A three-time NASCAR champion and one of the sport's biggest rising stars made a stop at Florida's MacDill Air Force Base on Tuesday.
As part of the "Road to the Daytona 500" media tour, Tony Stewart and Kyle Larson -- as well as Daytona International Speedway president Joie Chitwood III -- met with troops and took a ride on an aerial refueling simulator.
It's not every day you get to board a KC-135. #ROADTODAYTONA500 pic.twitter.com/KL0xYRsIin
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) January 20, 2015
.@TonyStewart & @KyleLarsonRacin start their #ROADTODAYTONA500 w/ the the service men & women of MacDill AFB! pic.twitter.com/wzB0ZhJg4H
— Daytona IntlSpeedway (@DISupdates) January 20, 2015
.@TonyStewart & @DISupdates track prez Joie Chitwood @MacDill promoting #RoadToDaytona500 pic.twitter.com/if8DAibceK
— Stewart-Haas Racing (@StewartHaasRcng) January 20, 2015
ICYMI: @TonyStewart & @KyleLarsonRacin began their #ROADTODAYTONA500 AT MacDill AFB on a tour w/ @the_USO! pic.twitter.com/V5cGzpJDRf
— Daytona IntlSpeedway (@DISupdates) January 21, 2015
"This is something we wish we got to do more often," said Stewart to The Tampa Tribune. "Without these men and women, we wouldn't get the chance to do what we do every weekend."
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