"Retired" Driver Tony Stewart Will Run More than 70 Races This Year
That sure is one way to do retirement.
By Collin Woodard
Mike McCarnAP
After 18 seasons of racing, Tony Stewart chose to retire from NASCAR at the end of the 2016. But Stewart clearly has no intention of driving his RV to Boca for a lifetime of golf and Tommy Bahama shirts. No, he's going to keep racing.
Motorsport reports that Stewart is currently scheduled to run quite a few races in 2017. And he'll add more if he can. "I'm going to run a lot of different things at a lot of different places," Stewart told the Racin' Boys Network. "There are some tracks that I've never been to that I'm going to get a chance to go to on our schedule. We're up to 71 races, and I'm guessing we're going to get another 10 to 15 more races on the schedule before it's all said and done."
So while some racers retire because they're done with racing altogether, it's clear Tony Stewart isn't one of them. Retirement to him means having the opportunity to try his hand at a few different types of racing.
I guess when you've got racing in your blood, you just can't quit. Even after you retire.
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