Tony Stewart Net worth, Bio, Age, Wife, Parents, Children

Publish date: 2024-04-01

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Tony Stewart Net worth, Bio, Age, Wife, Parents, Children – Stewart became the first owner-driver to win the Cup Series championship since Alan Kulwicki in 2011.

Stewart is the only driver to have won the Cup Series championship under both the old points system and the chase playoff format, as well as the only driver to have won the championship under three different sponsorships (Winston in 2002, Nextel in 2005, and Sprint in 2011).

He is also the first Cup Series driver to win the championship on a tiebreaker.

Stewart was elected to the NASCAR Hall of Fame on May 22, 2019, and will be inducted alongside the 11th Hall of Fame class on January 31, 2020.

Stewart ranks thirteenth among all-time NASCAR Cup Series winners with 49 points-paying victories; he ranks ninth among those who competed during the sport’s modern era (1972–present).

Stewart is the only driver to have finished sixth and third in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 in 2001. He is also only the second owner-driver in NASCAR history to win a championship.

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Stewart hosted Tony Stewart Live, a two-hour weekly radio show that aired on Sirius Satellite Radio. Stewart co-hosted the show with Matt Yocum and took calls from listeners. From 2007 to 2008, the show aired.

Tony Stewart biography

Tony Stewart, better known as Smoke, is a semi-retired American professional stock car racer and current co-owner of the Superstar Racing Experience and Stewart-Haas Racing, a NASCAR team.

He won the NASCAR Cup Series championship three times as a driver, in 2002, 2005, and 2011.

Throughout his racing career, Stewart has won championships in sprint, USAC Silver Crown, midget, and Indy cars. He is the only driver in IndyCar and NASCAR to have accomplished this feat.

The Tony Stewart Foundation was founded in 2003 by Stewart with the primary goals of raising and donating 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 causes, particularly those that benefit the aforementioned organizations.

Stewart races a dirt late model Chevrolet Impala with the number 14 on it on a regular basis. He also owns Custom Works, a company that makes radio-controlled oval track cars, and he has had some success as a r/c racer himself.

From 2005 to 2012, Stewart was also the driving force behind the Prelude to the Dream, a dirt late model race held at Eldora Speedway. It included race winners Kenny Wallace, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, Clint Bowyer, Kyle Busch, and Stewart himself from NASCAR, IndyCar, NHRA, and World of Outlaws.

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Over $4 million was raised for various NASCAR and driver charities, including The Victory Junction Gang Camp.

Tony Stewart net worth

Tony Stewart reportedly has a net worth of $90 million.

Tony Stewart age

Tony Stewart was born on May 20, 1971, and his age, as of 2022, is 51 years.

Tony Stewart career

Tony Stewart bought his first go-kart for racing in 1979 in Westport, Indiana. He had early success in go-kart racing, winning the World Karting Association championship in 1987.

He moved up to the United Midget Racing Association (UMRA) with the help of one of his karting sponsors and friend Mark Dismore, where he raced TQ (three quarter) midgets until 1991, when he switched to the United States Auto Club (USAC) series.

Stewart was the USAC Silver Crown Series champion in 1988, the USAC National Midget Series champion in 1994 and 1995, and the USAC Rookie of the Year in 1991.

Stewart had a highly successful career in USAC, winning 27 USAC National Midget races as well as 10 Sprint car races and three Silver Crown races.

He was also inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2001, as well as the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (2022). In addition to his USAC driving titles, he has seven Sprint Car Owner championships and seven Silver Crown Series championships as an owner.

Stewart frequently appears on dirt tracks, including an ARCA race on dirt as well as many prominent midget car events such as USAC’s Turkey Night Grand Prix and the indoor Chili Bowl Midget Nationals.

Stewart competes in about 50 410 and 360 Dirt Sprint Car races per year across the United States and Canada. Stewart won his first World of Outlaws race at Ohsweken Speedway on July 27, 2011.

Stewart has three career World of Outlaws main event victories as of October 7, 2014.

Tony Stewart wife

Stewart announced his engagement to Leah Pruett in March 2021. They reportedly married in Los Cabos, Mexico on November 21, 2021.

Tony Stewart parents

The name of his father is Nelson Stewart, and the name of his mother is Pam Boas.

Tony Stewart children

Tony Stewart does not have any children.

Source: www.ghgossip.com

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