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| Tony Stewart | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Anthony Wayne Stewart May 20, 1971 Columbus, Indiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | Template:Height | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements | 2002 RCA Cup Series Champion 2005 RCA Cup Series Champion 2009 RCA Cup Series Champion 2014 RCA Cup Series Champion 2008, 2014 Daytona 500 Winner 1996, 2019 Indianapolis 500 winner 1997 USAC Gold Crown Series Champion 1995 USAC Triple Crown Champion 1994 USAC National Midget Series Champion 2006, 2015 IROC champion 2005, 2007, 2015 Brickyard 400 Winner 2009 RCA All-Star Challenge winner 2001, 2002, 2007, 2017 Busch Clash Winner 2006, 2008, 2009 Prelude to the Dream Winner 2005, 2007, 2012 Gatorade Duel Winner 2000 Turkey Night Grand Prix Winner 2002, 2007 Chili Bowl Winner 2016 USAC Hall of Fame | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Awards | 1999 RCA Cup Series Rookie of the Year 1996 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 1996 USAC Gold Crown Series Rookie of the Year 2001 National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame inductee 2018 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame inductee 2019 Motorsports Hall of Fame of America inductee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NASCAR Coca-Cola Cup Series career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 837 races run over 23 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 position | 4th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best finish | 1st (2002, 2005, 2009, 2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First race | 1998 Los Angeles Times 500 (Ontario) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last race | 2019 Coca-Cola 600 (Charlotte) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First win | 1999 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 (Richmond) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last win | 2018 TBA (TBA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NASCAR Busch Series career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 94 races run over 15 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 position | 96th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best finish | 21st (1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First race | 1996 Goody's Headache Powder 300 (Daytona) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last race | 2020 Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard (Indy) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First win | 2005 Hershey's Take 5 300 (Daytona) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last win | 2013 DRIVE4COPD 300 (Daytona) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6 races run over 5 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best finish | 61st (2005) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First race | 1996 Cummins 200 (IRP) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last race | 2005 MBNA RacePoints 200 (Dover) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First win | 2002 Virginia Is For Lovers 200 (Richmond) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last win | 2003 Virginia Is For Lovers 200 (Richmond) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Best finish | 11th (2002) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First race | 2002 Canada Day Shootout (Cayuga) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anthony Wayne Stewart (born May 20, 1971), nicknamed Smoke, is an American professional stock car racing driver and NASCAR and USAC team owner. He is a five-time NASCAR RCA Cup Series champion as a driver, winning titles in 2002, 2005, 2009, and 2014, as well as a two-time Daytona 500 champion, winning the event in 2008 and 2014. As a team owner, he has won NASCAR Cup titles in 2005, 2009, 2014, and 2016 with himself and in 2020 with Ross Chastain as drivers. Throughout his racing career, Stewart has won racing titles in Indy, midget, sprint, and USAC Bronze Crown cars. He is the only driver in history to win a championship in both USAC and NASCAR.
He competed full-time in the NASCAR RCA Cup Series from 1999 to 2018, driving the No. 14 Pontiac Grand Prix for his own team, Stewart-Foyt Racing, under crew chief Greg Zipadelli.
Racing career[]
Beginnings[]
Tony Stewart got his first competitive go kart in Westport, Indiana in 1979. In 1980, he won his first championship. He grew up racing go karts and was successful very early, winning a World Karting Association championship in 1987. He moved up to the United Midget Racing Association (UMRA) where he raced TQ (three quarter) midgets until 1991, when he again moved up this time to the United States Auto Club (USAC) series with help from one of his karting sponsors and friend Mark Dismore. Stewart was the USAC Rookie of the Year in 1991, USAC National Midget Series Champion in 1994 and 1995, and USAC Bronze Crown Series champion in 1995.
USAC Gold Crown Series and NASCAR Busch Series[]
Stewart's 1999 Indianapolis 500 car
In 1995, Stewart earned championships in USAC's National Midget, Sprint, and Bronze Crown series. His winning the Hut Hundred and 4-Crown Nationals were the highlights of the year.
When he was not racing Indy cars, he raced stock cars. In 1996, Stewart made his NASCAR Busch Series debut, driving for car owner Harry Rainer. In nine races, he had a best finish of 16th place. He had more success in a one-time ride in the Craftsman Truck Series with Mueller Brothers racing, where he finished 10th.
Stewart was poised to improve his USAC Gold Crown Series standing in 1997 but at times he struggled to finish. He failed to finish the first three races of a ten race schedule, but recovered to come in second at Phoenix. At that year's Indy 500, Stewart's car was good enough to enable him to win his first IRL race, leading 64 laps. However, he trailed off near the end of the race and settled for 5th place. He finally got his first career win at Pikes Peak, where he led all but seven laps of a 200 lap race. He became the leading contender for the series' championship after a bad slump knocked points leader Davey Hamilton out of first place. Despite an average end to his season, finishing 7th, 14th, and 11th, and five DNFs, Stewart did just enough to beat Hamilton for the IRL title. He also raced in a few midget events, finishing thirteenth and eleventh in the 1997 and 1998 USAC national points, and winning the Copper Classic both years. Between his time in USAC and the IRL, Stewart earned the nickname of "Smoke", first for slipping the right rear tire during dirt races and then for blowing his engine often during his 1997 championship run.
As he had done the previous year, he raced a handful of Busch Series races in 1998. This time, he was racing for Phil Stacker, former CEO of Johnson Industries who was having success in the USAC Gold Crown Series. When Stewart was able to finish races, he finished in the top 10, and had a 3rd-place finish at Charlotte. Stewart so impressed Stacker that he was signed to drive the majority of the Busch schedule in 1998.
On the Busch side, he finished in the top-five five times in 22 starts. He came close to winning his first Busch Series race at Rockingham, but was beaten on a last lap pass by Matt Kenseth. Stewart finished a solid 2nd place in 2 (of 31) starts, ahead of six drivers with more starts, and had an average finish that was comparable to some of the series' top 10 finishers. Stacker had enough confidence in Stewart that he was moved up to a Cup ride co-owned with USAC legend A. J. Foyt for the 1999 season.
After transitioning to the Cup level, Stewart continued racing in the Busch Series on a part-time basis. On August 16, 2005, Stewart was fined $5,000 and placed on probation until December 31 for hitting Brian Vickers after the completion of the Busch Series Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen. He was driving a Busch car owned by Kevin Harvick Incorporated at the time.
In 2013, Stewart renewed his RCR deal to drive the No. 33 Oreos/Ritz Chevrolet. He won the opening Nationwide Series event at Daytona, overtaking Regan Smith on the last lap, but his win was overshadowed by worry because Smith had been turned and in the resulting crash, Kyle Larson had flown into the catchfence, completely slicing off the front part of his car and injuring 28 spectators in the grandstands (2 critically). The next day in the Daytona 500, Stewart's day ended on lap 35, when he was caught up an early crash with Kevin Harvick and Kasey Kahne; this would allow him finish 41st. He rebounded slightly with an 8th-place finish at Phoenix and an 11th-place finish in Las Vegas. At Bristol, Stewart blew his tire on lap 3 and cut a brake line; he came back out over 20 laps down, unable to contend for victory.
In 2020, Stewart planned to make his return to the now-Xfinity Series for the Pennzoil 150 on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's road course, but plans were called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
NASCAR RCA Cup Series[]
After competing part-time during the 1996 NASCAR Busch Series season with the team, Stewart had planned to move up to the RCA Cup Series in 1997 driving for Ranier-Walsh Racing; however the deal fell through when Stewart decided he was not ready for the move.
1998 season[]
Stewart made his first NASCAR RCA Cup Series start at the season-ending Los Angeles Times 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway, driving the No. 14 Home Depot Pontiac Grand Prix. Stewart immediately made a splash in the NASCAR world by qualifying on the pole for the race, and finishing 8th, a preview of things to come.
1999 season[]
Stewart started his RCA Cup career in 1999 with a bang, as he qualified his No. 14 The Home Depot-sponsored Pontiac on the outside pole for the Daytona 500. He showed courage in one of the Gatorade Twin 125s, when he was involved in a battle with Dale Earnhardt for the lead in the last laps. Though Earnhardt came out on top, Stewart had nonetheless impressed quite a few people with his performance. In the 500, Stewart ran near the front until problems with the car relegated him to a 28th-place finish.
Stewart spent most of his rookie season wowing people, as his car was often in the Top 5. He won a pair of pole positions at short tracks, and set a series record for wins by a rookie with three—Richmond, Phoenix, and Homestead—surpassing Davey Allison's record set in 1987 (Stewart's record would hold until 2002, when Jimmie Johnson tied the feat by winning three times; although Carl Edwards won four times in 2005, his first full Cup season, he was not regarded as a rookie by NASCAR standards because he had run more than ten RCA Cup races in 2004). He finished his first Cup season with 3 wins, 12 top fives, 21 top tens, 2 poles, only 1 DNF, 1,226 laps led, a 10.26 average finish, and a 4th-place finish in the point standings, making it the highest points finish by a rookie in the modern era (which held until 2006 when his future teammate Denny Hamlin finished 3rd) and only bested by James Hylton, who finished 2nd as a first-timer in 1966. Not surprisingly, he ran away with the RCA Cup Rookie of the Year award.
Stewart also attempted to race 1,100 miles (1,800 km) on Memorial Day weekend, as he competed in both the Indy 500 during the day and the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte, N.C., at night. He finished in the Top 10 at both races: 9th in the 1999 Indianapolis 500 and 4th at Charlotte. However, he only completed 1,090 miles (1,750 km) of the scheduled 1,100, as he finished 4 laps down at Indianapolis.
