Tony Stewart
NASCAR Xfinity Series career 94 races run over 14 years 2013 position 96th 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 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) Wins Top tens Poles 2 5 0 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series career 1 race run over 1 year Best finish 69th (2002) First race 2002 Canada Day Shootout (Cayuga) Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0 Stewart's 1999 Indianapolis 500 car IndyCar Series career 26 races run over 5 years 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 November 16, 2014. 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. As of 2014 , Stewart owns and drives the No. 14 Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1/Rush Truck Centers/Code 3 Associates Chevrolet SS in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for his own team, Stewart-Haas Racing under crew chief Chad Johnston. From 1999 to 2008, he drove the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing car, under crew chief Greg Zipadelli with The Home Depot as the primary sponsor. His 10-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).