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The nickname "Smoke"

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How did Tony Stewart originally get the nickname "Smoke"?

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  1. he said it at eldora when he did the midget race one year he drove his car up so high on the track the tires would smoke up on the higher part of the track where less dirt is and a little more concrete. and they started to call him smoke


  2. He smokes the competition

    He wants the others to get lost in his smoke

    He wants other drivers to eat his smoke

    Etc...

  3. It was after a burnout he did a long time ago and the crew cheif greg just called him smoke. everyone found out and know thats what they call him.

  4. Scott is right.  He used to smoke his right rear tire when he drove usac and midget cars.

  5. His name is derived from his barbecue sauce.  See ----

    http://www.hotsauceblog.com/hotsaucearch...

  6. "Tony Stewart told NASCAR.com of his nickname: "I wasn't very good about not slipping the right-rear tire, initially. So it started as 'Smoker,' then it got shortened to 'Smoke.' Then when I got in the Indy Racing League it was 'Smoke' because one of the guys on the crew who was my roommate, and knew the nickname, carried it over to the IndyCar team. But then when I started blowing engines, 'Smoke' really stuck. I've had it ever since."

    During his NASCAR career, Tony Stewart once was told by Joe Gibbs he could no longer compete outside of his racecar. So one time Stewart entered a USAC National Midget race under the pseudonym "Smokey Jones" with the crowd at the track none the wiser. After winning the feature, "Smokey Jones" got out of his car and revealed himself to the crowd as Tony Stewart. He also entered himself in a race once racing the infamous "Munchkin" midget chassis as "Mikey Fedorchek Jr." after buying the Munchkin one night during a card game from Mikey Fedorchek."

  7. I don't know, but the first time I remember it is @ the Chili Bowl

    Scott, It was Smoke Johnson

  8. I think it was from 06 when his engine blew up all the time

  9. because he gets so pi$$ed off at race reporters that smoke comes out of his ears!!!!

  10. I wish I knew
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