2000 season[]
Stewart celebrates his 2000 NAPA Autocare 500 win
Stewart showed no signs of a sophomore slump in the 2000 NASCAR RCA Cup Series, winning a series-high six races (Martinsville, New Hampshire, Michigan, Homestead, and both Dover races). However, he fell to 6th place in the standings because of a handful of DNFs and an increase in the number of competitive drivers, among them his teammate Labonte, who won the Cup championship. Stewart also began to get some bad press for his on-track incidents. The best known of these came at Watkins Glen, when he and Jeff Gordon tangled and crashed. Stewart made his displeasure toward Gordon known in an obscenity-laden tirade. Stewart won the Turkey Night Grand Prix midget car event at Irwindale, California, which he called, “one of his greatest wins ever."
2001 season[]
Stewart got off to a scary start for the 2001 season: during the Daytona 500, he was involved in an 18-car crash on lap 173. The crash began on the back straightaway and also collected Bobby Labonte and his brother Terry, Rusty Wallace, Steve Park, Jason Leffler, Jerry Nadeau, Buckshot Jones, Andy Houston, Ward Burton, Mark Martin, Kenny Wallace, Jeff Gordon, Elliot Sadler, Dale Jarrett, Jeff Burton, John Andretti, and Robby Gordon. Stewart took the worst of it, as his car turned backwards after being hit by Ward Burton, pushed over Robby Gordon, then flipped twice in midair, hooked Bobby Labonte's hood, and came to a stop in the infield. Stewart was transported to Halifax Medical Center after complaints of discomfort in his shoulder. Stewart's crash was greatly overshadowed by Dale Earnhardt's fatal crash on the last lap. Stewart recovered to win three more races at Richmond, Infineon, and Bristol and, as he had done before, he ran near the front most of the season. Statistically, he had a worse season than 2000, but he finished 2nd to Gordon in the final points standings.
For the second time, Stewart ran the "Memorial Day Double", in spite of a 17-minute rain delay at Indianapolis. He finished sixth in the Indianapolis 500 and third in the Coca-Cola 600, running all 1,100 miles (1,800 km) of the two races.
The 2001 season was not without controversy. Jeff Gordon pulled a "bump and run" on Stewart to gain a better finishing position at Bristol and Stewart retaliated in a post-race incident by spinning Gordon out on pit road. Stewart was fined and placed on NASCAR probation. He got into much bigger trouble in the Pepsi 400 at Daytona, where he confronted a RCA Cup official after ignoring a black flag, which he had received for an illegal pass on Dave Blaney. In the same race, he had an incident with a Winston-Salem Journal reporter in which he kicked away a tape recorder. He confronted that same official during the Talladega race after he refused to wear a mandated head-and-neck restraint. Stewart was not allowed to practice until he wore one, and only managed to do so after his crew chief Greg Zipadelli intervened. Stewart's fines and periods of probation resulting from these incidents have earned him a reputation of having a hot-temper, and he became known as NASCAR's "bad boy".
2002 season[]
Stewart started the 2002 season even more inauspiciously than last year's, as the Daytona 500 lasted just two laps for him due to a blown engine. He went on to win twice early in the season at Atlanta and Richmond, but he was only seventh in the points standings at the season's halfway point. At Darlington, Stewart was involved in a multi-car wreck in which Jimmy Spencer's car t-boned Stewart's car. While Stewart was sent to the hospital following the crash, he was able the start the next race at Bristol. Due to the injuries sustained at Darlington, he was relieved during the race by Todd Bodine. The second half of his season was plagued by an altercation with a photographer after the Brickyard 400. He was fined $50,000 by NASCAR and penalized with a 25-point deduction. However, despite the controversy, he went on to win the very next week at Watkins Glen. Strangely enough, this race also ended in controversy, when it was revealed that he had jumped the restart and, despite the infraction, officials upheld Stewart's win. Stewart went on a hot streak in the final races, consistently finishing in the Top 5. At the end of the season, Stewart held off a charging Mark Martin to win his first RCA Cup championship. This was Stewart's last season driving in a Pontiac.
2003 season[]
As the defending champion, Stewart managed to have a relatively incident-free 2003 season. Joe Gibbs Racing changed manufacturers, so he and Labonte were now driving Chevrolets instead of Pontiacs. Stewart had his worst Cup season at this point up until 2006, but it was still good enough for seventh in the points standings. He only won two races that season at Pocono and Charlotte but he led more laps than he did last year and was highly competitive in the final races of the season.
2004 season[]
In January 2004, Stewart teamed with Andy Wallace and Dale Earnhardt Jr. in a Boss Motorsports Chevrolet to take fourth in the 24 Hours of Daytona sports car endurance race. The result does not show the trio's performance, however. They had dominated the race until the last two hours, when the suspension cracked. With 15 minutes left in the race and Stewart driving, one of the rear wheels came off, finally ending their run. In addition to placing fourth overall, the trio placed third in the Daytona Prototype class.
Stewart started off on a higher note in the 2004 season as he finished second in the Gatorade 125. In the Daytona 500, he and Dale Earnhardt Jr. both dominated the race, leading 156 laps overall (98 for Stewart). Stewart was in contention to win it, only to lose the lead to Earnhardt Jr. with 20 laps to go. That would be Stewart's best finish in the Daytona 500.
At Infineon, Stewart was involved in an altercation with rookie driver Brian Vickers. On lap 88 of 110, Stewart got spun out by Vickers as retaliation for an earlier collision in the race. Stewart replied by confronting Vickers after the race and throwing a punch through Vickers' window. Stewart was fined $50,000, stripped of 25 driver & owner points and put on probation for the rest of 2004.
The season was highlighted with Stewart's first win coming at Chicagoland. This win was not without controversy as on a mid-race restart, he turned Kasey Kahne into the wall, which eventually led to an altercation between his and Kahne's pit crews. Stewart felt very sick during the race at Watkins Glen International and nearly withdrew from it due to food poisoning, stomach cramps, a headache, and a sinus infection. He ultimately relented and ran the race, dominating and holding off Canadian road ringer Ron Fellows for the win. He qualified fourth for the first ever Chase for the NASCAR RCA Cup. However, an incident at the first race of The Chase at Loudon ended his hopes of a second Cup championship. Stewart got collected in a multi-car crash, which started when Robby Gordon repaid Greg Biffle some retaliation, and Stewart t-boned Biffle. Stewart had to make repairs and lost three laps. He finished two laps down, causing him to lose his shot at his second championship. Gordon did not get off the hook however and was penalized with a $15,000 fine and a 50-point deduction for his actions.
After losing his bid for the championship title, Stewart finished sixth in the RCA Cup point standings.
In November 2004, Stewart became the owner of one of the most legendary short tracks in America, Eldora Speedway. Located in New Weston, Ohio, Eldora is a half-mile dirt track known to many as "Auto Racing's Showcase Since 1954." Stewart began racing there in 1991 and continues racing in special events alongside other RCA Cup drivers and dirt track legends.
2005 season[]
Stewart on two wheels before going on to win the 2005 Dodge/Save Mart 350, at Infineon Raceway
2005 was one of Stewart's most successful years in the RCA Cup Series as he won his second Cup title. He won five races at Infineon, Daytona, New Hampshire, Watkins Glen (which gave him a sweep of the road course races for the year and a record 3 straight road course wins) and Indianapolis, his hometown track (in a race that Stewart said he would give up his championship to win, and took with it the No. 1 seed heading into NASCAR's Chase for the RCA Cup 10-race playoff).
Stewart's 2005 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard winning car on display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway museum.
Following his win in the Pepsi 400, Stewart began climbing the fence separating the fans from the race track after each victory, borrowing IndyCar Series driver Hélio Castroneves' trademark move. After winning the 2009 All-Star race, Stewart was quoted as saying "I'm too damn fat to be climbing fences," and recently purchased $17,000 worth of exercise equipment to remedy the problem. It also led to sponsor The Home Depot cashing in on Stewart's success with some promotions reminiscent of Stewart's Eldora Speedway drivers. After his second full climb of the fence in Loudon, N.H., they ran a discount on ladders and fencing at the stores with a campaign named, "Hey Tony, we've got ladders", where anyone who presented the advertisement in national newspapers in their stores earned the discount. After his victory in Indianapolis, The Home Depot presented fans who presented the advertisement of his Allstate 400 win with a discount on purchasing bricks. He mentioned in a press release from his sponsor, "I plan to keep winning races and helping to drive down the cost of home improvement for The Home Depot customers."
On November 20, 2005, Stewart won his second Cup Championship, joining Jeff Gordon as the only active, full-time drivers at the time to have won multiple championships. Jimmie Johnson afterward did so from 2006 to 2010. In victory circle, Stewart had said that he loved winning his 2005 championship better than his 2002 one because his 2005 season was more well-behaved than 2002. At an age of 34, this made Stewart one of the youngest drivers to win multiple championships (with Johnson joining this category as he won his five straight titles while in his early 30s) and to date, he is still the only driver to have won championships under both the Chase and non-Chase formats. During the 2005 season, Stewart won a total of $13,578,168, including $6,173,633 for winning the championship, the largest season total in NASCAR history.
2006 season[]
Stewart's 2006 season had up and down notes. He had competitive cars and scored early wins at Daytona and Martinsville. However he also had strings of bad luck. He also suffered a shoulder injury due to two heavy crashes in both the Busch and Cup races at Charlotte during the Memorial Day Weekend races (Stewart's Busch car hit the Turn 4 wall so hard it even knocked the rear end off the car). During the Dover race, he was substituted by Ricky Rudd and, in later weeks, had to drive in pain.
Additionally he has once again been involved in several on track controversies.
Following a rough Bud Shootout on February 12, 2006 Stewart expressed concern to the media about the possibility of aggressive driving resulting in the serious injury or death of a driver. It came during a week in which the racing world remembered the fifth anniversary of Dale Earnhardt's death. Just a few days later, during the Daytona 500, Stewart was involved in a number of incidents with Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch, and Matt Kenseth, whom he chased halfway across the track to run into the grass. "He has no room to complain," Stewart said of his brush with Kenseth. "He started it, and I finished it".
