Tony Stewart
Born	) May 20, 1971 (age 41) Columbus, Indiana, United States
Achievements	2011, 2005, 2002 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion 1997 Indy Racing League Champion 1995 USAC Triple Crown Champion 1994 USAC National Midget Series Champion 2006 IROC champion 2005, 2007 Brickyard 400 Winner 2009 Sprint All-Star Race winner 2001, 2002, 2007 Budweiser Shootout Winner 2006, 2008, 2009 Prelude to the Dream Winner
Awards	1999 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year 1996 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 2001 National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame inductee
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
511 race(s) run over 15 year(s)
Car no., team	No. 14 (Stewart-Haas Racing)
2012 position	9th
Best finish	1st (2002, 2005, 2011)
First race	1999 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race	2013 Southern 500 (Darlington)
First win	1999 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 (Richmond)
Last win	2012 Coke Zero 400 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 47 283 14
NASCAR Nationwide Series career
94 race(s) run over 14 year(s)
Car no., team	No. 33 (Richard Childress Racing)
2012 position	122nd
Best finish	21st (1998)
First race	1996 Goody's Headache Powder 300 (Daytona)
Last race	2013 DRIVE4COPD 300 (Daytona)
First win	2005 Hershey's Take 5 300 (Daytona)
Last win	2013 DRIVE4COPD 300 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 11 41 6
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
6 race(s) run over 5 year(s)
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)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 5 0
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series career
1 race(s) run over 1 year(s)
Best finish	69th (2002)
First race	2002 Canada Day Shootout (Cayuga)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0

Tony Stewart's 1999 Indianapolis 500 car
IndyCar Series career
26 race(s) run over 5 year(s)
Team(s)	Team Menard Tri-Star Racing Chip Ganassi Racing
Best finish	1st - 1997
First race	1996 Indy 200 (Disney)
Last race	2001 Indianapolis 500 (Indy)
First win	1997 Samsonite 200 (Pikes Peak)
Last win	1998 New England 200 (Loudon)
Wins Podiums Poles 3 7 8
Statistics current as of May 11, 2013.

Anthony Wayne "Tony" Stewart (born May 20, 1971) is an American auto racing driver, businessman and team owner.^[1] Throughout his racing career, Stewart has won titles in Indy cars and stock cars as well as midget, sprint and USAC Silver Crown cars.^[2]

Stewart currently owns and drives the No. 14 Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet SS in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for his own team, Stewart-Haas Racing under crew chief Steve Addington. From 1999 until 2008, he drove the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing car, under crew chief Greg Zipadelli, with The Home Depot as the primary sponsor. His ten-year tenure with the same team, sponsor, and crew chief is a NASCAR record. Stewart is also the only driver to win both the Winston Cup under the old points system and the Nextel Cup under the chase playoff format, winning those championships in 2002 and 2005 respectively. In 2011, Stewart became the first owner-driver since Alan Kulwicki to win the Cup Series championship, which ended Jimmie Johnson's streak of consecutive championships at five. He is the only driver to win the NASCAR championship under three different sponsorship titles Winston in 2002, Nextel in 2005, and Sprint in 2011 as well as being the only driver in history to win a championship in both IndyCar and NASCAR. He is also the first driver in Cup to win the championship by virtue of a tie breaker (number of wins during the season is the first level tie breaker, Stewart had 5 while eventual runner up Carl Edwards had 1).

Contents 1 Early life 2 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2.1 Joe Gibbs Racing (1999–2008) 2.1.1 1999 season 2.1.2 2000 season 2.1.3 2001 season 2.1.4 2002 season 2.1.5 2003 season 2.1.6 2004 season 2.1.7 2005 season 2.1.8 2006 season 2.1.9 2007 season 2.1.10 2008 season 2.2 Stewart Haas Racing (2009–present) 2.2.1 2009 season 2.2.2 2010 season 2.2.3 2011 season 2.2.4 2012 season 2.2.5 2013 season 3 Other racing series 4 "Smoke" nickname 5 Racing team owner 5.1 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (2009) 5.2 United States Auto Club 5.3 Other entities 6 Racetrack owner 7 Tony Stewart Foundation 8 TV & radio 9 Video games 10 Racing record 10.1 IndyCar results 10.2 Indy 500 results 10.3 IRL statistics 10.4 NASCAR Cup Series statistics 11 References 12 External links

Early life

Stewart was born in Columbus, Indiana, on May 20, 1971, and attended Columbus North High School during his youth. 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, fifth in 1993 after winning the Hut Hundred,^[3] and was the National Midget series champion in 1994.

