Tony Stewart is one of the NASCAR colorful personalities. He was out of trouble with the officials and other drivers with can keep up more than the media. Tony is known for the drives the # 20 Home Depot Toyota, and has won 2 cup championships. He won also the IRL and IROC Series Championships.
Tony's career as a racing driver began in 1978 when he was only seven years old. He jumped behind the wheel of a go-kart and never looked back. His father was quite Nelson next to him, him fired and leave him anything accept no less than first place. "He never rules for the second, let me", said Tony. "He does not like it when we ran second, and he knew that I it do not like when we ran second." If he, that I was not 100 percent, then he was pretty hard on me about it. "He pushed me to be better." His father visited yet events whenever he can. Tony won his first championship at the age of eight in the class 4-cycle rookie junior then went national and won two more Karting Championship. 1989 Castle for more efficient open wheel half dwarves. 1991 Moved to USAC and won the 1994 Rookie of the year and the Championship in the National Midget category.
Young Tony Stewart was getting only his wet feet. He won the "Triple Crown" in the next year won all three USAC divisions. Between his time in USAC and IRL is if Tony earned the nickname "Smoke". It seems that he blew a few engines during his ' 97 IRL championship season. Tony was always still not content without another racing to try scene and soon in the nationwide series for some events. He drove for Joe Gibbs, who was so impressed with his talent that he drive him to a full schedule in 1998 along with his IRL schedule signed. Tony was slowed by the double duty. He continues to consistently at the top of the field to finish. 1999 Was the first rider Tony, race in the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day. He finished both events in the top 10. Joe Gibbs knew that it was time, Tony from nationwide Cup race and soon after "the double", Tony of left IRL races behind the big guns in the Sprint Cup arena join to move. With Tony's reputation for success, no one was surprised when he won Rookie of the year 1999 and was runner-up to Jeff Gordon for the Championship.
2001 Tony's competitive nature was with some controversy with other drivers is displayed. He was no stranger to fines and probation periods of NASCAR. He began, known for his "he started it and I finished it" - attitude. 2005 was a great year for Tony. He won the race, which meant more to him than the Championship itself-the Allstate 400 at the brickyard. After his second victory of the season, Tony began and his crew climb the fence between the fans and the line to celebrate his victory. This was a short-lived tradition and he was quoted as saying: "I'm too darn thick to fences are climbing", then spent $17,000 on exercise equipment.
Tony Stewart is also the owner of Eldora Speedway, dirt ½ mile in the vicinity of Ross Castle, OH and co-owner of two other tracks. He can rough at the edges, Frank and one of NASCAR's bad boys, but Tony has contributed more than $2.1 million to various charities in the United States. Advertises his Foundation benefiting especially children, injured drivers and animals. If he is not on the line, Tony still in the House lives, where he, in Columbus, in grown.
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