Blog: Stewart waiting for the keys to the car

Imagine buying your first car and your Dad won’t let you drive it. There is some insurance and legal stuff he says needs to be wrapped up first. In the mean time he says “You can drive my Hot Rod until we can get you cleared to drive your fixer upper.” That’s the position Tony finds himself in right now, I guess it could be worse. A writer suggested that should Smoke fail to make the chase Gibbs should release him so he could get a jump start on next year in his new cars. I don’t see either of them happening. Tony will make the chase so the latter won’t and he will finish the year in the Home Depot #20. The idea of Tony getting in a Hass car this year made me wonder since it seems no one asked him yet. Has he even taken one for a hot lap around the parking lot? Would JGR let him drive the Hass cars in an un-sanctioned test?... [read full story]