Tony Stewart

Tony Stewart is a former professional stock car racing driver. He is a veteran driver who used to compete in the NASCAR Cup Series. Stewart is also a team owner in the NASCAR Cup Series, with his team Stewart-Haas Racing running two cars in the 2024 Cup Series season. Tony Stewart, nicknamed the Smoke, is the only driver to have claimed a championship title in two of the biggest motorsport series in America. Tony Stewart has won the IndyCar and NASCAR Cup Series championships. He retired from racing in 2016. Stewart has also purchased a stake in many racing tracks.

Tony Stewart is among the most successful drivers of NASCAR in every sector. He has many achievements as an owner-driver. He competes in the NHRA Top Fuel Dragster series. Stewart is a part of many Hall of Fame including the NASCAR Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2020. Tony Stewart has competed in the Cup Series for 18 years as an active driver. Stewart’s disagreements with the head and neck safety gear applications during the 2001 season have earned him the title of NASCAR’s bad boy.

Tony Stewart Personal Information:

Tony Stewart's Early Life

Stewart started as a racer in karting and was immensely successful in his early days as a karting competitor. Tony Stewart won the World Karting Association championship in 1987. Stewart moved up the ladder until 1991 when he joined the United States Auto Club series with the help of his sponsors. Stewart went on to win the Rookie of the Year honors in 1991. He claimed the championship victory in the USAC National Midget Series in 1994 and 1995.

Tony Stewart became the USAC Silver Crown champion in 1995. He started his professional racing career in the IndyCar series. Stewart went on to win the IndyCar championship in 1997. With three victories under his belt, Stewart switched to NASCAR in 1996.

Tony Stewart's Personal Life

Tony Stewart is a racing enthusiast. He has experience driving in many different series, including the open-wheel and NHRA series. Stewart also has the ownership of multiple race teams and tracks. Outside his racing career, Stewart is also a philanthropist. He is the founder of the Tony Stewart Foundation. The organization aims to help chronically ill children, drivers injured in motorsports activities, and animal safety charities.

Tony Stewart's Family Background

Tony Stewart was born to Nelson Stewart and Pam Boas in Columbus, Indiana, U.S. His mother, Pam Boas is the treasurer of Stewart’s charity organization. Stewart’s father was the crew chief and team owner under whom he used to compete in his early days as a racer. Stewart has talked highly about his father in his biography on his official site. Stewart has said that his father never pressured him to become the best driver but he always used to make sure Stewart was giving his 100%.

Tony Stewart Wife

Tony Stewart has been married to Leah Pruett for three years. The couple got married in 2021. Leah Pruett is a former NHRA Top Fuel Drag Racer. She has 12 wins in the Top Fuel series. Pruett was the top racer for Tony Stewart Racing in 2022. Leah Pruett announced that she would retire from racing in 2024 to continue with her family. She has won one championship in the Factory Stock Showdown series.

Tony Stewart's Social Media

Tony Stewart is extremely popular on social media and has a combined fan following of one million on his social media handles. Stewart describes himself according to his racing achievements and his nickname “Smoke” on his social media handles. Below are the details of his social media:

X: https://x.com/tonystewart?lang=en

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tsrsmoke/?hl=en

Tony Stewart's Net Worth

Tony Stewart has a reported net worth of $90 million in September 2024 as per Celebrity Net Worth. He has accumulated his wealth primarily through his earnings from motorsports and endorsements. Stewart has won four championships in the top level of motorsports and is also a race winner in the Crown Jewel races in NASCAR. Stewart has also earned a lot of wealth as a championship-winning team owner. He has multiple businesses and assets which contribute to his net worth.

According to Forbes, Tony Stewart had a salary of $12 million in the NASCAR Cup Series in his last year in the sport. He earned nearly $2.3 million from sponsorship earnings in 2017. Stewart was ranked eighth on the list of the highest-paid drivers in the 2017 season.