In 1995, Stewart became the first driver to win USAC's version of the Triple Crown, earning championships in all three of USAC's major divisions, National Midget, Sprint, and Silver Crown. His winning the Hut Hundred and 4-Crown Nationals were the highlights of the year.

When he was not racing IndyCars, 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 Indy Racing League (IRL) 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 '97 championship run.^[3]

As he had done the previous year, he raced a handful of Busch Series races in 1998. This time, he was racing for Joe Gibbs, NFL Hall of Fame head coach of the Washington Redskins who was having major success with driver Bobby Labonte in Winston Cup. When Stewart was able to finish races, he finished in the top 10, and had a 3rd place finish at Charlotte. Stewart so impressed Gibbs that he was signed to drive the majority of the Busch schedule in 1998 to go along with a full-time IRL schedule. The double duty did not affect his performance in either series. In the IRL, he won twice and finished 3rd in the championship. His season was a disappointment as he finished last in the Indy 500 because of an engine failure.

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. Gibbs had enough confidence in Stewart that he was moved into Cup for the 1999 season. With that move, Stewart ended his three-year career as a full-time IRL driver.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Joe Gibbs Racing (1999–2008)

1999 season

Stewart started his Winston Cup career in 1999 with a bang, as he qualified his No. 20 Home Depot Pontiac in second place in the Daytona 500. He showed courage in one of the Gatorade Twin 125 races, when involved in a battle with Dale Earnhardt for the win. Earnhardt came out on top, but 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. (Stewart's record would hold until 2002, when Jimmie Johnson tied the feat by winning three times; Carl Edwards won four times in his first full Cup season but was not regarded as a rookie by NASCAR standards.) He finished his first year an unprecedented 4th in points, the highest points finish by a rookie in the modern era (which held until 2006 when his then-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 Winston 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; ninth in the 1999 Indy 500 and fourth at Lowe's Motor Speedway. However, he only completed 1,090 miles (1,750 km) of the scheduled 1,100.

2000 season

Stewart showed no signs of a sophomore slump in the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, winning six races at Martinsville, New Hampshire, Michigan, Homestead and two at Dover. However, he fell to sixth place in the standings because of a handful of (Did Not Finish) 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."^[3]

2001 season

Stewart's 2001 season got off to a frightening start at the Daytona 500, when he was caught up in an 18 car crash on lap 173 on the back straightaway that also collected Bobby Labonte, Terry Labonte, Rusty Wallace, Steve Park, Jason Leffler, Jerry Nadeau, Buckshot Jones and more. Stewart took the worst ride, as his car turned backwards after being hit by Ward Burton, was pushed over Robby Gordon, and barrel-rolled twice in midair before hooking Bobby Labonte's hood and coming to a stop on the infield. Stewart was transported to Halifax Medical Center afterwards complaining of discomfort in his shoulder. Stewart's crash, as violent as it was, was greatly overshadowed when Dale Earnhardt was killed in a crash on the last lap of the same race. Stewart recovered to win three more races at Richmond, Infineon and Bristol, and, as he'd done before, ran near the front most of the season. Statistically, he had a worse season than 2000, but he was the runner-up to Gordon in the final points standings.

For the second time he ran "The Double" on Memorial Day Weekend, in spite of a 17 minute rain delay at Indianapolis. He finished 6th in the Indianapolis 500 and 3rd in the Coca-Cola 600, running all 1,100 miles (1,800 km) of the two races.^[4]

The 2001 season was not without controversy. Jeff Gordon pulled a "bump and run" on Stewart to gain a better finishing position in a race in Bristol, and it resulted in Stewart retaliating in a post-race incident by spinning Gordon out on pit road. Stewart was fined and placed on probation by NASCAR. He got into further trouble at Daytona, when he confronted a Winston Cup official after ignoring a black flag. At the same race, he also got into an incident with a reporter, kicking away a tape recorder. He confronted the same NASCAR official at the race in Talladega 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 practice after his crew chief, Greg Zipadelli intervened. His fines and probation periods resulting from these incidents have earned Stewart a reputation of having a hot-temper, and he became NASCAR's "bad boy".