On May 20, 2006, during NASCAR's All Star Race, Stewart and Kenseth wrecked again. Each driver claimed it was the other one's fault with Stewart saying, "if (Kenseth) thinks it's my fault and I (caused the wreck) he's screwed up in his head." Following the wreck, several media outlets proclaimed the new Stewart-Kenseth rivalry as must-see TV. The so-called rivalry was short-lived as Kenseth and Stewart participated as friends in a joint promotional tour for DeWalt and The Home Depot; Kenseth also appeared in September at Stewart's Eldora Speedway in the NEXTEL PRELUDE with NASCAR drivers, as well as the ARCA Truck Series event there.
On July 1, 2006, Stewart dominated the Pepsi 400 but after a pit stop seemed like an unlikely contender for the win. However, Stewart amazed the audience when in the final 10 laps he drove from 14th up to second place, and passed Boris Said to take the lead and win. After the race Stewart said he no longer wanted to climb the catch-fencing at Daytona because of the fans crowding him but he later changed his mind on that thought.
On July 23, 2006, Stewart once again was at the center of a media storm. On lap 31 of the Pennsylvania 500, Stewart was accidentally squeezed against the wall by Clint Bowyer. Stewart responded by waving his hand in anger, then purposely hitting Bowyer's car. This contact sent Bowyer spinning down the front stretch where he collided with Carl Edwards. Stewart was promptly held one lap by NASCAR for rough driving. He did however pass leader Ryan Newman to get back on the lead lap and eventually rallied to finish 7th and get back in the top 10 in the point standings. After initially refusing to take responsibility for the incident he apologized the next day.
Stewart missed the cut to qualify for the 2006 Chase for the RCA Cup by 16 points, becoming the first defending champion to miss the Chase the following year. He finished poorly at Richmond after wrecking his primary car in practice, and was displaced in the top ten by Kasey Kahne. As a result, he finished the 2006 season 11th in points, his worst thus far in his career, as he had completed each of his seven previous seasons in the top ten in points. Commenting on not being in the 2006 Chase, he says: "It lets us have the ability to take chances and try things ... that we've been wanting to try but just haven't had the luxury to do it. If we were in the Chase we wouldn't have that ability". Stewart won three races in the 2006 Chase (Kansas, Atlanta, and Texas).
The season was not totally unkind to Stewart, however. He was a participant in the 30th season of IROC and won 2 of the 4 races (Texas, and the Daytona road course) on his way to capturing the series championship. He won a million dollars for the effort, but made an offer to return his prize money if IROC would hold one of its events at his Eldora Speedway. This offer was not entertained as IROC folded in 2007. In addition, Stewart's three wins in the Chase races gave him five total for the season, tying him with Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick for second most in RCA Cup behind Kasey Kahne's six.
2007 season[]
Stewart races by at Texas Motor Speedway in 2007.
Stewart started the 2007 season by winning his second Chili Bowl Nationals midget car feature. Stewart started off the Daytona Speedweeks with a win in the 2007 Budweiser Shootout. It was his third win in the race. He also won his qualifying race for the Daytona 500.
On lap 152 of the Daytona 500, the rear of Stewart's car slid up the track and, when he tried to cut down the track, he smacked the front of Kurt Busch's car knocking both of them out of the race. Stewart and the Busch brothers (Kurt and Kyle) were the three leaders for the majority of the race.
On March 22, 2007, it was announced that Stewart would be on the cover of the official NASCAR video game NASCAR 08, published by Electronic Arts. This would be the third time this honor was given to Stewart (2001, 2004, 2008).
In his first Car of Tomorrow race with the Impala SS, Stewart was dominant at Bristol, leading 257 of 504 laps (green-white-checker finish), before he experienced a fuel pump problem. In his third Car of Tomorrow race at Phoenix, Stewart lead a race high 132 laps, but a late race caution moved Stewart to 2nd, where he finished behind Jeff Gordon. In the following week, Stewart implied the cautions were "bogus" and that NASCAR is "rigged like professional wrestling".
On June 4, 2007, Stewart and Kurt Busch had another altercation on pit road in the Autism Speaks 400 at Dover. Kurt Busch passed Stewart on the inside and then slid up, which caused contact, sending him into the wall, knocking out Busch, but with Stewart staying in the race. Initially it was thought that Stewart intentionally crashed Busch since they were bitter rivals over the year and had had contact early in the race. Under the caution, Stewart was on pit road and his crew was surveying the massive damage he received from the crash; when an enraged Busch pulled alongside and gave Stewart a profane gesture to express his feelings over the incident. One of Stewart's pitcrew members jumped out of the way of Busch's car to avoid being hit, while Busch was disqualified. Stewart was put on temporary probation for his part in the feud but was cleared from any further penalties.
At the All-Star Race at Charlotte, he finished 5th behind Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, and Jeff Burton. At the Coca-Cola 600, Stewart finished sixth, after having to come in to pit for fuel.
On July 15, 2007, Stewart led a race high 108 laps and recorded his 30th career RCA Cup win at the USG Sheetrock 400 at Joliet.
On July 29, 2007, after leading a race high 65 of 160 laps, Stewart won the Brickyard 400 again, just 45 minutes from where he grew up. This was his second win in the race at his favorite track. It was not without controversy though; Stewart made the winning pass by accidentally bending the rear of Kevin Harvick's car, causing Harvick to fall back quickly to seventh place by the time the checkers waved. Stewart apologized for the contact in victory lane and during the victory lane interview, Stewart was penalized 25 points and fined $25,000 for violating NASCAR's policy on the use of obscene language during interviews during the race. This was similar to 2004, when Dale Earnhardt Jr. used an obscenity in a post-race interview at Talladega and was knocked out of the points lead as a result of the penalty.
On August 12, 2007, he won the Centurion Boats at the Glen at Watkins Glen after Jeff Gordon spun his car around after wheel hopping in turn 1 with two laps to go. Carl Edwards briefly challenged Stewart on the final lap, but spun out into a pullover site sealing Stewart's win.
2008 season[]
Stewart's Toyota Camry.
Stewart began the 2008 season with a 6th-place start in the Daytona 500. During this race, he finally got his long-awaited Daytona 500 win, which ended up being his only win of 2008, as he couldn't adapt his driving style to the new Toyota Camry that Joe Gibbs Racing had switched to.
On lap 109 of the UAW-Dodge 400, Stewart's car cut a tire and slammed hard into the turn 3 retaining wall. Although he climbed out under his own power, Stewart was transported by ambulance to the infield care center. Stewart had complained about a sore foot from a wreck that occurred the day before the Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas. Stewart was later announced that he was okay and ripped on Goodyear for not bringing any quality tires.
With 3 laps to go in the 2008 Coca-Cola 600, Stewart cut a tire and saved it from contact with the wall. However, Stewart had to give up the lead to future race winner Kasey Kahne in order to make pit stops.
In the Best Buy 400, Stewart was involved in another crash with Elliott Sadler, in which Sadler got turned by David Gilliland and car collected Stewart and 11 other cars; those included Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Denny Hamlin. Stewart, who was frustrated over his misfortune, sarcastically said, "I take 100 percent responsibility – it's my fault for being anywhere close to Elliott. If I'm within half a lap of him, I expect that to happen. It's my fault – I'm the one that hit him. When I hit him, it caused all the guys behind us to wreck, so it's my fault."
In July 2008, Stewart made a deal with car owner Gene Haas into a co-owning partnership in a racing organization called Stewart-Haas Racing for 2009 when he left Joe Gibbs Racing. Ryan Newman came to the meeting to make his deal with SHR officially signed earlier in the year.
On July 5, 2008, during the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, Stewart started feeling ill and turned his car over to former Joe Gibbs Racing teammate J. J. Yeley, who took the car to a 20th-place finish after getting involved in two wrecks in the last 5 laps. Stewart earned his first and only win of the season in the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega on October 5, 2008 driving for Subway as his sponsor, making it his last win with Joe Gibbs Racing. On the final lap, Stewart was passed by Regan Smith (the rookie of Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) who beat Stewart to the line.
After the Ford 400, Stewart attended a tearful farewell meeting with Joe Gibbs Racing and gave his car and team to rookie Joey Logano, who replaced him for JGR.
Stewart Haas Racing (2009–present)[]
2009 season[]
Stewart pits his No. 14 Impala in the 2009 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
On July 8, 2008, it was reported that Stewart was released from the last year of his contract with Joe Gibbs Racing, primarily because JGR had switched from Chevrolet to Toyota, and Stewart was vocal about his loyalty to Chevrolet (which sponsors his USAC Midget, Sprint Car, and Bronze Crown teams). Stewart announced he would move to Haas CNC Racing to drive a Haas Chevrolet, with sponsorships from Office Depot (relocating from the No. 99 Roush Fenway team) and Old Spice. Stewart took half ownership of the team which was renamed Stewart-Haas Racing, and Stewart became the highest paid NASCAR driver. Stewart's car at Haas has the number 14 as homage to his hero A. J. Foyt. To date, he is the most successful driver for Joe Gibbs Racing with 33 wins and 2 championships (2002 and 2005).
On August 15, 2008, fellow Indiana native Ryan Newman signed a multi-year contract to drive the second car for Stewart-Haas Racing, originally to be designated No. 4 but changed to his USAC No. 39, with sponsorship from the U.S. Army (relocating from Earnhardt Ganassi Racing). Around the same time, Stewart announced he had also purchased a 50% stake in A. J. Foyt's USAC Gold Crown team, A. J. Foyt Enterprises, renaming the team to Stewart-Foyt Racing.
As the most recent series champion not among the Top 35 in owners' points, Stewart was first in line for past champions' provisionals for the first five races of 2009. He completed those races without needing to use the provisional, ending up well inside the Top 10 in points. Stewart won his first race as a driver/owner in the non-championship NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race XXV, winning more than $1,000,000, his first win in the event in 10 attempts. He followed that victory with his first points race win as a driver/owner at Pocono in the Pocono 500 on June 7, 2009, the first owner-driver in the Cup series to win a race since Ricky Rudd in 1998. Stewart also won the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona after a controversial finish when he wrecked Kyle Busch to do so. In a similar fashion to the spring race at Talladega that year, Busch passed Stewart on the final lap but in the final turn Stewart went underneath Busch who tried to block but with 100 feet left from the checkers the two made contact resulting in Stewart sending Busch into the wall, and Busch wrecked across the line in the final lead position while Kasey Kahne submarined under his car.
