Tony Stewart won the 2004 NASCAR race at Watkins Glen. That was the good news. Unfortunately, he quickly had to head to his motorhome instead of victory lane after pooping himself during the race.
The story about this happening has been floating around for years. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is one person who has brought it up on more than one occasion.
So the story goes, Tony Stewart was experiencing “stomach cramps” early in the race and wanted to exit the vehicle, according to the broadcast. In an attempt to “calm his stomach,” the crew handed him something at a pit stop on lap 30 while they were looking for another driver who could get into the car so Tony could relieve himself.
The team found one, but with 48 laps remaining, Stewart took the lead. So, with 33 laps remaining, Tony Stewart made it to pit road, but instead of switching drivers, he said he felt better and could finish the race, which he ended up winning.
Based on the reports and the fact that Stewart avoided the customary post-race interview after entering victory lane, then was hurried straight to his motorhome to shower, people began to figure things out. It didn’t help that the broadcast said his crew was bringing him a new firesuit to wear before he addressed the media.
Tony Stewart finally comes clean about getting so dirty
This week, during an appearance on the Door Bumper Clear podcast, Tony Stewart was asked about what happened to the firesuit he was wearing during that race in Watkins Glen.
“It got pressure washed, on a fence,” Stewart replied.
“Krista, bless her heart, peeled that thing off me in the shower, put it in a trash bag, tied a knot in it, put it in another trash bag, tied a knot in that,” he continued. “It went home. Gooch took that thing cuz Gooch can’t smell anyway. Gooch put that thing on there and pressure washed it, cleaned it.
Tony Stewart then explained that he was dehydrated before the race so he ate an “entire fruit platter, not even thinking.” Bad idea.
After “it” happened, Stewart said he told his crew that he “was good.”
“I never passed a car until that happened,” he said, according to Whiskey Riff. “I was so uncomfortable in the car. … After that I was like, ‘Well I got nothing else to focus on now.'”
As bad as it was, Tony felt that those he beat in the race probably should have felt worse.
“It was one of the most uncomfortable and humiliating moments of my racing career, but then I sat there when I got to victory lane and I’m like, ‘There’s all these guys that got beat by a guy that just s— himself,'” he recalled. “You think I feel bad? How do you think those guys feel, knowing that that happened?”
Apparently, Tony Stewart lacked the special skill Dale Earnhardt Jr. claims to possess.