After that horror crash at A1, Maclolm Stewart raced through the pain of dislocated shoulder but it has only been lately Stewart has begun to show the speed many people were expecting coming into A1 after a strong off-season.
And Malcolm explained that he finally made a reset with himself during the break and just tried to have fun and be himself after such a tough start to the season.
Stewart said: “I was in such a gnarly spiral and I just kind of really just wasn’t racing the way I should have been. Obviously due that injury and you know how it gets, everybody’s going the right way (improving). And I feel like I was almost like stagnant where I couldn’t figure out how to get better. And I think after that break, I really just kind of focused on just like, hey, instead of just worried about like who’s always in front of you and getting better and better, just be Malcolm, right? And I felt like once I did that things would come back around. In Birmingham we had a good finish and then tonight was awesome for me to get third. So I feel like just stop worrying about everybody else and just be who you are.
“You’re getting this crazy spiral like as a racer and you want it so bad and you just can’t figure out how to get back to that. And I just, not to say that like I didn’t care, but almost like you worried about too much, right? And instead of just clearing the mind and just, you know, it just kind of got better for myself. So again, I’m just very thankful to get a podium tonight.It’s like a win to me.Â
“I feel like when I’m a happy person, I get better results. Just go out and just do what you want to do, do the happy thing, if it’s fishing, just be Malcolm. And I felt like for a while, like I was just an angry man, right? And now, after that week break, I just put a smile on and just believe, that that’s who you are.”
