Tony Stewart announces the birth of his son with Leah Pruett

Hall of Famer Tony Stewart has become a father for the first time and has shared the unique feeling he has seeing his son.

Tony Stewart announces the birth of his son with Leah Pruett

Tony Stewart and Leah Pruett (Via IMAGO)

The 2024 racing season has been really special for former Cup series champion Tony Stewart. He made some of the biggest moves of his career, including the ending of his Cup series team Stewart Haas Racing. The 2024 season also saw him making full-time debut at NHRA Top tier, replacing his wife Leah Pruett, who was expecting their son.

Now the happy news is here as Tony Stewart has announced the birth of their baby boy, whom they have named Dominic James Stewart. The birth happened when he was at the Pomona race strip for the NHRA weekend. The team celebrated the birth of their boss’s baby with a special poster that was hander outside their garage.

He talked with Fox Sports Bob Pockrass about his feelings about finally becoming a father and heaving a family. Stewart pointed out that he is proud to have his son and revealed that when he saw the face on his son for the first time, he had emotions he never had in his 53-year life. It seems the ex-SHR boss really enjoyed that feeling.

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I’m just proud to have him. And, uh, and when I saw his face today, it just, uh, an emotion that I’ve never had before.

Tony Stewart said via Bob Pockrass.

Tony Stewart explains the one thing that made naming his son hard  

The one big task Tony Stewart was given this season was finding a suitable name for his son and he found it harder than he thought it would be. His connections and being 53 years meant, there was a lot of good names he had to remove from the list.

Tony Stewart and Leah Pruett
Tony Stewart and Leah Pruett (Via IMAGO)

I just, I hit, I looked at names that struck a nerve with me. And the problem is when you’re 53 years old and you know, so many people as we do, it took out a lot of good names because of people that I knew or friends that had kids with those names. And so it made the process really hard.

Tony Stewart said.

The Stewart family is over the moon with the new addition to their family and seems to have a lot of plans in front of them for the future. It will be interesting to see what is ahead for the veteran racer and the newborn Dominic.