Leah Pruett

This article is about the drag racer. For the soccer player, see Leah Pruitt.

Leah Christine Pruett^{[N 1]} (formerly Leah Pritchett, formerly Leah LeDuc born May 26, 1988) is an American semi-retired drag racer, who last drove an NHRA Top Fuel dragster for Tony Stewart Racing.^[1][4]

Leah Pruett
Pruett in 2018
Born	Leah Christine Pruett (1988-05-26) May 26, 1988 (age 37) Redlands, California
Nationality	American
Spouses	Todd Leduc ​ (divorced)​ Gary Pritchett ​ ​ (m. 2013; div. 2019)​ Tony Stewart ​ (m. 2021)​
Children	Dominic (1)
NHRA Mission Foods Series career
Current team	Tony Stewart Racing
Years active	2013–present
Car number	None (not racing this year)
Crew chief	Neal Strausbaugh and Micheal Domagala[1]
Former teams	Don Schumacher Racing Bob Vandergriff Racing Dote Racing
Championships	1 (Factory Stock Showdown)
Wins	18 (12 Top Fuel, 3 Pro Mod, 3 Factory Stock Showdown)
Fastest laps	Best ET 3.631 seconds[2] 11/10/2018 at Pomona, CA Best Speed 334.15 mph (537.76 km/h)[3] 2/24/2018 at Chandler, AZ
Statistics up to date as of May 27, 2024.

Racing career

Pruett debuted in Top Fuel in 2013 with Dote Racing after previously competing in Pro Mod and Nostalgia Funny Car.^[5] Her first career national event win on the professional level came February 28, 2016 at the Carquest Auto Parts NHRA Nationals in Chandler, Arizona, defeating Brittany Force in the first all-female final round in Top Fuel since 1982.^[6] She finished seventh in points in 2016 with one win, fifth in 2017 with four wins, and fourth in 2018 (two wins), 2019 (one win) and 2020 (no wins). In 2021, she claimed one win.

Awards

On October 14, 2021, Pruett was announced as the Top Fuel driver for Tony Stewart Racing in 2022.^[7]

Retirement

She will step aside from racing in 2024, replaced by her husband, Tony Stewart, while they plan to start a family.

Personal life

Pruett was first married to Todd LeDuc, off-road racer and Monster Jam truck driver. She met Gary Pritchett, a crew member for NHRA Top Fuel drag racer Steve Torrence, in 2011; they married in 2013.^[8][6][5] Pruett filed for divorce from Pritchett on July 31, 2019, in Hendricks County, Indiana.^[9] She was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct in Hendricks County, Indiana, on October 21, 2012; the terms of a pre-trial conversion agreement were met on February 7, 2014.^[10] She and former NASCAR driver Tony Stewart announced their engagement through simultaneous Instagram posts on each of their accounts on March 18, 2021.^[11] They married on November 21, 2021 in Los Cabos, Mexico.^[12]

Pruett and Stewart welcomed a son named "Dominic James Stewart" in 16th November 2024.^[13]

She is not related to former stock car racing, open-wheel racing and sports car racing driver Scott Pruett.

Career results

Highlights

• Claimed the NHRA SAMTech Factory Stock Showdown championship in 2019, DSR's first series championship in their first year in the class. Pruett is also the only female champion in the short history of the class.
• Pruett also won the 2010 Nostalgia Funny Car title in the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series
• Has earned 14 total event wins (11 in Top Fuel, 3 in Pro Modified)
• Has a career best E.T. of 3.631 seconds, and a best speed of 334.15 miles per hour^[14]

Season results

Top Fuel

• 2013: 15th (no wins)
• 2014: 14th (no wins)
• 2015: 14th (no wins)
• 2016: 7th (1 win at Chandler).
• 2017: 5th (4 wins at the Winternationals, Chandler, Houston and Brainerd).
• 2018: 4th (2 wins at Atlanta and Denver).
• 2019: 4th (1 win at Brainerd).
• 2020: 4th (no wins)
• 2021: 7th (1 win at the Winternationals)
• 2022: 11th (1 win at Denver).
• 2023: 3rd (2 wins at Norwalk and Texas).