Stewart's season overall was his best showing since his rookie year, with another win coming at Watkins Glen International. Stewart qualified for the 2009 Chase for the RCA Cup as he finished the first 26 races as points leader. He fell to second in points following reseeding when Mark Martin, who won more races than Stewart, moved ahead of him. On October 5, 2009, Stewart won the Price Chopper 400 and moved to fourth in the standings, ending the season in sixth place.
2010 season[]
Stewart after winning the 2010 Pepsi Max 400
On April 16, 2010, Stewart won his first RCA Cup pole position in five years at Texas Motor Speedway, with a lap speed of 191.327 mph. The race was the 400th in the RCA Cup for Stewart, and was his first starting from the pole since October 2005 at Martinsville Speedway.
On May 9, 2010, it was reported that Stewart would lose Old Spice as a sponsor after 11 years with them.
Stewart won two races in 2010: the Emory Healthcare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on September 5, 2010 and the Pepsi Max 400 at Auto Club Speedway on October 10, 2010.
In September at Loudon, Stewart lead part of the final stages trying to hold off Clint Bowyer for RCR who dominated the race; when the white flag waved the fans saw that Stewart was out of gas; Bowyer passed him and won both the white flag and the checkers. Stewart finished 24th, and waved to Bowyer to congratulate him as he slowly crossed the line to finish. After the race Stewart said when interviewed "My feelings are not happy that's for sure but we had a strong race; I thank Office Depot, Coca-Cola, and my sponsors... congratulations to Clint Bowyer and the helping hands, they deserved that one. I think I ran myself out of fuel; my team apologized and said "sorry for running you out of fuel", I think I ran myself out of fuel."
On October 12, 2010, Mobil 1 announced a sponsorship deal with Stewart-Haas Racing to sponsor Stewart's car, starting in 2011. It would be the primary sponsor for 11 races, while Office Depot would be the primary sponsor for the rest of the season. Mobil 1 would also sponsor Stewart in the Budweiser Shootout and the All-Star Race.
2011 season[]
Stewart during the 2011 Toyota/Save Mart 350
In 2011, Stewart returned in the No. 14 Office Depot-sponsored Chevrolet. Following a crash intentionally caused by Stewart on Brian Vickers at Infineon Raceway in June 2011, Vickers intentionally wrecked Stewart as payback. In an interview when asked about the crashes, Stewart said, "It was payback, but, you know, I dumped him first, and I dumped him because he was blocking..." Stewart and his teammate, Newman, started the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 first and second, and they finished it where they started as Newman won that race. By the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400, Stewart said in a post-race interview that his team was running so poorly that he was "wasting one of those top 12 spots." Entering the Chase for the NASCAR RCA Cup portion of the schedule winless, Stewart won the opening race of the Chase at the Chicagoland Speedway and jumped up seven spots in the points, securing second place and extending his streak of consecutive years with a win to 13. Stewart made it two for two in the Chase after Clint Bowyer ran out of fuel in the closing laps of the Sylvania 300 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Stewart took the win and the points lead after New Hampshire. At Talladega, Stewart struggled to lead a lap, and eventually did so; with assistance from Ryan Newman, Paul Menard, and Joey Logano, he led an additional 29 laps and captured the two-point bonus for leading the most laps. On October 30, 2011, at Martinsville Speedway, Stewart won the Tums Fast Relief 500, leading three times for 14 laps and moving into championship contention in second place in the points standings.
The next week, Stewart led 173 laps en route to winning the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, bringing him to within three points of championship points leader Carl Edwards with two races to go in the 2011 season. On November 20, 2011, Stewart won the NASCAR RCA Cup Series championship by winning the final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway while Edwards finished second. Stewart and Edwards were tied on total points, but Stewart claimed the tiebreaker by having five race wins, all during the Chase, to Edwards's one win. In the process, Stewart became the first driver/owner to win the championship since Alan Kulwicki in 1992.
2012 season[]
Before the season Stewart welcomed new drivers retired Indycar driver Danica Patrick and driver David Reutimann to drive partly for Stewart-Haas Racing as part of a partnership with Tommy Baldwin Racing who provided parts of the cars.
On February 11, 2012, Stewart led the final stages of the Budweiser Shootout by passing Marcos Ambrose on the final lap, but was passed in a desperate charge to the finish line by Kyle Busch who beat him to the line in what was said the closest finish in Budweiser Shootout history (It would have been 2011 with Kurt Busch and Denny Hamlin but Hamlin was black-flagged for being below the yellow line). Stewart won the 1st duel of the Gatorade Duels at Daytona, when his new driver Danica Patrick hit the wall hard on the backstretch on the final lap, which brought out the caution. Stewart started 3rd in the Daytona 500 and ran well throughout the race, but was caught up in a late race crash on lap 196 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. On March 11, Stewart won the Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway beating Jimmie Johnson. It was his 45th career win, and brought his streak of consecutive Cup seasons with a win to 14.
On March 25, 2012, Stewart won the rain-shortened Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway. On June 3, 2012, Stewart was caught in a 13 car crash on the back leg at Dover and finished the race in 25th place.
Tony Stewart led 18 laps at the 2012 Quicken Loans 400 and finished second behind Dale Earnhardt Jr.. Stewart however caused controversy and got ripped by the fans and medias for saying in a media conference that Earnhardt winning "Is not a national holiday." and taunting the Earnhardt nation for celebrating the 4th anniversary of Earnhardt's last win in 2008.
At Sonoma, Stewart moved quickly from the top 20, to third in the final laps of the Toyota Save Mart 350, and ended up second to Clint Bowyer by passing Kurt Busch on the final turn on the final lap. On July 7, Stewart was able to hold off Matt Kenseth to win his fourth Coke Zero 400 as a wreck ensued behind him. The win was a surprise one, as Stewart had been forced to start 42nd due to his car failing pre-qualifying inspection.
In August at Bristol in the 2012 Irwin Tools Night Race, when battling for the lead on lap 333, Stewart and Matt Kenseth tangled and brought out a caution. This was soon after Ryan Newman was wrecked by Juan Pablo Montoya in an accident which collected Jeff Burton. When a furious Stewart climbed out of his wrecked car he waited for Kenseth to exit pit road. When Kenseth was leaving the pits, in Stewart fashion, he tossed his helmet at Kenseth's hood and then gestured applause at the fans. This was followed shortly thereafter by his student driver Danica Patrick wagging a finger at Regan Smith after he turned her into the inside wall many laps later.
In September at Atlanta, team spokesman Mike Arning announced that Office Depot will not be Stewart's sponsor in 2013.
On October 2, 2012, Bass Pro Shops announced they would be a co-primary sponsor for Stewart in a selected number of races for the 2013 season.
At the Talladega race in the fall, Stewart was leading on the final lap but underestimated the speed of a closing Michael Waltrip. On turn 4, Waltrip got a run, and tapped Stewart from behind, causing Stewart to spin and Waltrip to spin into the pack, causing a Big One that involved 23 cars, the largest crash of the season to date. Stewart flipped over, hitting the roofs of several other cars, including Kasey Kahne, Paul Menard, and Clint Bowyer, before landing upright. On November 9, it was announced that Kevin Harvick would be joining Stewart's team starting in 2014.
Stewart would finish ninth in points, with two top fives and four top tens in the Chase, for a final season total of three wins, 12 top five and 16 top ten finishes overall.
2013 season[]
In early 2013, reports said that Stewart was offered a chance by Roger Penske to race in the 2013 Indianapolis 500 in a Penske car. Stewart declined and said he was not ready to try the big race yet, due to his focus in stock cars.
In the Daytona 500, Stewart's day ended on lap 35, when he was caught up an early crash with Kevin Harvick and Kasey Kahne; this would allow him finish 41st. He rebounded slightly with an 8th-place finish at Phoenix and an 11th-place finish in Las Vegas. At Bristol, Stewart blew his tire on lap 3 and cut a brake line; he came back out over 20 laps down, unable to contend for victory.
At Fontana, Stewart ran well for most of the day, leading laps and running on an alternate pit cycle, and nearly contended for the win. However, due to a late-race incident when Joey Logano blocked him on the last restart, Stewart ended up in 22nd place at the bottom of the lead lap. After the race, Stewart, angered, confronted Logano, who had just wrecked his car after battling with Denny Hamlin hard into the last turn, on pit road in a scuffle involving both teams' crews.
At Richmond, Stewart looked to be in contention for the win as he was 5th on a green-white-checkered finish, but in a fashion similar to his confrontation with Logano at Fontana; after a poor restart he lost a few positions. On the last lap, Kurt Busch tapped his bumper, moving Stewart out of the 2nd groove all the way up to the top of the race track subsequently losing about 5 positions coming home 18th while Busch took a 9th-place finish. Stewart showed his displeasure with Busch after the race had finished, rubbing with him on the race track leading to a shoving match between the two when slowing down after the race ended. Down near the haulers the two turned the attention given to race winner Harvick; to them when they had a verbal confrontation, again Stewart showing Busch his displeasure with his aggressive move. It was the first time since 2008 that the two got together in a feud.
At Talladega, Stewart was caught up in a 15 car wreck on lap 43 and ended up finishing 27th, 5 laps down. His teammates Danica Patrick and Ryan Newman were caught up in a later wreck on lap 182, in which Newman's car got crushed when Kurt Busch flipped over and landed on top of it.
Stewart's 2013 season start was considered his worst start to a RCA Cup season yet. As of Richmond, he had only one Top 10 finish, which was at Phoenix. The rest of his finishing positions had been in the upper 10's or lower 20's. After Richmond, Stewart was 22nd in the points standings with 207 points, 136 behind Jimmie Johnson. However, he showed signs of a rebound in the following weeks, scoring a solid 7th-place finish at the Coca-Cola 600 while avoiding several wrecks.
The following week at Dover, Stewart went a lap down early but got back on the lead lap with a beneficiary. In the last 20 laps, after Johnson was penalized for jumping the last restart, Stewart overtook Juan Pablo Montoya and held him off over the last three laps to score his sole RCA Cup win of 2013. The win propelled him up 4 positions to 16th, into a Wildcard spot. This also gave Stewart a streak of 15 straight seasons with at least one race win at the time. He followed this up with a fourth-place finish at Pocono and a fifth place at Michigan. His momentum was killed briefly by a 28th-place run at Sonoma and a 20th-place finish at Kentucky, but Stewart then rebounded to a second-place finish at the Coke Zero 400.
At New Hampshire, Stewart led 84 laps and was overtaken by Brian Vickers with 14 laps to go. A caution that led to a green-white-checkered finish ultimately ruined Stewart's chances of winning, as he ran out of fuel after the restart while Vickers took the win. Stewart then rebounded with a 4th-place run at Indianapolis and a 9th-place run at Pocono.
2014 season[]
Stewart's 2014 season began with a seventh-place finish at the Dodge/Save Mart 350 in Sonoma. It was followed up by his second Daytona 500 win. Stewart performed well throughout 2014, winning at Bristol, North Wilkesboro, Kansas, the Coke Zero 400 (under tragic circumstances), Atlanta, Walt Disney World, Kansas, and Texas. 2014 ended up being Stewart's most dominant season.
2015 season[]
Towards the end of the 2014 season, Pontiac announced that it would be returning to NASCAR for the first time since 2003. Stewart, who had run the first four years of his Cup Series career in Pontiacs, and had won his 1997 USAC Gold Crown Series championship in a Pontiac-engined car, jumped at the opportunity
2016 season[]
2017 season[]
2018 season[]
2019 season[]
2020 season[]
2021 season[]
Stewart's 2021 began with a
Rolex 24 at Daytona[]
Stewart has raced in a few sports car races, including the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
- 2002: Competed in the Rolex 24 on 2/2-2/3 for the Crawford factory team with co-drivers Jan Lammers and Johnny Mowlem.
- 2004: Competed for the second time in the Rolex 24 on 1/31-2/1 for Howard-Boss Motorsports with co-drivers Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Andy Wallace. Team led 355 of 526 laps and had a commanding five-lap advantage before mechanical problems less than 20 minutes short of the finish ended their shot at victory and placed them a disappointing fourth.
- 2005: Competed for the third time in the Rolex 24 on 2/5-2/6 for Howard-Boss Motorsports with co-drivers Jan Lammars and Andy Wallace. Team was leading with less than two hours remaining when a broken gearbox dropped them off the lead lap. Crew was able to make repairs so that the trio could rejoin the race, whereupon they finished third. It was Stewart's first podium finish in the Rolex 24 Hours At Daytona.
- 2006: Competed for the fourth time in the Rolex 24 on 1/28-1/29 for Howard-Boss Motorsports with co-drivers Butch Leitzinger and Andy Wallace. Team finished 30th after suffering mechanical problems throughout the event.
- 2007: Competed for the fifth time in the Rolex 24 on 1/27-1/28 for Howard-Boss Motorsports with co-drivers Butch Leitzinger and Andy Wallace. Team finished 48th after mechanical trouble hampered the trio throughout the event.
Other racing[]
Stewart has enjoyed a highly successful career in USAC; he has 27 USAC National Midget wins to his credit, as well as 10 wins in the Sprint cars and three in the Silver Crown series. He is also a member of the National Midget Hall of Fame (2001). In addition to his USAC driving titles, he also has seven Sprint Car Owner championships as well as seven in the Silver Crown Series as an owner.
Stewart frequently makes appearances on dirt tracks, appearing regularly at an ARCA race on dirt and at many prominent midget car events, USACs Turkey Night Grand Prix, and the indoor Chili Bowl Midget Nationals.
Along with Matt Kenseth, he has appeared at Madison International Speedway, a non-NASCAR half-mile track located in Wisconsin on Highway 138 between the cities of Oregon, WI and Stoughton, WI.
Stewart races 410 and 360 Dirt Sprint Cars about 50 times a year throughout the United States and Canada. On July 27, 2011, Stewart won his first ever World of Outlaws race at Ohsweken Speedway. As of October 7, 2014, Stewart has three career World of Outlaws main event victories. Stewart competes with the World of Outlaws, All-Stars, and IRA Sprint Car series when traveling between NASCAR races and on off weekends.
Business ventures[]
Motorsports team ownership[]
Stewart is the owner of various open-wheel short track racing cars, most of them being sponsored by Chevrolet since 2007. He also owns and drives dirt super late models.
Tri Star Motorsports[]
Tri Star Motorsports (no relation to the TriStar Motorsports NASCAR team) was a USAC team that Stewart owned with Larry Curry, Andy Card, and Rick Ehrgott from 1999 to 2001.
Stewart-Foyt-Haas Racing[]
Following the 2008 season, Stewart purchased a 50% stake in Haas CNC Racing, which was owned outright by Gene Haas and fielded Chevrolet vehicles. This gave Stewart an opportunity to become an owner-driver, as he left his long-term team at Joe Gibbs Racing to start the venture. Initially fielding two cars, the #14 for himself and the #39 for Ryan Newman, Stewart has since expanded the operation to five cars and began running the Pontiac Trans-Am in 2015. The team has won four NASCAR RCA Cup Series championships; with Stewart in 2011, 2014, 2016, and 2020. In 2017, Stewart-Haas Racing and Stewart-Foyt Racing merged, forming Stewart-Foyt-Haas Racing.
Stewart-Foyt Racing[]
Around the same time as the formation of Stewart-Haas Racing, Stewart also purchased a 50% stake in USAC Gold Crown team A. J. Foyt Enterprises, renaming the team to Stewart-Foyt Racing. The team initially continued fielding its custom-built Coyote chassis, and the venerable Offenhauser engine, before switching to its own Stewart chassis in 2012, and switching to Pontiac engines in 2015.
Tony Stewart Racing[]
Stewart has won USAC car owner titles in the Silver Crown division in 2002 and 2003 with J. J. Yeley, in 2004 with Dave Steele and 2010 and 2011 with Levi Jones of Olney, IL. He also collected owner titles in USAC's National Sprint Car Series with Yeley in 2003 and Jay Drake in 2004. He also won an owner title in the USAC National Sprint Car Series in 2006 with Josh Wise and in 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2011 with Levi Jones of Olney, IL.
Stewart's USAC midget and sprint cars carry No. 20 and No. 21, while his Silver Crown car carries No. 22.
Stewart has also won World of Outlaws Sprint Car Championships as an owner with Donny Schatz in 2008–2009, 2012, and 2014–2018. The team was a two car operation with Schatz and Steve Kinser until Kinser's retirement in 2016. The team currently competes full time in the World of Outlaws with Schatz.
Motorsports venues[]
Stewart purchased Eldora Speedway located near Rossburg, Ohio in late 2004 from Earl Baltes. Stewart is currently a co-owner of Paducah International Raceway near Paducah, Kentucky. He also co-owns Macon Speedway in Macon, Illinois along with Ken Schrader, Kenny Wallace, and Bob Sargent.
All Star Circuit of Champions[]
In January 2015, Stewart purchased the All Star Circuit of Champions from Guy Webb. The purchase was Stewart's first foray into owning an entire racing series. In a separate agreement, Stewart announced that he had reached an agreement with the owners of the Renegade Sprint Series to merge with the All Star Circuit of Champions for the 2015 season under the All Star name.
The ASCoC is an American motorsports sanctioning body of Sprint Cars founded in 1970. The series sanctions 410ci sprint car races in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, and Florida.
Superstar Racing Experience[]
In July 2020, Stewart and former NASCAR crew chief Ray Evernham formed the Superstar Racing Experience (SRX), a stock car series that began in summer 2021.
Other entities[]
Stewart owns a dirt late model Chevrolet Impala that carries No. 14 which he races frequently. He is also the owner of Custom Works, a company that manufactures radio controlled oval track cars, and has had a degree of success as a r/c racer himself.
Stewart is also the driving force behind the Sprint-sponsored "Prelude to the Dream" which features drivers from various sports driving late model dirt cars at Eldora Speedway. Since 2005 the "Dream" has showcased a who's who in NASCAR and NHRA, featuring such drivers as Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson, Tony Pedregon, and others. The inaugural race was won by Kenny Wallace, followed by Carl Edwards in 2006. As of late the race has been nicknamed "The Smoke Show" due to Stewart winning back to back to back since 2007. The events have raised over 4 million dollars for various NASCAR and driver charities including The Victory Junction Gang Camp.
Philanthropy[]
Tony Stewart Foundation[]
Founded in 2003 by Stewart, the principal purposes of the Tony Stewart Foundation are to raise and donate funds to help care for chronically ill children, drivers injured in motorsports activities, and to support other charitable organizations in the protection of various animal species. The Tony Stewart Foundation will raise and donate funds to charitable interests, specifically those that support the aforementioned groups.
Career achievements[]
Awards and honors[]
- 1995, 2002 Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Driver of the Year
- 2001 National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame inductee
- 2002 Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Hall of Fame inductee
- 2002, 2005, 2011 Richard Petty Driver of the Year
- 2003, 2006, 2012 Best Driver ESPY Award recipient
- 2008 Legends of The Glen inductee
- 2008 NASCAR Illustrated Person of the Year Award recipient
- 2013 Myers Brothers Award recipient
- 2016 Sonoma Raceway Wall of Fame inductee
- 2018 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame inductee
- 2019 Motorsports Hall of Fame of America inductee
- 2020 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee
Records and milestones[]
With 106 career points-paying victories, Stewart is ranked second among the all-time NASCAR Cup Series winners; he is ranked first among those who have competed during the sport's modern era (1972–present).
Stewart is the all-time winningest Cup Series driver at the following tracks:
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway (5; tied with Jeff Gordon)
- Chicagoland Speedway (3)
- Homestead-Miami Speedway (3; tied with Greg Biffle)
- Watkins Glen International (5)
In popular media[]
Radio[]
Stewart hosted a two-hour weekly radio show, titled Tony Stewart Live, broadcast on Sirius Satellite Radio. Stewart co-hosted the show with Matt Yocum, and took listener calls. The show ran from 2007 to 2008.
Television[]
- From 1999 to 2001, Stewart worked for Turner Sports as a guest analyst on one NASCAR Busch Series race per year, one of the earliest examples of a current Cup driver doing commentary for a lower series race. Stewart called the fall Charlotte race in 1999 and 2000 alongside Allen Bestwick, and the Watkins Glen race in 2001 alongside Mike Hogewood.
- In 2007, Stewart appeared in commercials for Subway with their spokesman Jared Fogle.
- He in a 2008 Toyota commercial where the cars of Toyota RCA Cup drivers, including Stewart's, are driven by kids with remote controls. When his kid driver spins his car out of control, he crawls out, yelling to his crew chief, "Zippy, run for your life!" Stewart then throws his helmet at his car.
- Stewart appears in commercials as a member of the Coca-Cola Racing Family of drivers.
- In 2010, Stewart appeared in a commercial for the Burger King Steak House XT, which he endorsed. This video entered the Top 10 of the Ad Age/Visible Measures Top Viral Ad Chart on August 12, 2010.
- On February 14, 2012, Stewart guest-starred on the ABC series Last Man Standing.
- On March 17, 2013, he voiced himself in The Cleveland Show in the episode, "The Hangover Part Tubbs".
- In 2013 and 2014, Stewart appeared as himself in a special series of McLaren's cartoon Tooned in partnership with Mobil 1.
Video games[]
- EA Sports announced that Stewart would appear in person for the first time on the cover of NASCAR Thunder 2004 in late 2000, his Home Depot RCA Cup car appeared on NASCAR 2001's cover. He also appears on the North American cover of NASCAR 08.
- Stewart is included in NASCAR 2011: The Game and NASCAR The Game: Inside Line. On December 3, 2013, it was announced that he would appear on the cover of NASCAR '14.
- Beginning in the 2017 update, Stewart replaced Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the cover of Ultimate NASCAR.
- In 2019, Stewart and his Stewart-Haas Racing drivers were featured on the NASCAR Heat 4 cover; he also appears as a playable driver and dirt team owner in the game's Career Mode. The following year, he was included on the cover of NASCAR Heat 5's Gold Edition.
- In 2020, Stewart partnered with Monster Games for Tony Stewart's Sprint Car Racing. The game, which features Stewart's All Stars Circuit of Champions, was released on February 14, 2020.
Other media[]
- He appeared with Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the music video for 3 Doors Down's song "The Road I'm On".
- Stewart is mentioned in the song "Glory" by Lil Wayne off his Free Weezy Album.
- Stewart is mentioned in the song "Slow Down" by Clyde Carson featuring The Team.
- He appeared in the 2005 film Herbie: Fully Loaded, along with other NASCAR drivers, having his car driven over by Herbie and being one of four cars who boxed Herbie in.
- Stewart is mentioned in Eminem's verse on the Shady Records "SHADY CXVPHER" video promoting the compilation album Shady XV, specifically referencing the Kevin Ward Jr. incident.
- In K-pop group Blackpink's music video for "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du", group member Lisa is seen wearing a vintage Stewart jacket from when he raced for Joe Gibbs Racing.
- Stewart is mentioned in the song "Really Got It" by Jerreau.
- While the song didn't use his name, Stewart's number 14 was referenced in the Brad Paisley song "Country Nation". At the time of the song's 2015 release Stewart was still driving the #14 car in NASCAR. Every other driver referenced in the song (Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Jimmie Johnson) have since retired from the sport.
- Stewart is mentioned as Fuyuki Hinata's favorite driver in WBC's Sgt. Frog.
- Stewart has appeared in YouTube videos with rallycross driver Ken Block and drag racer Leah Pruett, both affiliated with the car channel Hoonigan. In March 2021, Stewart announced his engagement to Pruett. They married on November 21, 2021 in Los Cabos, Mexico.
Motorsports career results[]
Stewart's 1995 Silver Crown Championship car Stewart's 1995 Sprint Car Championship car Stewart's 1995 Midget Car Championship car Stewart's 1996–97 IRL championship car
IndyCar Series[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| IndyCar Seriws results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Rank | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Team Menard | Lola | Menard-Buick | WDW
2 |
PHX
11 |
INDY
24 |
8th | 204 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–97 | NHA
12 |
LVS
21 |
1st | 278 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G-Force | Oldsmobile | WDW
10 |
PHX
2 |
INDY
5 |
TXS
5 |
PPIR
1 |
CLT
7 |
NHA
14 |
LVS
11 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | WDW
1 |
PHX
2 |
DOV
8 |
3rd | 289 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dallara | INDY
33 |
TXS
14 |
NHA
1 |
CLT21 | PPIR
3 |
ATL
5 |
TX2
20 |
LVS
14 |
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| 1999 | Tri-Star Racing | WDW | PHX | CLT1
C |
INDY
9 |
TXS | PPIR | ATL | DOV | PPIR | LVS | TXS | 33rd | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Chip Ganassi Racing | G-Force | Oldsmobile | PHX | HOM | ATL | INDY
6 |
TXS | PPIR | RCH | KAN | NSH | KEN | GAT | CHI | TXS | 39th | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Stewart-Haas Racing | Stohr | Chevrolet | INDY
1 |
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- 1 The VisionAire 500K was abandoned after three spectators were killed when debris from a crash on the track went into the grandstands.
Indianapolis 500[]
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Lola | Menard-Buick | 1 | 24 | Menard |
| 1997 | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 2 | 5 | Menard |
| 1998 | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 4 | 33 | Menard |
| 1999 | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 24 | 9 | Tri-Star |
| 2001 | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 7 | 6 | Ganassi |
| 2019 | Stohr | Chevrolet | 9 | 1 | Stewart-Haas |
NASCAR[]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
RCA Cup Series[]
| NASCAR RCA Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NSCC | Pts | |||
| 1999 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 20 | Pontiac | DAY
28 |
CAR
12 |
LVS
36 |
ATL
11 |
DAR
6 |
TEX
6 |
BRI
15 |
MAR20 | TAL
5 |
CAL
4 |
RCH
15 |
CLT
4 |
DOV
4* |
MCH
9 |
POC
6 |
SON
15 |
DAY
6 |
NHA
10* |
POC
4 |
IND
7 |
GLN
6 |
MCH
3 |
BRI5* | DAR
12 |
RCH
1* |
NHA
2 |
DOV
2 |
MAR
41 |
CLT
19 |
TAL
6 |
CAR
12 |
PHO
1* |
HOM
1 |
ATL
15 |
4th | 4774 | |||||
| 2000 | DAY
17 |
CAR
4 |
LVS
2 |
ATL
34 |
DAR
4 |
BRI
42 |
TEX
9 |
MAR
6 |
TAL
34 |
CAL
10 |
RCH
8 |
CLT
14 |
DOV
1* |
MCH
1 |
POC
6 |
SON
10 |
DAY
6 |
NHA
1* |
POC26 | IND
5 |
GLN
6 |
MCH
41 |
BRI
2 |
DAR
9 |
RCH
6 |
NHA
23 |
DOV
1* |
MAR1 | CLT
4 |
TAL
27 |
CAR
7 |
PHO
14 |
HOM
1* |
ATL
38 |
6th | 4570 | ||||||||
| 2001 | DAY
36 |
CAR
4 |
LVS
12 |
ATL
27 |
DAR
16 |
BRI
25 |
TEX
23 |
MAR
7 |
TAL
2 |
CAL
4 |
RCH
1 |
CLT
3 |
DOV
7 |
MCH
25 |
POC
7 |
SON
1 |
DAY
26 |
CHI
33 |
NHA
5 |
POC
3 |
IND
17 |
GLN
26 |
MCH
27 |
BRI
1 |
DAR
4 |
RCH
7 |
DOV
5 |
KAN
8 |
CLT
2 |
MAR
41 |
TAL
2 |
PHO
5 |
CAR
7 |
HOM
19* |
ATL
9 |
NHA
5 |
2nd | 4763 | ||||||
| 2002 | DAY
43 |
CAR
4 |
LVS
5* |
ATL
1* |
DAR
36 |
BRI
15 |
TEX
5 |
MAR
3* |
TAL
29 |
CAL
29 |
RCH
1 |
CLT
6 |
DOV
11 |
POC
7 |
MCH
16 |
SON2 | DAY
39 |
CHI
3 |
NHA
39 |
POC
7 |
IND12 | GLN
1* |
MCH
2 |
BRI
24 |
DAR
8 |
RCH
30 |
NHA
3 |
DOV
5 |
KAN
8 |
TAL
2 |
CLT3 | MAR
11 |
ATL4 | CAR
14 |
PHO
8 |
HOM
18 |
1st | 4800 | ||||||
| 2003 | Chevy | DAY
7 |
CAR
20 |
LVS
5 |
ATL
5 |
DAR
10 |
BRI
26 |
TEX
34 |
TAL
25 |
MAR
6 |
CAL
41* |
RCH
41 |
CLT
40 |
DOV
4 |
POC
1 |
MCH
8 |
SON
12 |
DAY
21 |
CHI2* | NHA
22 |
POC
37 |
IND
12* |
GLN
11 |
MCH
3 |
BRI
23 |
DAR
12 |
RCH
27 |
NHA
20 |
DOV
3 |
TAL
3 |
KAN
4 |
CLT
1* |
MAR
3 |
ATL
2* |
PHO
18 |
CAR
9 |
HOM
7 |
7th | 4549 | |||||
| 2004 | DAY
2* |
CAR
26 |
LVS
3 |
ATL
7* |
DAR
17 |
BRI
24 |
TEX
8 |
MAR
14 |
TAL
22 |
CAL
16 |
RCH
4 |
CLT
9 |
DOV
2* |
POC
27 |
MCH
24 |
SON
15 |
DAY
5 |
CHI
1* |
NHA
5 |
POC
35 |
IND
5 |
GLN
1* |
MCH
9 |
BRI
19 |
CAL
18 |
RCH
19 |
NHA
39 |
DOV
6 |
TAL
6 |
KAN
14 |
CLT
10 |
MAR
15 |
ATL
9 |
PHO
8 |
DAR
17 |
HOM
4 |
6th | 6326 | ||||||
| 2005 | DAY
7* |
CAL
17 |
LVS
10 |
ATL
17 |
BRI
3 |
MAR
26* |
TEX
31 |
PHO
33 |
TAL
2 |
DAR
10 |
RCH
2 |
CLT
24 |
DOV
15 |
POC
29 |
MCH
2* |
SON
1* |
DAY1* | CHI
5 |
NHA
1* |
POC
7 |
IND
1* |
GLN1* | MCH
5 |
BRI
8 |
CAL
5 |
RCH
7 |
NHA2* | DOV
18 |
TAL
2* |
KAN
4 |
CLT
25 |
MAR2* | ATL
9 |
TEX
6 |
PHO
4 |
HOM
15 |
1st | 6533 | ||||||
| 2006 | DAY
5 |
CAL
43 |
LVS
21 |
ATL
5 |
BRI12* | MAR
1* |
TEX
3* |
PHO
2 |
TAL
2 |
RCH
6 |
DAR
12 |
CLT
42 |
DOV
25 |
POC
3 |
MCH
41 |
SON
28 |
DAY
1* |
CHI
32 |
NHA
37 |
POC
7 |
IND
8 |
GLN
2 |
MCH
3 |
BRI
22 |
CAL
9 |
RCH
18 |
NHA
2 |
DOV
33 |
KAN
1 |
TAL
22 |
CLT
13 |
MAR
4 |
ATL
1* |
TEX
1* |
PHO
14 |
HOM
15 |
11th | 4727 | ||||||
| 2007 | DAY
43 |
CAL
8 |
LVS
7 |
ATL
2 |
BRI
35* |
MAR
7 |
TEX
25 |
PHO
2* |
TAL
28 |
RCH
8 |
DAR
6 |
CLT
6 |
DOV
40 |
POC
5 |
MCH
3 |
SON
6 |
NHA
12 |
DAY
38 |
CHI
1* |
IND
1* |
POC
6 |
GLN
1 |
MCH
10 |
BRI
4 |
CAL
13 |
RCH
2 |
NHA
3 |
DOV
9 |
KAN
39 |
TAL
8 |
CLT
7 |
MAR
13 |
ATL
30 |
TEX
11 |
PHO
4 |
HOM
30 |
6th | 6242 | ||||||
| 2008 | Toyota | DAY
3 |
CAL
7 |
LVS
43 |
ATL
2 |
BRI
14* |
MAR
5 |
TEX
7 |
PHO
14 |
TAL
38* |
RCH
4 |
DAR
21 |
CLT
18 |
DOV
41 |
POC
35 |
MCH
5 |
SON
10 |
NHA
13* |
DAY
20 |
CHI
5 |
IND
23 |
POC
2 |
GLN
2 |
MCH
12 |
BRI
8 |
CAL
22 |
RCH
2 |
NHA
8 |
DOV
11 |
KAN
40 |
TAL
2** |
CLT
11 |
MAR
26 |
ATL
17 |
TEX
16 |
PHO
22 |
HOM
9 |
9th | 6202 | |||||
| 2009 | Stewart-Haas Racing | 14 | Chevy | DAY
8 |
CAL
8 |
LVS
26 |
ATL
8 |
BRI
17 |
MAR
3 |
TEX
4 |
PHO
2 |
TAL
23 |
RCH
2 |
DAR
3 |
CLT
19 |
DOV
2 |
POC1 | MCH
7 |
SON
2 |
NHA
5 |
DAY1* | CHI
4 |
IND
3 |
POC
10 |
GLN
1* |
MCH
17 |
BRI
33 |
ATL
11 |
RCH
17 |
NHA
14 |
DOV
9 |
KAN
1 |
CAL
5 |
CLT
13 |
MAR
9 |
TAL
35 |
TEX
6 |
PHO
25 |
HOM
22 |
6th | 6309 | |||
| 2010 | DAY
22 |
CAL
9 |
LVS
7 |
ATL
13 |
BRI
2 |
MAR
26 |
PHO
23 |
TEX32 | TAL
16 |
RCH
23 |
DAR
23 |
DOV
9 |
CLT
15 |
POC
3 |
MCH
5 |
SON
9 |
NHA
2 |
DAY
25 |
CHI
9 |
IND
5 |
POC2 | GLN
7 |
MCH
6 |
BRI
27 |
ATL
1* |
RCH
16 |
NHA
24 |
DOV
21 |
KAN
4 |
CAL
1 |
CLT
21 |
MAR
24 |
TAL
31 |
TEX
11 |
PHO
17 |
HOM
8 |
7th | 6221 | ||||||
| 2011 | DAY
13 |
PHO
7 |
LVS
2* |
BRI
19 |
CAL
13 |
MAR
34 |
TEX
12 |
TAL
17 |
RCH
9 |
DAR
7 |
DOV
29 |
CLT
17 |
KAN
8 |
POC
21 |
MCH
7 |
SON
39 |
DAY
11 |
KEN
12 |
NHA
2 |
IND
6 |
POC
11 |
GLN
27 |
MCH
9 |
BRI
28 |
ATL
3 |
RCH
7 |
CHI
1 |
NHA
1 |
DOV
25 |
KAN
15 |
CLT8 | TAL
7* |
MAR
1 |
TEX
1* |
PHO
3* |
HOM
1 |
1st | 2403 | ||||||
| 2012 | DAY
16 |
PHO
22 |
LVS
1* |
BRI
14 |
CAL
1 |
MAR
7 |
TEX
24 |
KAN
13 |
RCH
3 |
TAL
24 |
DAR
3 |
CLT
25 |
DOV
25 |
POC
3 |
MCH
2 |
SON
2 |
KEN
32 |
DAY
1 |
NHA
12 |
IND
10 |
POC
5 |
GLN
19 |
MCH
32 |
BRI
27 |
ATL22 | RCH
4 |
CHI
6 |
NHA
7 |
DOV
20 |
TAL
22 |
CLT
13 |
KAN
5 |
MAR
27 |
TEX
5 |
PHO
19 |
HOM
17 |
9th | 2311 | ||||||
| 2013 | DAY
41 |
PHO
8 |
LVS
11 |
BRI
31 |
CAL
22 |
MAR
17 |
TEX
21 |
KAN
21 |
RCH
18 |
TAL
27 |
DAR
15 |
CLT
7 |
DOV
1 |
POC
4 |
MCH
5 |
SON
28 |
KEN
20 |
DAY
2 |
NHA
26 |
IND
4 |
POC
9 |
GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | KAN | CLT | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 29th | 594 | ||||||
| 2014 | DAY
35 |
PHO
16 |
LVS
33 |
BRI
4 |
CAL
5 |
MAR
17 |
TEX10 | DAR
9 |
RCH
26 |
TAL
43 |
KAN
20 |
CLT
13 |
DOV
7 |
POC
13 |
MCH
11 |
SON
19 |
KEN
11 |
DAY
40 |
NHA
7 |
IND
17 |
POC
36 |
GLN
QL† |
MCH | BRI | ATL
41 |
RCH
15 |
CHI
18 |
NHA
30 |
DOV
14 |
KAN
17 |
CLT
21 |
TAL
34 |
MAR
4 |
TEX
11 |
PHO
20 |
HOM
43 |
25th | 799 | ||||||
| 2015 | DAY
42 |
ATL
30 |
LVS
33 |
PHO
39 |
CAL
14 |
MAR
20 |
TEX
24 |
BRI
6 |
RCH
41 |
TAL
19 |
KAN
39 |
CLT
21 |
DOV
16 |
POC
21 |
MCH
28 |
SON
12 |
DAY
14 |
KEN
33 |
NHA
20 |
IND
28 |
POC
9 |
GLN
43 |
MCH
21 |
BRI
19 |
DAR
15 |
RCH
29 |
CHI
25 |
NHA
11 |
DOV
26 |
CLT
26 |
KAN
35 |
TAL
25 |
MAR
10 |
TEX
42 |
PHO
27 |
HOM
29 |
28th | 695 | ||||||
| 2016 | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH
19 |
TAL
6 |
KAN
12 |
DOV
34 |
CLT
24 |
POC
34 |
MCH
7 |
SON
1 |
DAY
26 |
KEN
5 |
NHA
2 |
IND
11 |
POC
5 |
GLN
5 |
BRI
30 |
MCH
21 |
DAR
35 |
RCH
33 |
CHI
16 |
NHA
23 |
DOV
13 |
CLT
9 |
KAN
16 |
TAL
32 |
MAR
26 |
TEX
31 |
PHO
15 |
HOM
22 |
15th | 2211 | ||||||
| 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Pontiac | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** - Officially declared winner until 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daytona 500[]
| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Joe Gibbs Racing | Pontiac | 2 | 28 |
| 2000 | 7 | 17 | ||
| 2001 | 24 | 36 | ||
| 2002 | 6 | 43 | ||
| 2003 | Chevrolet | 8 | 7 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2005 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 2006 | 15 | 5 | ||
| 2007 | 3 | 43 | ||
| 2008 | Toyota | 6 | 3 | |
| 2009 | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 5 | 8 |
| 2010 | 6 | 22 | ||
| 2011 | 25 | 13 | ||
| 2012 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 2013 | 13 | 41 | ||
| 2014 | 21 | 35 | ||
| 2015 | 7 | 42 |
Nationwide Series[]
| NASCAR Nationwide Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NNSC | Pts | |
| 1995 | Racing Fan Clubs | 31 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | NSV | DAR | BRI | HCY | NHA | NZH | CLT | DOV | MYB | GLN | MLW | TAL | SBO | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | CLT | CAR | HOM
DNQ |
N/A | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1996 | Ranier-Walsh Racing | 15 | Pontiac | DAY
21 |
CAR
DNQ |
RCH | ATL
39 |
NSV | DAR | BRI
16 |
HCY | NZH | CLT | DOV
17 |
SBO | MYB | GLN | MLW
22 |
NHA | TAL
26 |
IRP
DNQ |
MCH | BRI
37 |
DAR
20 |
RCH
40 |
DOV | CLT | CAR | HOM | 49th | 753 | ||||||||||
| 1997 | Labonte Motorsports | 44 | Pontiac | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | LVS | DAR | HCY | TEX | BRI | NSV | TAL | NHA | NZH | CLT | DOV | SBO | GLN | MLW | MYB | GTY | IRP
34 |
MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH
40 |
DOV | CLT
3 |
CAL | CAR
9 |
HOM
37 |
57th | 459 | ||||||
| 1998 | Joe Gibbs Racing | DAY
31 |
CAR2 | LVS
34 |
NSV
17 |
DAR | BRI
26 |
TEX
15 |
HCY
13 |
TAL
28 |
NHA
2 |
NZH | CLT | DOV
3 |
RCH | PPR
14 |
GLN | MLW
12 |
MYB
35 |
CAL | SBO | IRP
12 |
MCH | BRI
21 |
DAR
16 |
RCH
29 |
DOV | CLT
32 |
GTY
5 |
CAR18 | ATL
3 |
HOM
39 |
21st | 2455 | |||||||
| 2003 | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | 8 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | TAL | NSH | CAL | RCH | GTY | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | IRP | MCH
11* |
BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | ATL | PHO | CAR | HOM | 109th | 140 | ||
| 2004 | Richard Childress Racing | 29 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL
2 |
GTY | RCH | NZH | 58th | 563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Harvick Incorporated | CLT
5 |
DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | IRP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chance 2 Motorsports | 81 | Chevy | MCH
DNQ |
BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN
25 |
CLT | MEM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Harvick Incorporated | 92 | Chevy | ATL
11 |
PHO | DAR | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 33 | DAY
1* |
CAL29 | MXC | LVS | ATL
2 |
NSH | BRI | TEX
42 |
PHO
5 |
TAL
20 |
DAR | RCH
15 |
CLT
39 |
DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | GTY | IRP
23 |
GLN4 | MCH | BRI | CAL | 39th | 1317 | |||||||||||
| 83 | RCH
40 |
DOV | KAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Gibbs Racing | 19 | Chevy | CLT
21 |
MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Kevin Harvick Incorporated | 33 | Chevy | DAY
1 |
CAL | MXC | LVS
12 |
ATL | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL
39 |
RCH | DAR
29 |
CLT
42 |
DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY
12 |
CHI
9 |
NHA | MAR | GTY | IRP | GLN | MCH
11 |
BRI | CAL
6 |
RCH | DOV | KAN
4 |
37th | 1461 | ||||||
| Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | 8 | Chevy | CLT
16 |
MEM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Gibbs Racing | 19 | Chevy | TEX
2 |
PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Kevin Harvick Incorporated | 33 | Chevy | DAY
8 |
LVS
3 |
TAL
2 |
RCH | DAR
7 |
CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA
4 |
CHI
8 |
GTY | IRP | CGV | GLN | MCH
30 |
BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN
11 |
CLT | MEM | 35th | 1723 | ||||||||||||
| Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Chevy | CAL
11 |
MXC | DAY
4 |
TEX
7* |
PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | ATL
10 |
BRI | NSH | TEX | PHO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Toyota | DAY1 | CAL
1* |
LVS
27 |
ATL | BRI | NSH | TEX
10 |
PHO | MXC | TAL1* | RCH | DAR
1* |
CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA
1* |
DAY | CHI
9 |
GTY | IRP | CGV | GLN | MCH
3 |
BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 39th | 1354 | |||
| 2009 | Hendrick Motorsports | 80 | Chevy | DAY
1 |
CAL | LVS | BRI | 72nd | 500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Harvick Incorporated | 33 | Chevy | TEX
2 |
NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI | CGV | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | |||||||||||||
| JR Motorsports | 5 | Chevy | CLT
11 |
MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Kevin Harvick Incorporated | 4 | Chevy | DAY
1* |
CAL | LVS | BRI | NSH | PHO | TEX | TAL | RCH | DAR | DOV | CLT | NSH | KEN | ROA | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI | CGV | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | GTY | TEX | PHO | HOM | 93rd | 195 | |
| 2011 | DAY
1 |
PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | TAL | NSH | RCH | DAR | DOV | IOW | CLT | CHI | MCH | ROA | 95th | 01 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | DAY
13 |
KEN | NHA | NSH | IRP | IOW | GLN | CGV | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Richard Childress Racing | 33 | Chevy | DAY
8 |
PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | RCH | TAL | DAR | IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN | CGV | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 121st | 01 | |||
| 2013 | DAY
1 |
PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | RCH | TAL | DAR | CLT | DOV | IOW | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | 96th | 01 | ||||||
Craftsman Truck Series[]
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCTC | Pts | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Mueller Brothers Racing | 4 | Chevy | HOM | PHO | POR | EVG | TUS | CNS | HPT | BRI | NZH | MLW | LVL | I70 | IRP
10 |
FLM | GLN | NSV | RCH | NHA | MAR | NWS | SON | MMR | PHO | LVS | 94th | 134 | |||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Andy Petree Racing | 33 | Chevy | DAY | DAR | MAR | GTY | PPR | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | NHA | MCH | IRP | NSH | RCH
1 |
TEX | SBO | LVS | CAL | PHO | HOM | 69th | 180 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | DAY | DAR | MMR | MAR | CLT | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | GTW | MCH | IRP | NSH | BRI | RCH
1 |
NHA | CAL | LVS | SBO | TEX | MAR | PHO | HOM | 85th | 180 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Morgan-Dollar Motorsports | 47 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR | MFD | CLT | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | GTW | MCH | IRP | NSH | BRI | RCH
3 |
NHA | LVS | CAL | TEX | MAR | PHO | DAR | HOM | 69th | 165 | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | GTY | MFD | CLT
33 |
DOV
2 |
TEX | MCH | MLW | KAN | KEN | MEM | IRP | NSH | BRI | 61st | 234 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Harvick Inc. | 92 | Chevy | RCH
DNQ |
NHA | LVS | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Featherlite Modified Tour[]
| NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car owner | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | NFMTC | Pts | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 94 | Chevy | TMP | STA | JEN | TMP | STA | NHA
9 |
HOL | RIV | STA | TMP | MAR | TMP | NHA | WFD | TMP | STA | 56th | 138 | |||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
ARCA Re/Max Series[]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Re/Max Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | ARSC | Pts | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Larry Clement | 40 | Ford | DAY | NSH | WIN | SLM | GTY | KEN | CLT | KAN | MCH | POC | MEM | GLN | KEN | MCH | POC | NSH | ISF | CHI | DSF2 | SLM | TOL | BLN | CLT | TAL | ATL | 104th | 250 | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Andy Petree Racing | 55 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | NSH | SLM | KEN | CLT | KAN | POC | MCH | TOL | SBO | KEN | BLN | POC | NSH | ISF | WIN | DSF2 | CHI | SLM | TAL | CLT | 103rd | 250 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Tony Stewart | 18 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | NSH | SLM | TOL | KEN | CLT | BLN | KAN | MCH | LER | POC | POC | NSH | ISF | WIN | DSF1* | CHI | SLM | TAL | CLT | SBO | 113th | 225 | |||||||||||||||||
International Race of Champions[]
(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)
| International Race of Champions results | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pos. | Points | |
| 1998 | Pontiac | DAY9 | CAL
7 |
MCH
3 |
IND
6 |
6th | 37 | |
| 2000 | Pontiac | DAY
2 |
TAL
6 |
MCH
2 |
IND
3 |
3rd | 57 | |
| 2001 | DAY
9 |
TAL10 | MCH
1* |
IND
2 |
2nd | 58 | ||
| 2002 | DAY
1 |
CAL
6 |
CHI
12 |
IND
11 |
6th | 42 | ||
| 2006 | Pontiac | DAY
8 |
TEX
1 |
DAY
1* |
ATL
3 |
1st | 72 | |
Rolex Sports Car Series[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
| Rolex Sports Car Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Make | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Rank | Points | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Crawford Racing | Crawford | Judd | SR | DAY
(46/11) |
HOM | FTR | PHO | WGL | DAY
(5/5) |
WGL | VIR | CMT | DAY | 28th | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Howard Boss Motorsports | Crawford | Chevrolet | DP | DAY
(5/3) |
HOM | PHO | MON | WGL | 37th | 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pontiac | DAY
(3/3) |
MOH | WGL
(8/8) |
HOM | VIR | BAR | CAL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | DAY
(3/3) |
HOM | CAL | LAG | CMT | WAT1 | BAR | WAT2 | DAY2
(22/18) |
MDO | PHX | WAT3
(37/21) |
VIR | MEX | 56th | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | DAY
(30/15) |
MEX | HOM | LBH | VIR | LAG | PHX | LRP | WAT1 | DAY2 | BAR | WAT2 | INF | MIL | 117th | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Howard Motorsports | Porsche | DAY
(48/24) |
MEX | HOM | VIR | LAG | LRP | WAT1 | MDO | DAY2 | IOW | CGV | BAR | WAT2 | INF | MIL | 122nd | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||