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NASCAR's Heroes are Hungry for Glory at The Prelude to the Dream

Posted by: 0 in Tony Stewart, Prelude to the Dream, Pam Boas, Eldora Speedway, Caitlin Shaw on Sep 9, 2009

NASCAR's Heroes are Hungry for Glory at the Prelude to the Dream

Pam Boas talks about the event her son, Tony Stewart, created and what raising a NASCAR icon has been like.

Welcome back to GirlRacer.co.uk with my weekly Pit Stop. I'm your driver - Caitlin Shaw! As GirlRacers, we are all chasing our dreams one checkered flag at a time. We often look up to esteemed drivers who have "made it" and picture ourselves in their positions - living the dream. However, before Tony Stewart became Smoke, Kyle Busch became Rowdy or Joey Logano became Sliced Bread they were all simply, "little boys with big toys" as Pam Boas, Tony Stewart's mother, would say. This is why she looks forward to visiting Eldora Speedway for The Prelude to the Dream each year. She gets to see the kid in each of these drivers come out to battle for the glory and bragging rights against 25 of their closest competitors. The atmosphere of watching each driver fight to dominate in the dirt is what makes the event entertaining for Boas.