Tony Stewart

Anthony Wayne Stewart (born May 20, 1971 in Columbus, Indiana) is an American race car driver. He drives the #14 Chevrolet SS in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series. For most of his career in NASCAR, Stewart was driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, but now owns his own team called Stewart Haas Racing. Hurt in August, he could not take a NASCAR start til the end of 2013.

Career

Tony Stewart started racing in Go-Karts. Then, in 1991, he moved into the United States Auto Club (USAC) series where he won the Rookie of the Year award. This award is given to the best first year driver in the series.

Stewart started racing in the Winston Cup series (now called the Sprint Cup series) in 1999. He drove for Joe Gibbs Racing. He finished in second place in his first race. Stewart went on to win the Sprint Cup Championship in 2002. In 2009, Stewart began racing for his own team, named Stewart Haas Racing.^[1] Stewart won the 2011 Sprint Cup Championship, beating Carl Edwards. Stewart and Edwards finished the season tied in points, but Tony had won more races during the year then Edwards, so Stewart was given the championship.^[2] In 2015, Stewart said that 2016 would be his final year racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.^[3]

Tony Stewart Media

Stewart's 1999 Indianapolis 500 car
Stewart celebrates his 2000 NAPA Autocare 500 win
Stewart on two wheels before going on to win the 2005 Dodge/Save Mart 350, at Infineon Raceway
Stewart's 2005 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard winning car on display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway museum
Stewart races by at Texas Motor Speedway in 2007.
Shot by "The Daredevil" at Daytona during Speedweeks 2008Tony Stewart Home Depot Toyota Camry
Stewart pits his No.14 Impala in the 2009 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Stewart after winning the 2010 Pepsi Max 400
Stewart during the 2011 Toyota/Save Mart 350
Stewart during the 2012 Kobalt Tools 400