What Obama Just Did To Tony Stewart Has The Country Shocked Recently, President Obama publicly congratulated Tony Stewart on winning his third Spring Cup Championship. He welcomed the NASCAR champion and his fellow drives into the White House. And then he revealed his prediction that Stewart would not be the winner this year. In fact, he said that if he did end up winning the championshipthis is a quoteIll declare Im a totally bumbling idiot. Heres your chance, Tony. Obama also took the opportunity to thank NASCAR for supporting our troops, and for their partnership with Joining Forces. You look out for Gold Star families, the President announced. You make regular visits to Walter Reed to raise spirits there. And for you guys to give that much back to folks who have given so much to us as a country and help protect us and keep us safe is remarkable. So I want to thank all of you for what you do on behalf of our troops. 