2002 season

Stewart started 2002 even more inauspiciously than in the previous season, as his Daytona 500 lasted just two laps due to a blown engine. He went on to win twice early in the season at Atlanta and Richmond but was only seventh in the points standings at the halfway point of the season. The second half of his season was plagued by an altercation with a photographer after the Brickyard 400. NASCAR put Stewart on probation for the rest of the season. He went on to win the very next week at Watkins Glen, and went on a hot streak in the final races, finishing consistently in the top five. At the end of the year, Stewart held off a charging Mark Martin to win his first Winston Cup championship.

2003 season

As defending champion, Stewart managed to have a relatively incident-free 2003. Driving a Chevrolet instead of his previous Pontiac (Gibbs switched manufacturers), Stewart actually had his worst Cup season (until the 2006 season), but it was still good enough for seventh in the points. He only won twice that season at Pocono and Charlotte but led more laps than he had the previous year and was highly competitive in the final races of the year.

2004 season

In the Daytona 500, Stewart and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. dominated the race, leading 156 laps overall (98 of them by Stewart). He finished second in the event. The season was highlighted with his first win coming at Chicagoland as well as his second victory at Watkins Glen. Stewart qualified fourth for the first ever Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup. However an incident at the first race of The Chase at Loudon dashed hopes of a second series title.

In November, 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 Sprint Cup drivers and dirt track legends.

In January, 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.

2005 season

2005 was one of Stewart's most successful years in the Nextel Cup. He won five races, at Infineon, Daytona, New Hampshire, Watkins Glen and the Allstate 400 at his hometown track, 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 Nextel Cup 10-race playoff.

On August 16 Stewart was fined $5,000 for hitting the car of Brian Vickers, after the completion of the Busch Series Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International. Stewart was driving a Busch series car owned by Kevin Harvick Incorporated at the time. Stewart also was placed on probation until December 31.

Following his second win of the season, Stewart began climbing the fence separating the fans from the race track after each victory, borrowing IndyCar Series driver Hélio Castroneves' trademark move.^[5] 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 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, 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, Stewart won his second NASCAR Nextel 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 2006–2010. In victory circle Tony Stewart said that he loved winning his 2005 championship better than his 2002 championship because his 2005 season was more well-behaved than 2002.

He also is one of the youngest drivers to win multiple championships and 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 was very much up and down. 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, 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 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.^[6] 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;^[7] 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.

In July 2006 Tony 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 spot and passed veteran driver 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, 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 fellow driver 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.^[8]

Stewart missed the cut to qualify for the 2006 Chase for the Nextel Cup by 16 points.^[9] 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”.^[10] Stewart won three races in the 2006 Chase (Kansas, Atlanta, and Texas).

The season wasn't 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 Nextel Cup behind Kasey Kahne's six.

2007 season

His 2007 racing season started out with Stewart 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. ^[11] 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 released that Stewart would be on the cover of the official NASCAR video game published by Electronic Arts, "NASCAR 08". 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. At the third Car of Tomorrow race at Phoenix, Stewart lead a race high 154 laps, but a late race caution moved Stewart to second, where he finished behind Jeff Gordon. In the following week, Stewart implied the cautions were "bogus" and that NASCAR is rigged like professional wrestling.^[12]

On June 4, 2007, Stewart and Kurt Busch had an incident on pit road in the Autism Speaks 400 at Dover. Kurt Busch passed Stewart on the inside. Busch 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 Tony intentionally crashed Kurt since they were bitter rivals over the year and that Tony and Kurt had contact early in the race. Under the caution, Tony Stewart was on pit road in his pit box surveying the massive damage he got from the crash; when an enraged Kurt Busch pulled alongside and gave Tony a profane gesture to express his feelings over the incident. One of Stewart's crewmen had to jump out of the way of Kurt's car to avoid being hit and Kurt was disqualified. Tony Stewart was put on temporary probation for his part in the feud but was cleared from any further penalties.

