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Tony Stewart hops in A.J.'s 1961 Indy-winning car

The long-rumored pairing finally came together and one of the best-kept secrets of 2017 came to light: Tony Stewart is driving for A.J. Foyt at Indianapolis. Actually, he did it Wednesday in front of a handful of friends and family, as well as RACER.com and ABC affiliate WRTV-6. But it was short and sweet. Stewart hopped in the roadster his hero drove to victory in 1961 at Indianapolis and took a couple of memorable laps. "That was awesome; it would have been fun to race it," Stewart said after taking a couple of laps in the Bowes Seal Fast Offy that was taken out of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum and prepped by IMS restoration magician A.J. Fairbairn. "It sounded...
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