Filed under: Tony Stewart, FanHouse Exclusive, Stewart-Haas Racing, NASCAR
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Oct. 27-28, two-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart gave FanHouse Senior Writer Holly Cain a rare 48-hour All-Access Pass. She spent two days behind the scenes, following Stewart through a typical mid-week routine that started at a sponsor photo shoot in Mooresville, N.C., and finished the following night 900 miles away at Talladega, Ala., after other stops to paint the new Daytona International Speedway start-finish line and sign autographs at an appearance in Orlando, Fla.In this two-part story, you'll get an in-depth look of the professional and private side of Stewart beyond the racetrack. The first installment gives you a snapshot of the frantic schedule Stewart keeps. Strap in.
Considering Tony Stewart is a two-time NASCAR champion, household name and sports hero who stars in television commercials, has celebrity phone numbers on speed dial and is greeted most places he goes with cheers, high-fives, women fawning and kids wanting autographs. .. you might expect to find him with an entourage of personal assistants, chauffeurs and chefs and plenty of fun-filled down time before each upcoming race weekend.
Instead, Stewart, dressed in jeans, a T-shirt and a new pair of Chuck Taylor Converse sneakers, drove himself to work -- as he does every day -- to a photo shoot in a nondescript building located in the back of an industrial complex in Mooresville, N.C.
There was no fawning, no celebration when he ambled in the door -- still needing a shave. As for fun, well that depends on your definition of it. Down time? Never saw it.
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