Tony Stewart Brand Ambassador

Tony Stewart has mentioned his sponsors on his official website as

• Mobil1

• Ford Performance

• Advance Auto parts

• Car Quest

• JHG

• Rinnai

• Rush

• Code3

• Mahindra Tractors

• Sage

• HeatWave

• Curb

• Flo Racing

• Hoosier

• Continental

• RR

• Elliott's Custom Trailers

• Simpson

• Haas

• About Golf

• Ellis Nunn Associates

Tony Stewart Investments

Tony Stewart has multiple different investments and business ventures. He is the owner of several racing teams like Tony Stewart Racing, Stewart Haas Racing, and Tri Star Motorsports. He also owns competitive tracks like Eldora Speedway, Paducah International Raceway, and Macon Speedway.

He also owns the racing series - All Star Circuit of Champions and Superstar Racing Experience. Stewart has started a r/c car company, Custom Works which produces oval track cars.

Tony Stewart Career Stats

Tony Stewart has an enviable career stats in NASCAR. He has three championships in 18 years of NASCAR Cup Series as a full-time racer. Stewart has won two championships as a driver and one championship as an owner-driver. He also has another championship title as an owner in the Cup Series. Stewart has started 618 races in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Tony Stewart NASCAR Records

Tony Stewart has claimed many unique NASCAR records:

• Stewart is the only driver to complete the Indianapolis 500–Coca-Cola 600 Double Duty

• Second owner-driver to win a championship

• The most successful driver at Chicagoland Speedway (3), Homestead-Miami Speedway (3; tied with Greg Biffle), Watkins Glen International (5)

• The only driver to win the championship under both the old and new NASCAR points system

• First driver to win a championship by tiebreaker

• The only driver to win a title under three different NASCAR sponsors

Tony Stewart Race Wins/Podium Finishes

Tony Stewart has collected 49 victories in the NASCAR Cup Series. He has 308 Top-10s to his name in the Cup Series. In the Xfinity Series, Stewart has 11 wins to his name with 41 top-10s.

Tony Stewart Teams Raced for

Tony Stewart is a retired racing driver from the NASCAR Cup Series. He raced for Joe Gibbs Racing in the first half of his career. Stewart joined NASCAR Cup Series as a full-time driver in 1999 with Joe Gibbs Racing. He switched to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2009 purchasing a minority stake in the team and becoming a co-owner.

Tony Stewart Awards

• 1995, 2002 Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Driver of the Year]

• 2001 National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame inductee

• 2002 Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Hall of Fame inductee

• 2002, 2005, 2011 Richard Petty Driver of the Year

• 2003, 2006, 2012 Best Driver ESPY Award recipient

• 2008 Legends of The Glen inductee

• 2008 NASCAR Illustrated Person of the Year Award recipient

• 2013 Myers Brothers Award recipient

• 2016 Sonoma Raceway Wall of Fame inductee

• 2018 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame inductee

• 2019 Motorsports Hall of Fame of America inductee

• 2020 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee

• 2022 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee

• 1999 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year

• 1996 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year

• One of the 75 Greatest Drivers of NASCAR

Tony Stewart House

Tony Stewart has put up one of his mansions for sale in 2024 for a hefty price tag of $22.5 Million. The 215-acre mansion is a ranch situated, 45 minutes south of Indianapolis. It is named as the Hidden Hollow Ranch. It was built by Stewart and boasts of massive luxurious living experience.

The main house is a 20000 square foot mansion with a 1,500-gallon stream filled with koi fish, a waterfall, and an 8,700-gallon, two-story freshwater aquarium surrounded by rock formations. There are various taxidermied animals on display in the house. There is a two-lane bowling alley, a golf simulator room, an arcade, and an onyx backlit bar.

Tony Stewart Car

Tony Stewart has a massive car collection of many championship-winning cars and legendary vehicles. His complete collection can be seen in a walkthrough with Jeff Gordon- https://youtu.be/PQpIyp7TD80