Tony Stewart

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Full Name: Anthony Wayne Stewart NASCAR Starts: 331 Height/Weight: NASCAR Wins: 32 Birthdate: May 20, 1971 NASCAR Top 5s: 123 Birthplace: Columbus, Indiana NASCAR Top 10s: 197 Nationality:  United States NASCAR Poles: 10 Series: NASCAR Team: Joe Gibbs Racing 2002 & 2005 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion 1997 Indy Racing League Champion

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For the former NFL player, see Tony Stewart (NFL)

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[edit] Career Highlights

[edit] 1996

• Finishes 8th in inaugural IRL season
• Starts on pole at Indy 500. Stewart qualified second, but pole sitter Scott Brayton was killed in practice prior to the race.
• First races in the Busch series

[edit] 1997

• Wins IRL Championship
• Win at Pikes Peak
• Poles at Walt Disney World, Phoenix, Texas, and Charlotte

[edit] 1998

• Finishes third in IRL series
• Won at Walt Disney World and Loudon
• Runs 22 Busch races, including 5 top 5's and 2 poles

[edit] 1999

• Moves to NASCAR full-time with Joe Gibbs Racing
• Finishes fourth in Winston Cup standings
• Wins at Richmond, Phoenix, and Homestead

[edit] 2000

• Finished 6th in Winston Cup standings
• Wins at Dover (twice), Michigan, Loudon, Martinsville, and Homestead. His six wins are most in the series

[edit] 2001

• Runner-up for Winston Cup
• Wins at Richmond, Infineon, and Bristol

[edit] 2002

• Wins Winston Cup Championship
• Won at Richmond, Atlanta, and Watkins Glen

[edit] 2003

• Finished 7th in Winston Cup Standings
• Won at Pocono and Charlotte

[edit] 2004

• Finished 6th in Nextel Cup Standings
• Won at Chicagoland and Watkins Glen

[edit] 2005

• Won Nextel Cup Championship
• Won at Infineon, Daytona (Pepsi 400), Loudon, Indianapolis, Watkins Glen

[edit] 2006

• Finished 11th in Nextel Cup Standings, out of the Chase for the Championship
• Won at Martinsville, Daytona (Pepsi 400), Kansas, Atlanta, and Texas. The latter three races came after the Chase cutoff

[edit] 2007

• Won at Chicagoland and Indianapolis

[edit] Statistics

[edit] NASCAR Record

Season	Team Name	No.	Races	Poles	Wins	Final Placing
1999	Gibbs	20	34	2	3	4th
2000	Gibbs	20	34	2	6	6th
2001	Gibbs	20	36	0	3	2nd
2002	Gibbs	20	36	2	3	1st
2003	Gibbs	20	36	1	2	7th
2004	Gibbs	20	36	0	2	6th
2005	Gibbs	20	36	3	5	1st
2006	Gibbs	20	36	0	5	11th
2007	Gibbs	20	36	0	3	6th
2008	Gibbs	20	11	0	0
TOTAL			331	10	32

[edit] IndyCar Series Record

Season	Team Name	No.	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Final Placing
1996	Menard	20	3	1	0	68	8th
1997	Menard	2	10	4	1	278	1st
1998	Menard	1	11	4	2	289	3rd
1999	Tri-Star	22	1	0	0	22	33rd
2001	Ganassi	33	1	0	0	28	39th
TOTAL			26	9	3

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