Tony Stewart (Johnsonverse)

Anthony Wayne Stewart (born May 20, 1971), nicknamed Smoke, is an American professional stock car racing driver and NASCAR team owner. He is a six-time NASCAR Cup Series champion as a driver, winning titles in 2002, 2005, 2011, 2014, 2016, and 2020. As a team owner, he has won NASCAR Cup titles in 2011, 2014, 2016, and 2020 with himself and in 2013 with Ryan Newman as drivers. Throughout his racing career, Stewart has won racing titles in Indy, midget, sprint, and USAC Silver Crown cars. He is the only driver in history to win a championship in both IndyCar and NASCAR.

He competes full-time in the NASCAR Panasonic Cup Series, driving the No. 14 Pontiac Grand Prix for his own team, Stewart-Haas Racing, under crew chief Greg Zipadelli. From 1999 to 2008, he drove the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing car, under Zipadelli with The Home Depot as the primary sponsor. While driving for car owner Joe Gibbs, Stewart won two Cup Series championships in 2002 and 2005. In 2011, Stewart became the first owner-driver since Alan Kulwicki to win the Cup Series championship, which ended Jimmie Johnson's streak of consecutive championships at five. Stewart is the only driver to win the Cup Series championship under the old points system and the chase playoff format, and is the only driver to win the title under four different sponsorships (Winston in 2002, Nextel in 2005, Sprint in 2011, 2014, and 2016, and Panasonic in 2020). He is also the first driver in the Cup Series to win the championship by virtue of a tiebreaker.