What is Tony Stewart?
{{BLP sources|date=May 2012}} [[File:TSM350 - 2015 - Tony Stewart - 1 - Stierch.jpg|right|thumb|alt=|Tony Stewart]] '''Anthony Wayne Stewart''' (born May 20, 1971 in [[Columbus, Indiana]]) is an [[Americans|American]] [[race car]] driver. He drives the #14 Chevrolet SS in the [[NASCAR]] [[NASCAR#Sprint Cup|Sprint Cup]] series. For most of his career in NASCAR, Stewart was driving for [[Joe Gibbs Racing]], but now owns his own team called [[Stewart Haas Racing]]. Hurt in August, he could not take a NASCAR start til the end of 2013. ==Career== Tony Stewart started racing in [[Go-Karts]]. Then, in 1991, he moved into the [[United States Auto Club]] (USAC) series where he won the Rookie of the Year award. This award is given to the best first year driver in the series. Stewart started racing in the [[NASCAR#Sprint Cup|Winston Cup]] series (now called the Sprint Cup series) in 1999. He drove for [[Joe Gibbs Racing]]. He finished in second place in his first race. Stewart went on to win the Sprint Cup Championship in 2002. In 2009, Stewart began racing for his own team, named [[Stewart Haas Racing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/news/headlines/cup/stewart.bio/|title=Tony Stewart Year by Year recap|access-date=2009-11-07|archive-date=2009-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115061230/http://www.nascar.com/news/headlines/cup/stewart.bio/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Stewart won the 2011 Sprint Cup Championship, beating [[Carl Edwards]]. Stewart and Edwards finished the season tied in points, but Tony had won more races during the year then Edwards, so Stewart was given the championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/news/111121/tstewart-ghaas-team-rebirth/index.html|title=Stewart's race team rises from tatters to title|accessdate=2011-11-24|archive-date=2011-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123172449/http://www.nascar.com/news/111121/tstewart-ghaas-team-rebirth/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2015, Stewart said that 2016 would be his final year racing in the NAS