At the All-Star Challenge 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 NEXTEL Cup win at the USG Sheetrock 400 at Joliet.

On July 29, 2007, after leading a race high 66 of 160 laps, Stewart won the "Allstate 400 at the Brickyard" race at Indianapolis, 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 one of his fellow drivers, Kevin Harvick, 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.

2008 season

Stewart began the 2008 season starting 6th for the 50th running of the Daytona 500, and was only able to come up with a 3rd place finish after being passed on the last lap by Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch. The finish resembled the previous Daytona 500 in 2007 when Stewart's close friend Kevin Harvick passed Mark Martin on the final lap to win the race.

After the Daytona 500 ended Tony Stewart learned that Joe Gibbs Racing was moving to Toyota for 2009 and announced resignation from JGR after 2008 in order to remain loyal to Chevrolet. Also after the race ended Tony Stewart hired Ryan Newman into his future NSCS team for 2009 and a multi-year deal. Ryan Newman had also previously announced resignation from Penske Racing after 2008 because of loyalties to chevrolet, and thus accepted.

On lap 109 of the UAW-Dodge 400, Stewart cut a tire and slammed into the turn 3 wall. Stewart came out of the car under his own power, but was helped to the ambulance where he was taken to the infield care center. Stewart had complained about a sore foot from a wreck which occurred the day before in the Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas. Stewart was later announced okay and ripped on Goodyear for not bringing quality tires. The next week at the Kobalt Tools 500, Stewart commented that "Goodyear doesn't give a fuck about tire quality."

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 take pits.

In the Best Buy 400 Stewart was involved in another crash with Elliott Sadler in which Sadler was turned by David Gilliland and Sadler's no. 19 collected Stewart and 11 other cars including Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Denny Hamlin. Stewart 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, Tony Stewart made a deal with fellow car owner/close friend Gene Haas into a co-owning partnership in a racing organization called Stewart-Haas Racing for 2009 when he resigned from Joe Gibbs Racing. Ryan Newman came to the meeting to make his deal with SHR signed earlier in the year, official.

On July 5, during the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, Stewart began feeling ill and turned the car over to former Joe Gibbs Racing teammate J. J. Yeley, who finished 20th after getting involved in two wrecks in the last 5 laps. ^[13] Stewart earned his first & only win of the season in the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega on October 5 driving for sponsor Subway as his last win on Joe Gibbs Racing (Stewart then would move to his own racing team Stewart-Haas Racing) On the final lap Stewart was passed by Regan Smith the rookie of Dale Earnhardt Inc who beat Stewart to the line. NASCAR declared that Smith had made an illegal pass under the yellow line, and awarded the victory to Stewart.^[14]

After the Ford 400, Tony 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

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. Stewart was vocal about his loyalty to Chevrolet (which sponsors his USAC Midget, Sprint Car, and Silver Crown teams), and would move to Haas CNC Racing to drive a Haas Chevrolet, with sponsorship 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 two 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).

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.^[15] Stewart also won the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona after a controversial finish involving a wreck with Kyle Busch, his former teammate at Joe Gibbs Racing. In a similar fashion to the spring race at Talladega that year, Kyle 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 to hit the wall hard and wreck across the line in the final lead position while being hit brutally by colleague Kasey Kahne. Stewart undamaged charged for the win to great applause from the fans. In victory lane Stewart when asked about the upset finish with Kyle Busch said with a disappointed tone:

"Well...I kind of knew I needed to get there and Busch needed to get there...I do not like winning the races in that fashion...I wanted to see Kyle also have a good day...but it is just disappointing to win the way I did tonight because Kyle Busch was in front all day and then wrecking him is not the way I like to win these things. But I thank my sponsors Office Depot, Burger King, Coca-Cola... but it is not the way I wanted to win."

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 Sprint 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

On April 16, 2010, Stewart won his first Sprint 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 Sprint Cup for Stewart, and was his first starting from the pole since October 2005 at Martinsville Speedway.^[16]

On May 9, it was reported that Stewart would lose Old Spice as a sponsor after 11 years with them.^[17]

Stewart won two races in 2010, the Emory Healthcare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on September 5 and the Pepsi Max 400 at Auto Club Speedway on October 10.

