Return Leah Prueta leaves the role of NHRA Tony Stewart at issue

Las Vegas, NV – 13. April: The Superb Fuel Driver Toni Stewart is celebrated with his wife Leah, after she received her first national event in NHRA Mission Rewards in NHRA, April 2025. years in Las Vegas, NV. (Photo by Will Lester / Icon SportsVire via Getty Images)

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It is obvious that Mom is a turn. Tony Stewart Racing announced on Tuesday that Leah Pruett would return to NHRA top dragster with a team that begins next season.

Pruett and Stewart met immediately before consulting in the closed saint in early 2020. years and tied the knot in Mexico next year. Stewart, triple Nascar champion and hall of the fashion, then decided to try out the hand to go to a very straight line. He tested superbly alcohol Dragster 2022. Year, he stated the competitive debt in Gainesville in March 2023. years and picked up his first NHRA National Event in October at Las Vegas. Meanwhile, in the meantime, she raised two superior fuel victories of the same year for TSR.

Then came the end of 2024. years and it all moved the gears.

During 2023. years, Stewarts discovered that they wanted to start the family. Lea was out of the cab, and Tony moved to the big leagues. He finished ninth in his first regular fuel season, he picked up the newspaper of the year and more importantly, earned new subtitles in November: Dad, when he and Lea welcomed his son, Dominica.

This season, Tony looked like he dragged his whole life. Two national events wins, regular fuel championships for regulation, and water points in the main part of the countdown. Meanwhile, in the meantime, it is adjusted to motherhood while remained deeply involved in the team. But the adjustment period is officially over – it is ready to climb the cabin.

“I would like to thank Tony, teams and our partners first, we need time at my hyatus to start my family, I learn motherhood and greet me back,” Leah said. “I tested in Richmond at the beginning of this year, which was expected, confirmed my impatience and passion for racing fuel fuel.”

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With Mom, she’s alienated again in 2026 years, the next question is obvious: What about Dad? Announcement on Tuesday did not mention Tony’s plans.

One thing is safe – not quite thrilled with the possibility of racing against their wife. Earlier this year, Stewart admitted that those conversations happened, and he half-sent that he was not sure it was a good idea.

“I still think it’s a terrible idea” He told me with a snap. “It’s a thing for me. If I win, I hit the couch. If I want to call all my friends, I got my wife hit. I still try to figure out where it’s positive.”

For now, Stewart is chasing four events title. He is not just the champion in the regular season, it is on that table with multiple final performances to go with those two victories. If it takes it all on the way, it could start from the NHRA phase with the microphone championship before switching to duty in full time 2026. Years.

Or maybe not. Because in the conspiracy in the Provision of Hollywood scenarios, John Force Racing from the Dynasty for Power Setting the Drak, has its announcement scheduled for Friday, with zero hints on what is coming. Which leaves a delicious possibility that we are in 2026. could see mom and dad to really run.

And that would be a kind of NHRA family drama that you couldn’t catch up if you tried.