NASCAR is having a rough month. Leaked texts from the big antitrust lawsuit have shown top execs talking about veteran owner Richard Childress like he’s the enemy, calling him a “stupid redneck” who should be “taken out back and flogged.” In other messages, they trashed the Superstar Racing Experience (SRX) that Tony Stewart helped start, labeling it “trash” and talking about putting a knife in it.

Fans are furious, teams are furious, and suddenly everyone is digging through old interviews looking for proof that this attitude isn’t new. That’s exactly how a year-old Tony Stewart clip is blowing up all over again. In the video, he’s calm, matter-of-fact, but the message is brutal. NASCAR stopped listening to the people who actually race the cars a long time ago.

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