In September at Loudon New Hampshire, 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, 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

In 2011, Stewart returned in the No. 14 Office Depot 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..."^[18] Stewart and his teammate, Ryan 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 Sprint 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, 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 Sprint Cup Series championship by winning the final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway while Edwards finished second.^[19] Stewart and Edwards were tied on total points, but Stewart claimed the tiebreaker by having five race wins to Edwards's one.^[20] 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, 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, Stewart won the rain-shortened Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway. On June 3, Stewart was caught in a 13 car crash on the back leg at Dover and finished the race in 25th place. 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.^[21]

On October 2, Bass Pro Shops announced they would be a co-primary sponsor for Stewart in a selected number of races for the 2013 season.^[22]

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.^[23]

Stewart started his season on a dismal note. In the Nationwide Series, Stewart renewed his RCR deal to drive the #33 Oreos/Ritz Chevrolet. He won the opening Nationwide Series event at Daytona, overtaking Regan Smith on the last lap, but Stewart's win was over-shadowed by worry because Smith had been turned, and in the resulting melee, Kyle Larson had flown into the catchfence, completely slicing off the front part of his car and injuring 28 spectators in the grandstands.

His Daytona 500 run ended on lap 35 when he was caught up an early crash with Kevin Harvick and Kasey Kahne, finishing 41st. He rebounded slightly with an eighth place finish at Phoenix and an 11th place finish in Las Vegas. At Bristol Stewart blew his tire on lap 3 and also cut a brake line; he came back out but was over 20 laps down; unable to contend for victory.

At Fontana, Stewart ran well for most of the day, and nearly contended for the win. However, due to a late-race incident when Joey Logano laid back on the last restart, Stewart ended up in 22nd place at the bottom of the lead lap. After the race, an angered Stewart 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.^[24]

At Richmond, Stewart looked to be in contention for the win as he was 5th on a green-white-checkered finish, but 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. 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. Down near the haulers the two turned the attention given to race winner Kevin Harvick; to them when they had a verbal confrontation, again Tony showing Busch his displeasure with his aggressive move. It was the first time since 2008 that the two got together.

Stewarts' 2013 season start is considered his worst start to a Sprint Cup Season yet. As of 27th of April 2013 he has only 1 top 10 finish (Phoenix). The rest of his finishing positions have been in the late 10's or early 20's. After Richmond, Stewart currently sits 22nd in the points standings with 207 points, 136 behind the leader Jimmie Johnson.

Other racing series

Stewart frequently makes appearances on dirt tracks, appearing regularly at an ARCA race on dirt and at many prominent midget car events, USAC's 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 also races on rare occasions in the World of Outlaws Series and on July 27, 2011, Stewart won his first ever World of Outlaws race at Ohsweken Speedway.

On September 21, 2011, Stewart and fellow drivers Jamie McMurray and Austin Dillon attended the grand opening of Bass Pro Shops in East Peoria, Illinois. The store ended up bringing in as many as six thousand people that night, but not without saying thanks to the drivers, who signed autographs for fans.

"Smoke" nickname

Stewart told NASCAR.com of his nickname: "I wasn't very good about not slipping the right-rear tire, initially. So it started as 'Smoker,' then it got shortened to 'Smoke.' Then when I got in the Indy Racing League it was 'Smoke' because one of the guys on the crew who was my roommate, and knew the nickname, carried it over to the IndyCar team. But then when I started blowing engines, 'Smoke' really stuck. I've had it ever since."

During his NASCAR career, Stewart once was told by No. 20 team owner Joe Gibbs that he could no longer compete in races outside of his Sprint Cup obligations. Stewart worked around this by entering a USAC National Midget race under the pseudonym "Smoke Johnson" with the crowd at the track none the wiser. After winning the feature, "Smoke Johnson" got out of his car and revealed himself to the crowd under his real name. He also once entered himself in a race, driving the infamous "Munchkin" midget chassis, as "Mikey Fedorcak Jr." after buying the Munchkin from Mike Fedorcak during a card game. In 2010 he raced several Modified races under the name Smoke Johnson.

