Nicknamed Smoke, Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and current NASCAR team owner. He is a three-time driver champion in the NASCAR Cup Series, winning championships in 2002, 2005 and 2011. He has won the NASCAR Cup titles as a team owner with himself in 2011 and with Kevin Harvick as drivers in 2014. Stewart has won titles in Indy, Midget, Sprint, and USAC Silver Crown cars throughout his racing career. He is the first driver in history to win both an IndyCar and a NASCAR championship.
Caption: Tony Stewart
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In 2011, Stewart became the first owner-driver to win the Cup Series championship since Alan Kulwicki, which ended Jimmie Johnson’s run of consecutive championships at five. Stewart is the first driver under the old points system and the chase playoff format to win the Cup Series championship and is the only driver to win the title with three different sponsorships. He is also the first Cup Series driver to win the title, due to a tie-breaker. Stewart was inducted to NASCAR Hall of Fame on May 22, 2019.
Tony Stewart: Early Life, Education, Family
Tony Stewart was born as Anthony Wayne Stewart on 20 May 1971 in Columbus, Indiana, United States. He is an artist known for Fully Loaded Herbie, the Last Man Standing and Over the Wall.
In 2011, Stewart became the first owner-driver to win the Cup Series championship since Alan Kulwicki, which ended Jimmie Johnson’s run of consecutive championships at five. Stewart is the first driver under the old points system and the chase playoff format to win the Cup Series championship and is the only driver to win the title with three different sponsorships. He is also the first Cup Series driver to win the title, due to a tie-breaker. Stewart was inducted to NASCAR Hall of Fame on May 22, 2019.
Caption: Tony Stewart in his young days
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Tony Stewart: Career and achievements
Stewart had intended to step up to the Winston Cup Series in 1997 driving for Ranier-Walsh Racing after working with the team part-time during the 1996 NASCAR Busch Series season. But, when Stewart realized he was not ready for the transfer, the deal fell through.
After a 20-year driving career in NASCAR, the last 18 of which were spent in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Stewart retired after the 2016 season from his NASCAR driving duties to concentrate on his co-ownership of Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) with industrialist Gene Haas, and to compete in the kind of open-wheel dirt racing where his path to NASCAR started.
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Stewart went on to win 12 driving championships after first wheeling a go-kart at a Westport, Indiana, racetrack in 1978. His most famous awards are the three he’d won in the NASCAR Cup Series. Since 2002 Stewart has won his first crown.
Stewart returned to sprint car racing on February 15, 2014, in his No. 14 sprint car, the same car he fractured his leg in 2013. When asked why he came back, Stewart said he loved sprint racing cars too much to quit. Stewart defied his detractors in a massive comeback tale by sweeping and winning a sprint car race at Tri-City Motor Speedway.
Tony Stewart: Personal life and wife
Talking about his personal life, Stewart engaged Pennelope Jimenez. Jimenez is an American model, actress, and former Centerfold playboy. One of the famous movies she was a part of is The Scorpion King. Likewise, the model is also a Playboy Playmate of the Month winner. The couple met each other in 2016 and eventually engaged in Thanksgiving 2017.
Caption: Stewart and Pennelope Jiminez engaged
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Tony Stewart: Net Worth and social media
The former American race car driver and businessman have a $90 million net worth. His main source of income was his career as a car racer. However, it’s not the same now. Stewart is right now making money with his business.
Likewise, talking about his social media availability, he is available on Twitter and Instagram by the name TonyStewart and tsrsmoke. He has 147k followers on Instagram and 721.4k followers on Twitter.
Tony Stewart: Body measurements
The former car racer has a sporty and proportional frame. Additionally, he is 1.75 m tall and weighs nearly 82 kgs. However, any further information regarding Stewart’s body measurements is not accessible.
