivers, fans come up to talk that have been drinking or smoking and start something and the boy just happen to pick a bad time. I met Tony at 34 Raceways one night. I was driving the tracks push truck and got to meet him and talk to him after I told the track Photo guy I was going to put his new Camera up his ass. 34 was owned by Larry Kemp at that time. I was a Tony fan when he rewrote all of USAC dirt track records. Tony even tryed to get me to move to Eldora and work for him. I wasn't a fan of Earls Eldora and turned down the job. Tony truly is a great guy. I helped one guy that if he had a bad night he would give me his firesuit jacket and I would sign Autos for the kids when they came over. Racing is the easy part of their job.
I’ve met a ton of drivers over the years. We all have good and bad days. But here was my experience. Tony 👍🏻 Larson👍🏻 Harvick 👍🏻 JR 😑 Martin 😑 Kenseth 😑 Elliot Sadler & Bubba 🤮🤮🤮
I have met Tony Stewart multiple times. Great guy every time. The man even took time to sit down and have lunch with me and then let me watch them film a JD Byrider commercial he was in town to shoot. I can see why you only have 101 subscribers. Disgusting.
all of the drivers I have met over the years were all great. probably the nicest celebrity I ever met was Taylor Swift back in 2007. by far the nicest driver was Kyle petty.
If you are a Tony Stewart fan (whatever you do) don’t search “Stewart Hits & Kills Kevin Ward Jr.” 🤔 it kinda weird for someone to say, “It’s good to be humble sometimes”. 🤔 So just sometimes?😂
I met Tony not long before his rookie year at the Indy 500, before he was nearly as famous. Totally cool and chill. But who knows, he may have changed with the fame down the road.
I saw Tony at the drag races in Houston in the staging lanes and asked him for a picture. He obliged and after the pic was taken I said to him congrats to his new team and thank you for coming to the sport and gave me a very genuine smile and he said thank you.
I’ve never met Tony, but I met Jimmie at the 2011 Rolex and I lost a lot of respect for him. He was very dismissive of people, and one little girl tried to take a selfie with him and he pushed her away. She lost her footing and fell, he just looked at her and walked off.
Tony is a down to earth guy. When his mind is on business or racing he will be on a high horse. That's why he is so successful. It is always best to hang out with him when he's on leisure mode.
I went to Dover years ago and was in a Law Enforcement tent each tent had a driver come for autographs. My favorite driver after Dale passed away was Jimmy Johnson but my tent had Kevin Harvick . When he arrived they said people can get in line for autographs I was the only person who didn't get up and he got all pissy about me not wanting his autograph. I kind of thought that was strange.
Not surprised by any that at all. I’ve been a NASCAR fan for 35 years and always thought Stewart was a douche on and off the track. People will say that drivers today like Hamlin, Busch, and Logano are hypocrites. They may be right but it’s nowhere near the level as that of Tony Stewart.
Tony is NOT a class act! Petty is a Humble legend! Met Leonard Wood yesterday at the Wood brothers museum! He is a great man as well as a living legend and still works at the shop in the museum 40 hours a week! Love the Pettys and the woods !
Tony Owns a 4 car NASCAR Team, Eldora Speedway, All Stars, NHRA Teams, Try doing that for a month. When R. Petty was racing and not winning all the time, he wasn't a nice guy all the time then either. I was a Dirt Track crew chief for about 35 yrs. People don't know how much work it takes to run a Championship winning race team. He does 20 times what I was doing in a year. He even tryed to hire me.
This guy thinks he a genius. Normal people would treat him the same way. He transmits real negative vibes. Why would you gravitate to this guy? Talking about Tony and judging the way he runs himself is a bit absurd. Enuf of this guy!
Dunno how your vid made my feed but Ive met everyone you mentioned and my experiences with them are 100% inline with yours. Tony Stewart was the biggest piece of shit I've ever met from the NASCAR world. When I see his interviews you can see the facade he puts on. Its a damn shame he didn't get charged with murder when he killed that guy on the track.
@@christianmeek2542 If Tony wouldn't have gunned the motor trying to intimate Kevin Ward and fishtailed into him, I wouldn't be leaving this comment right now. Tony Stewart is a murderer and everyone knows it....He should've just admitted it and apologized. Everyday he wakes up he has to deal with this and try to live with himself...
So you ignore the other drivers that described the situation and with those cars with the large staggered tires... to steer effectively to the right the driver must press the accelerator. These facts and situation was well covered. This was the fault of an arrogant kid that decided to make a spectacle versus talk in the pits about the accident. Delusional beliefs don't do anyone any good.
@@christianmeek2542 It was a millionaire driver that also happened to be one of the premier stock car racings bigger stars at the time. I promise you that if it was another local driver hits Kevin Ward, they would be in prison right now. There's still unedited vids of the incident online, I suggest you go watch it again.
@@christianmeek2542 Considering Tony paid the family off days before the start of the wrongful death trial shows where Tony's head was. He knew he murdered the guy
My guess, on any given day, just about every driver in any sport, any athlete or actor may be a nice person to anyone & could be a jerk to anyone else.
I’ve met a ton of drivers over the years. We all have good and bad days. But here was my experience. Tony 👍🏻 Larson👍🏻 Harvick 👍🏻 JR 😑 Martin 😑 Kenseth 😑 Elliot Sadler & Bubba 🤮🤮🤮
