Tony Stewart began a very long rehab assignment this week. Stewart who broke his tibia and fibula Aug. 5 in a sprint car race at Iowa, had surgery following the wreck and a second surgery Aug. 8 to insert a metal rod into his tibia. Stewart will work with a therapist three times a week Monday, Wednesday and Thursday until he says I m done. He said he won t push things too fast, thus jeopardizing the task at hand: a full recovery at the end of an expected four months of rehab. Though Stewart says he feels better, he still has both good and bad days. There are days you can t sleep because you just can t get comfortable, Stewart said. Then there are days when you feel like it s a hall of fame day all of a sudden. It s just weird because you can t predict when those days are going to happen. Though there had been speculation Stewart could be back in a race car for testing in December, that s out of the question for now. No, Stewart said emphatically. Not until probably the end of January to get back in a race car maybe February, for sure. The last two weeks at New Hampshire and Dover, each one-mile tracks, Stewart scrapped his power scooter in favor of crutches in order to make getting around a little easier.( FoxSports )
