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It's Tony Stewart Again at Daytona in Nationwide Photo Finish

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The venerable Daytona International Speedway may as well be classified a completely new venue for the Nationwide Series this season. The victory lane celebration, however, remains much the same. Tony Stewart pushed by Clint Bowyer in the final feet of Saturday's DRIVE4COPD 300 to win his sixth...

Ten Years After: Inside Daytona Hospital, Tony Stewart Was a Witness to Grief

More often than you'd guess, Tony Stewart calls up the YouTube video of his wild, death-defying crash in the closing laps of the 2001 Daytona 500. But not for reasons you might think. In the short video clip, he watches his orange No. 20 get hit from behind on the massive Daytona International Speedway backstretch,...

A New NASCAR Season Spawns Hope, Optimism and Nervousness

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. -- Painted high on the walls of the sprawling setup room at the Stewart-Haas Racing team shop here are inspirational quotes from Winston Churchill, Thomas Paine, Lyndon B. Johnson and Vince Lombardi, among others, as well as Satchel Paige, the legendary African-American baseball player who made his name as...

Tony Stewart: 'I'm Embarrassed' About Scuffle at Australian Track

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Two-time NASCAR champ Tony Stewart said Thursday during a break in preseason testing at Daytona International Speedway that he was "embarrassed" and "ashamed" about an altercation with a race track owner in Sydney, Australia, during the last night of a recent month-long vacation there. Calm,...

2010 Team Reviews: Stewart-Haas Racing Steps Back

Not everyone doubted Tony Stewart when he announced his departure from Joe Gibbs Racing in 2008 to form his own Sprint Cup team, Stewart-Haas Racing. But he will certainly note, as will anyone else around at that point, that so many people from so many corners of NASCAR thought the two-time champion was committing career...

Tony Stewart News From the Web

06/01/12 CUP: SPEED Talent Q&A - Dover Source: FOX Sports With NASCAR's longest race of the year in the books, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams head to Dover for this weekend's grueling 400-mile event.
05/31/12 DIRT: Sprint, Indy, Drag, Cup Stars Invade... Source: FOX Sports With 688 feature wins and 24 championships between World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series drivers Steve Kinser and Donny Schatz, their prowess in wheeling 1,400-pound winged Sprint Cars on dirt is unmatched.
05/31/12 CUP: Stewart Seeks Dover Rebound Source: FOX Sports Among the most frazzled drivers heading home from the Coca-Cola 600 marathon at Charlotte Motor Speedway Sunday night was Tony Stewart, one of the pre-race favorites.
05/30/12 Miller: Indy 500 was typical thrill ride Source: PJStar - Peoria IL This year marked my 29th Indianapolis 500 â and 21st race in a row â and every year I always think, "There's no way it's going to top last year's."
05/29/12 NASCAR Night brings Stewart to PIR Source: Tribune Courier - Benton KY Reigning Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart, a part-owner since 2005 of Paducah International Raceway, will headline a contingent of drivers appearing at the track's annual NASCAR Night tonight.

Background on Tony Stewart

Anthony Wayne "Tony" Stewart (born May 20, 1971) is an American auto racing driver and owner. Throughout his racing career, Stewart has won titles in Indy cars and stock cars as well as midget, sprint and USAC Silver Crown cars, giving him the recognition of "one of the finest racers of his generation."

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