Racing team owner

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.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (2009)

In the end of 2008 Stewart was given a 50% stake in Haas CNC Racing which became Stewart-Haas Racing in 2009. Haas CNC Racing, previously fielded the No. 66 and No. 70 cars, now fields the numbers 14, 10 and 39 as Stewart-Haas Racing. This decision involved parting ways with long-time crew chief Greg Zipadelli, sponsor The Home Depot, car number 20, and owner Joe Gibbs, with all of which he had spent 10 years. He drives the No. 14 Chevrolet Impala owned by Gene and Margaret Haas. He is the owner of the No. 39 Quicken Loans Chevrolet SS, which is driven by Ryan Newman and also owner of the No. 10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet SS, which is driven by Danica Patrick.

United States Auto Club

Stewart has won USAC car owner titles in the Silver Crown division in 2002 and 2003 with J. J. Yeley, and in 2004 with Dave Steele. 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 2007 and 2009 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 #22.

Other entities

Stewart owns a dirt late model Chevrolet Impala that carries No. 14 which he races frequently. Stewart has also won a World of Outlaws Sprint Car Championship as an owner with Donny Schatz in 2008. The team is now a 2 car operation with Schatz and Steve Kinser. 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.

Racetrack owner

Stewart purchased Eldora Speedway located near Rossburg, Ohio in late 2004 from Earl Baltes.^[25] Stewart is currently a co-owner of Paducah International Raceway near Paducah, Kentucky. He also co-owns Macon Speedway in Macon, Illinois along with Kenny Schrader, Kenny Wallace and Bob Sargent.^[26]

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. ^[27]

TV & radio

• Stewart hosted a two-hour weekly radio show, titled Tony Stewart Live, broadcast on Sirius Satellite Radio.^[28] Stewart co-hosted the show with Matt Yocum, and takes listener calls. The show ran through 2007–2008.
• In 2007, Stewart appeared in commercials for Subway with their spokesman, Jared Fogle. Stewart worked at McDonald's while attending Columbus North High School. Former coworkers said he was a great worker — when he showed up.
• Appeared with Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in the music video for 3 Doors Down's song "The Road I'm On".
• Appeared in a 2008 Toyota commercial where the cars of Toyota Sprint 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, a homage to his habit of throwing helmets and other racing gear in anger.
• Stewart appears in commercials as a member of the Coca-Cola Racing Family of drivers and a Coca-Cola vending machine with Stewart's picture on it sits in Columbus North High School to this day.
• In 2010, Stewart appeared in the 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 Aug. 12, 2010.
• Appeared as host in the 2003 production of NASCAR Images Adrenaline Vol 1
• On February 14, 2012, Stewart guest-starred on the ABC series "Last Man Standing"

Video games

• Stewart has been included in Electronic Arts' NASCAR sim racing series from 2000–present driving his No. 20 Home Depot car.
• Electronic Arts announced that Stewart would appear in person for the first time on the cover of NASCAR Thunder 2004 in late 2003,^[29] however he is not new to the concept having his Home Depot Winston Cup car appear on NASCAR 2001's cover.^[30] Stewart also appears on the North American cover of NASCAR 08. Stewart is later included in NASCAR 2011: The Game (2011) and the upcoming game NASCAR The Game: Inside Line.^[31]

Racing record

IndyCar results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points
1996	Team Menard	WDW 2	PHX 11	INDY 24											8th	68
1996–1997	Team Menard	NHM 12	LVS 21	WDW 10	PHX 2	INDY 5	TXS 5	PPIR 1	CLT 7	NH2 14	LV2 11				1st	278
1998	Team Menard	WDW 1	PHX 2	INDY 33	TXS 14	NHM 1	DOV 8	CLT 21	PPI 3	ATL 5	TX2 20	LVS 14			3rd	289
1999	Tri-Star Racing	WDW	PHX	INDY 9	TXS	PPIR	ATL	DOV	PPI2	LVS	TX2				33rd	22
2001	Target Chip Ganassi	PHX	HMS	ATL	INDY 6	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2	39th	28

Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1996	Lola	Menard-Buick	1st	24th	Menard
1997	G-Force	Oldsmobile	2nd	5th	Menard
1998	Dallara	Oldsmobile	4th	33rd	Menard
1999	Dallara	Oldsmobile	24th	9th	Tri-Star
2001	G-Force	Oldsmobile	7th	6th	Ganassi

