Former F1 driver, not like other NASCAR drivers

Scott Speed never made it in F1, but then he was driving for Toro Rosso, so we’ll cut him some slack. The eccentric - by NASCAR standards, at least - Californian is currently working his way up through the NASCAR ranks with aim of driving in the series’ premier Sprint Cup. He won the most recent Craftsman Truck Series race, held last weekend at Dover International Speedway, in only his sixth start - which all bodes well for his future in the sport. But there was something you may not know about Speed’s victory:

He had the tips of his toenails painted blue. Yep, you heard right. Toenails. Painted. Blue.

“That’s going to become a tradition,” Speed, 25, said of his pedicure after winning in a Red Bull Toyota.

His crew chief, Doug Wolcott, revealed after the race that Speed “Told me when he got on the plane that he had his toes painted and that they feel better than they ever did… He thought he would have better throttle control. That’s what let us pull away at the end.”

Crazy guy.

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One to keep an eye on, definitely. (Btw, he’s the one on the left in the clip; his mate Colin Fleming, also a race driver, is on the right)