Tony Stewart is an American semi-retired professional race car driver who won three Drivers' Championships in the NASCAR Cup Series. He made his NASCAR debut in the Busch Series with the Ranier-Walsh Racing team in 1996 before moving to the Labonte Motorsports squad for part of the 1997 season. Following this, Stewart moved to the Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) team for the remainder of the season and 1998. Stewart moved to the higher-tier Cup Series with JGR in 1999, winning that season's Rookie of the Year for finishing fourth in the Drivers' Championship with three race victories. He won six races in the 2000 season, more than any other driver that year. This was followed by another three race wins each in 2001 and his first championship winning season in 2002 with three more race victories. Stewart won twice each in the 2003 and 2004 seasons, and took his second drivers' championship with five victories in 2005.

The following year, he won five more races despite not qualifying for the season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup. Stewart's final victory for JGR came at the 2008 AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. He joined Stewart–Haas Racing (SHR) as a driver-owner in 2009. Stewart finished sixth in the final points standings with four victories, but fell to seventh with two wins in 2010. In the 2011 season, he won five races in the Chase for the Sprint Cup to win his third drivers' championship on a tiebreak with Roush Fenway Racing driver Carl Edwards, who won once. The achievement made Stewart the first Cup Series driver-owner champion since Alan Kulwicki in 1992. This was followed by three victories in 2012 and one in 2013. The 2014 and 2015 seasons were the only two in the Cup Series in which Stewart did not register a race victory. His final win in NASCAR came at the 16th round of the 2016 season in the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.

In all, Stewart won a total of 62 NASCAR races, 49 of which were in the Cup Series. Stewart also won 11 races in the Busch Series (later Nationwide Series) and 2 in the Craftsman Truck Series. The majority of his race victories were for JGR with 38; he also won 16 races with SHR, 4 for Kevin Harvick Incorporated (KHI), 2 for Andy Petree Racing and 1 each for Hendrick Motorsports and Richard Childress Racing. , Stewart ranks 15th on the all-time in the Cup Series wins list with 49, and 15th overall in all 3 of NASCAR's national series with 62. His most successful circuit was Daytona International Speedway, where he won 11 times. Stewart's largest margin of victory was at the 2006 Banquet 400 at Kansas Speedway, a race where he finished 12.422 ahead of the second-placed Casey Mears of Chip Ganassi Racing, and the smallest margin of victory was at the 2011 DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona, where he beat his KHI teammate Clint Bowyer by 0.007 seconds.

NASCAR Cup Series In the NASCAR Cup Series, which was sponsored by Winston, Nextel, and Sprint during Stewart's career, Stewart, the 1999 Rookie of the Year and three-time Cup Series champion, won 49 races. Throughout his career, he won at 21 out of 24 tracks at which he raced on, leaving Darlington Raceway, Kentucky Speedway, and Rockingham Speedway the three circuits where he failed to win. As of the end of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Stewart's 49 wins rank 15th of all time.

Key: No. – Victory number; for example, "1" signifies Stewart's first race win. Race – Race number in Stewart's NASCAR Cup/Nationwide/Truck Series career; for example "92" signifies Stewart's 92nd race in a NASCAR division. Grid – The position on the grid from which Stewart started the race. Margin – Margin of victory, given in the format of seconds.milliseconds; caution indicates the race was ended by a yellow flag for an accident or inclement weather – Driver's Championship winning season.

