Anthony Wayne Stewart Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Anthony Wayne "Tony" Stewart (born May 20, 1971) is an American stock car racer, businessman, and NASCAR team owner. He is a three-time Sprint Cup champion. Throughout his racing career, Stewart has also won racing titles in Indy, midget, sprint and USAC Silver Crown cars.Template:As of Stewart 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 Chad Johnston. 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 five while eventual runner up Carl Edwards had one).
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If I was going to come do Indianapolis again, I don't want to just show up for the month of May. If I'm going to do it I need to start at Homestead and run all the races leading up to the month of May to really feel like that I'm being fair to the team and being fair to myself and have enough time in the car.
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That's the great thing about Joe Gibbs and Home Depot. They've always said if I wanted to come back and run Indy, that they're behind me 100 percent. I firmly believe their heart is where my heart is, and they want me to be happy and be able to come back and run Indy.
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If it works for you, do it. If its how you feel, act it. Just be yourself, and if being yourself means you're being cocky once in a while, have at it.
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Release of the book, "Tony Stewart" by Kristal Leebrick. [2004]
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Release of the book, "Rebel with a Cause: A Season with NASCAR star Tony Stewart" by Monte Dutton. [2001]
Release of his book, "True Speed: My Racing Life" by Tony with Bones Bourcier. [2002]
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In 2006, he donated $1 million to the Victory Junction Gang Camp.
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The first person to win Winston Cup Championship and The Nextel Cup Championship.
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2005 Winner of The Nextel Championship.
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The only driver to complete the 1100-mile "Indy/Charlotte" double on Memorial Day Weekend. Stewart accomplished the feat in 2001, finishing sixth in the Indianapolis 500 before flying to North Carolina to race in the Coca-Cola 600, where he finished third. He also attempted the double in 1999 and was in the top ten in both races, but came up short of completing all the miles. Only John Andretti and Robby Gordon have also tried the feat, Andretti in 1994 (he crashed from the 600) and Gordon in 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004, none ending with an 1100-mile workday.
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Winner of the 2005 Brickyard 400.
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In 2004, along with co-pilots Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Andy Wallace, drove the #2 CITGO Chevrolet Crawford Daytona Prototype to a fifth-place finish in the Rolex 24-Hour race at Daytona International Speedway.
$17 Million
