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Column: Stewart's hobby called into question
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FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2013, file photo, three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart races at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Stewart broke his leg in the race. Stewart's hobby, racing on tiny little tracks in nondescript towns outside of a busy NASCAR schedule, is again being called into question. (AP Photo/The Des Moines Register, Mary Willie, File) NO SALES
When Jason Leffler was killed in a sprint car crash last summer, Tony Stewart passionately defended the grassroots racing of America. When he triggered a 15-car accident a month later at an upstate New York race track that left a young girl with a fractured back, he took the blame and moved on to the next event. And when Stewart flipped his sprint car five times at a race in Canada, he bristled at the suggestion he was taking unnecessary risks in his lucrative career.