+ Sprint Cup Series victories No. Race Date Season Race Track Grid Margin Team Car 1 25 1999Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400Richmond International Raceway 2 1.115 Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 2 32Checker Auto Parts/Dura Lube 500Phoenix International Raceway 11 2.081 3 33Pennzoil 400Homestead-Miami Speedway 7 5.289 4 47 2000MBNA Platinum 400Dover Downs International Speedway 16 1.215 5 48Kmart 400Michigan International Speedway 28 Caution 6 52thatlook.com 300New Hampshire International Speedway 6 Caution 7 61MBNA.com 400Dover Downs International Speedway 27 6.752 8 62NAPA Autocare 500Martinsville Speedway 1 0.672 9 67Pennzoil 400Homestead-Miami Speedway 13 4.561 10 792001Pontiac Excitement 400Richmond International Raceway 7 0.372 11 84Dodge/Save Mart 350Sears Point Raceway 3 1.746 12 92Sharpie 500Bristol Motor Speedway 18 0.487 13 1082002MBNA America 500Atlanta Motor Speedway 9 0.376 14 115–Pontiac Excitement 400Richmond International Raceway 3 1.484 15 126Sirius Satellite Radio at the GlenWatkins Glen International 3 1.636 16 1542003Pocono 500Pocono Raceway 4 Caution Chevrolet 17 171UAW-GM Quality 500Lowe's Motor Speedway 6 0.608 18 1942004Tropicana 400Chicagoland Speedway 10 2.925 19 198Sirius at the GlenWatkins Glen International 4 1.517 20 2282005Dodge/Save Mart 350Infineon Raceway 7 2.266 21 229–Pepsi 400Daytona International Speedway 1 0.171 22 231New England 300New Hampshire International Speedway 13 0.851 23 233Allstate 400 at the BrickyardIndianapolis Motor Speedway 22 0.794 24 234Sirius Satellite Radio at the GlenWatkins Glen International 1 1.927 25 2542006DirecTV 500Martinsville Speedway 3 1.083 26 264Pepsi 400Daytona International Speedway 2 Caution 27 276Banquet 400Kansas Speedway 21 12.422 28 280Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500Atlanta Motor Speedway 11 1.195 29 281Dickies 500Texas Motor Speedway 8 0.272 30 3022007USG Sheetrock 400Chicagoland Speedway 19 1.727 31 303Allstate 400 at the BrickyardIndianapolis Motor Speedway 14 2.982 32 305Centurion Boats at the GlenWatkins Glen International 5 2.460 33 349 2008AMP Energy 500Talladega Superspeedway 34 0.052 Toyota 34 3692009Pocono 500Pocono Raceway 1 2.004 Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 35 373Coke Zero 400Daytona International Speedway 1 0.110 36 377Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The GlenWatkins Glen International 13 2.969 37 384Price Chopper 400Kansas Speedway 5 0.894 38 416 2010Emory Healthcare 500Atlanta Motor Speedway 5 1.316 39 421Pepsi Max 400Auto Club Speedway 22 0.466 40 4512011GEICO 400Chicagoland Speedway 26 0.941 41 457Sylvania 300New Hampshire Motor Speedway 20 7.225 42 462Tums Fast Relief 500Martinsville Speedway 4 0.170 43 463AAA Texas 500Texas Motor Speedway 5 1.092 44 465Ford 400Homestead-Miami Speedway 15 1.306 45 4682012Kobalt Tools 400Las Vegas Motor Speedway 7 0.461 46 470Auto Club 400Auto Club Speedway 9 Caution 47 483Coke Zero 400Daytona International Speedway 42 Caution 48 514 2013FedEx 400Dover International Speedway 22 0.788 49 598 2016Toyota/Save Mart 350Sonoma Raceway 10 0.625

Nationwide Series

In NASCAR's second-level series, variously known as the Busch Series, and Nationwide Series during Stewart's racing career and now known as the Xfinity Series. Stewart won 11 races. Two of those victories were during the period in which Anheuser-Busch's Busch beer brand was series sponsor, and the remaining nine were under the sponsorship of the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.

+Nationwide Series victories No. Race Date Season Race Track Grid Margin Team Car 1 43 2005Hershey's Take 5 300Daytona International Speedway 14 Caution Kevin Harvick Incorporated Chevrolet 2 55 2006Hershey's Kissables 300Daytona International Speedway 16 Caution 3 792008Camping World 300Daytona International Speedway 1 0.259 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 4 80Stater Brothers 300Auto Club Speedway 2 2.408 5 83Aaron's 312Talladega Superspeedway 1 0.302 6 84Diamond Hill Plywood 200Darlington Raceway 3 0.814 7 85Camping World RV Sales 200New Hampshire Motor Speedway 8 Caution 8 88 2009Camping World 300Daytona International Speedway 5 0.068 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 9 91 2010DRIVE4COPD 300Daytona International Speedway 32 0.309 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 10 92 2011DRIVE4COPD 300Daytona International Speedway 14 0.007 11 95 2013DRIVE4COPD 300Daytona International Speedway 10 Caution Richard Childress Racing

Craftsman Truck Series In NASCAR's third-level series, known as the Craftsman Truck Series during Stewart's racing career and now the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Stewart won two races. Both victories came were during the period when Stanley Black & Decker's Craftsman brand was series sponsor. +Craftsman Truck Series victories No. Race Date Season Race Track Grid Margin Team Car1 22002Virginia Is For Lovers 200Richmond International Raceway 25 0.259Andy Petree RacingChevrolet2 32003Virginia Is For Lovers 200Richmond International Raceway 27 0.426

Victories at different tracks The symbol indicates Stewart won at a track twice in a calendar year. Track Years won Wins1Daytona International Speedway2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 112Richmond International Raceway1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 53Watkins Glen International2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 20094New Hampshire Motor Speedway2000, 2005, 2008, 2011 45Atlanta Motor Speedway2002, 2006, 2010 36Auto Club Speedway2008, 2010, 20127Chicagoland Speedway2004, 2007, 20118Dover International Speedway2000, 20139Homestead-Miami Speedway1999, 2000, 201110Martinsville Speedway2000, 2006, 201111Sonoma Raceway2001, 2005, 201612Indianapolis Motor Speedway2005, 2007 213Kansas Speedway2006, 200914Pocono Raceway2003, 200915Talladega Superspeedway200816Texas Motor Speedway2006, 201117Bristol Motor Speedway2001 118Darlington Raceway200819Las Vegas Motor Speedway201220Lowe's Motor Speedway200321Michigan International Speedway200022Phoenix International Raceway1999 Total number of race wins: 62Sources:

See also List of all-time NASCAR Cup Series winners

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