Tony Stewart
Tony Stewart
Anthony Wayne "Tony" Stewartis an American professional stock car racing driver and NASCAR team owner. He is a three-time Sprint Cup Series champion as a driver. 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth20 May 1971
CountryUnited States of America
darn far favorite leading led mean points sunday winning
Being the favorite doesn't mean a darn thing to me, to be honest, as far as winning the points, ... I've led points championships before. The day I want to be leading is the Sunday at Homestead.
balance beginning caught disastrous five kept liked maintain means picture race stayed top trying until
As the race went on, we just kept fighting, trying to get the (car's) balance right. But we stayed in the top 10 all day. Most of the beginning of the race we stayed in the top five until we got a little behind, and we just never could really get caught up. But we were able to maintain all day. So it wasn't by any means a disastrous day, but with the big picture I would have liked it to be better.
group guys mean multiple winning won
Being in a group of only 14 guys that have won multiple championships here, that's probably going to mean more than winning the championship by itself,
guy means next seeing wrong
If a guy does us wrong the week before, and he does something the next week where he makes an effort to make it right, then I pretty much will let that go. You don't forget about it, but just seeing that the guy makes an effort the next week means a lot.
call fifty guys man mark martin mean next percent phone respect wait
He didn't mean to do it. I said, 'At least you're man enough.' Fifty percent of the guys will wait for the phone call the next day. That's why I respect Mark Martin more than anybody.
california chance couple crew days daytona families guys heading means normal routine worn
I think everybody's pretty worn out after being in Daytona for so long. California means a normal routine and a chance for the crew guys to get back to their families for a couple of days before heading to another racetrack.
drive forgotten good mean race
It doesn't mean he's not a good driver. He hasn't forgotten how to drive a race car.
heart marks means room scared serious sleeping somebody wake
I'm serious as a heart attack. I'll wake up, I may have stab marks in my back from the edges, but I'm sleeping with it tonight. I'm scared somebody will get in my room and get it. That's how serious I am about it. I mean, it means that much to me.
chicago convinced john laying man thoroughly
I'm thoroughly convinced that the man laying on the slab in the Chicago morgue was John Dillinger.
knew position quicker spin turn
I knew we were a little quicker than him. There was no way he was going to give it away, so we were going to have to take it away. We didn't turn him around. We didn't spin him out. We just got the position that we were after.
chess fifth leading matter next race timing
It's such a chess match. You can be leading the race one second, and you can be fifth the next second. I think it's just a matter of timing and getting yourself in the right place at the right time.
anybody beat best car drove everybody gordon jeff knows lap ought positive run
Everybody knows who had the best car here today, ... There wasn't anybody who was going to beat us. Jeff Gordon got the trophy, but he wasn't going to beat us. We had the best car. All you have to do is get the lap times. They could run with us for 15 or 18 laps, but we always drove away. That's the positive thing that we ought to take away from today.
chase dictate nights
It was just one of those screwed-up nights that's probably going to dictate the way the Chase comes out,
given win won
They've never given up on me, ... We didn't want to win it like we did in 2002. We won it right this time.