In addition, Tony was born in Indiana and cut his teeth in open wheeled dirt track racing working his way up to the Indy Car series, coming close to winning a championship there before transitioning over to NASCAR.

i dont claim him as a redneck!


edit: but he is a good person. he owns a dirt track called Eldora i believe and every year has massive charity races there where popular drivers all race in the same heats. He is a good person, but does have a temper.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldora_Speedway

has raised millions for charity