IRL statistics

Year	Races	Wins	Poles	Top 5	Top 10	DNF	Finish	Start	Winnings	Season Rank	Team(s)
1996	3/3	0	1	1	0	2	12.3	4.0	$349,303	8th	Team Menard
1997	10/10	1	4	4	6	5	8.8	3.4	$1,090,450	1st	Team Menard
1998	11/11	2	3	5	6	4	11.1	4.5	$1,002,850	3rd	Team Menard
1999	1/10	0	0	0	1	0	9.0	24.0	$186,670	33rd	Tri-Star Racing
2001	1/13	0	0	0	1	0	6.0	7.0	$218,850	39th	Chip Ganassi Racing
Totals	26	3	8	10	15	11	10.1	4.8	$2,848,123

NASCAR Cup Series statistics

Year	Races	Wins	Poles	Top 5	Top 10	DNF	Avg. Finish	Avg. Start	Winnings	Season Rank	Team(s)
1999	34/34	3	2	12	21	1	10.3	12.6	$3,190,149	4th	Joe Gibbs Racing
2000	34/34	6	2	12	23	5	12.4	16.7	$3,642,348	6th	Joe Gibbs Racing
2001	36/36	3	0	15	22	4	12.6	17.0	$4,941,463	2nd	Joe Gibbs Racing
2002	36/36	3	2	15	21	6	12.6	13.2	$9,163,761	1st	Joe Gibbs Racing
2003	36/36	2	1	12	18	5	14.6	13.9	$6,131,633	7th	Joe Gibbs Racing
2004	36/36	2	0	10	19	2	12.9	15.3	$7,830,807	6th	Joe Gibbs Racing
2005	36/36	5	3	17	25	1	9.9	12.0	$13,578,168	1st	Joe Gibbs Racing
2006	36/36	5	0	15	19	4	13.8	16.7	$8,801,569	11th	Joe Gibbs Racing
2007	36/36	3	0	11	23	4	13.1	17.6	$8,023,584	6th	Joe Gibbs Racing
2008	36/36	1	0	10	16	3	14.9	17.1	$7,665,300	9th	Joe Gibbs Racing
2009	36/36	4	0	15	23	1	12.3	10.4	$8,643,783	6th	Stewart-Haas Racing
2010	36/36	2	2	9	17	1	13.9	13.2	$6,846,199	7th	Stewart-Haas Racing
2011	36/36	5	1	9	19	1	12.0	17.7	$12,671,071	1st	Stewart-Haas Racing
2012	36/36	3	1	12	16	2	13.6	18.3	$6,601,185	9th	Stewart-Haas Racing
Totals	500	47	14	174	282	40	12.7	15.3	$109,062,017	6th

Data as of Sunday, November 18, 2012^[32]
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References

External links

• Official website
• Tony Stewart driver statistics at Racing Reference
• Tony Stewart Foundation
• Tony Stewart at NASCAR.com
• Tony Stewart at The Coca-Cola Racing Family

Sporting positions
Preceded by Buzz Calkins Scott Sharp	Indy Racing League Champion 1997	Succeeded by Kenny Bräck
Preceded by Jeff Gordon	NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion 2002	Succeeded by Matt Kenseth
Preceded by Kurt Busch	NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Champion 2005	Succeeded by Jimmie Johnson
Preceded by Jimmie Johnson	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion 2011	Succeeded by Brad Keselowski
Preceded by Mark Martin	IROC Champion IROC XXX (2006)	Succeeded by Final
Achievements
Preceded by Christian Fittipaldi	Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 1996	Succeeded by Jeff Ward
Preceded by Kenny Irwin, Jr.	NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year 1999	Succeeded by Matt Kenseth
Preceded by Kenny Wallace	Prelude to the Dream Winner 2006	Succeeded by Carl Edwards
Preceded by Carl Edwards	Prelude to the Dream Winner 2008, 2009	Succeeded by Jimmie Johnson
Preceded by Michael Schumacher Michael Schumacher Jimmie Johnson	Best Driver ESPY Award 2003 2006 2012	Succeeded by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Jeff Gordon Incumbent
Preceded by Jeff Gordon Jimmie Johnson	Brickyard 400 winner 2005 2007	Succeeded by Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson