TONY STEWART

                                                  TONY STEWART 

ANTHONY WAYNE "TONY" STEWART BORN MAY 20, 1971 IS AN AMERICAN
PROFESSIONAL STOCK CAR RACING DRIVER NASCAR TEAM OWNER. HE IS
THREE-TIME SPRINT SUMP SERIES CHAMPION AS A DRIVER. THROUGHOUT HIS
RACING CAREER, STEWART HAS WON RACING TITILES IN INDY, MIDGET, SPRINT
AND USAC SILVER CROWN CARS. HE IS THE ONLY DFRIVER HIS HISTORY TO WIN A
CHAPMIONSHIP IN BOTH INDYCAR AND NASCAR. STEART OWNS AND DRIVES THE NO. 14 CHEVROLET SS IN THE NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES FOR HIS WON TEAM, STEWART-HAAS RACING UNDER CREW CHIEF CHAD HOHNSTON.


FROM 1999 TO 2008, HE DROVE THE NO. 20 JOE GIBBS RACING CAR, UNDER
CREW CHIEF GREG ZIPADELLI WITH HOME DEPOT AS THE PRIMARY SPONSOR, WHILE
DRIVING FOR CAR WONSER JOE GIBBS, STEWART WON TWO CUP SERIES CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 2002 AND 2005. IN 2011, STEWART BECAME THE FIRST OWNER-DRIVER SINCE ALAN KULWICKI TO WIN THE CUP SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH ENDED JIMME JOHNSON'S STREAK OF CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT FIVE.
STEWART IS THE ONLY DRIVER TO WIN THE CUP SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP
WHICH ENDED JIMMIE JOHNSON'S STREAK OF CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIPA
AT PLAYOFF FORMAT, AND IS THE ONLY DRIVER TO WIN THE TITLE UNDER
THREE DIFFERENT SPONSORSHIPS WINSTON IN 2002, NEXTLEL IN 2005, AND
SPRINT IN 2011. HE IS ALSO THE FIRST DRIVER IN THE CUP SERIES TO WIN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP BY VIRTUE OF A TIE BREAKER (NUMBER OF WINS DURING THE SEASON IN THE  FIRST IEVEL TIE BREAKER, STEWART HAD FIVE WHILE EVENTUAL RUNNER-UP CARL EDWARDS HAD ONE)

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