If Tony Stewart won the pole and had to start at the rear of the field due to a mechanical failure, accident in practice etc., Tony is still credited as the pole winner for the race. The third place car will then move up in line to start the race in the first position.
Tony Stewart's first Nascar Cup Series race was the 1999 Daytona 500. He finished in 28th position.
Tony Stewart's first NASCAR Sprint Cup victory came at Richmond on September 11, 1999. It was his 25th start.
Tony Stewart's first Nascar Cup Series race was the Daytona 500 on February 14, 1999.
Kevin Harvick with his first season with Stewart-Haas Racing.
In 2011, Tony Stewart won the Nascar Sprint Cup Series championship. He and Carl Edwards ended the season tied in points, but Stewart had more wins.
When a driver qualifies in first position he wins "the pole".
Tony Stewart's first Nascar race was in the Busch Series on February 17, 1996. It is now known as the Nationwide Series. He also drove in his first Truck Series race on August 1, 1996. In 1999, Stewart started driving in the Cup Series full time.
Tony Stewart first raced in Nascar during the 1996 season. During that year, he competed in the Busch Series on a limited basis and also started one Truck Series race. Stewart began his Nascar Cup Series career on February 14, 1999. He drove the full schedule in his first season.
Nascar holds qualifying a day or two prior to the race and that is how the field is set. The pole winner for that day will start in the first position for the race. If qualifying is cancelled, the field is set by owners points.
I'm not sure, since this question can not be answered, since the first Nascar race featured multiple drivers. Red Byron was Nascar's first champion. Some people may say Lloyd Seay was the first Nascar driver, but he died two years earlier, before the birth of Nascar at Daytona.
It is because, when formula one first started, so that they could see who was in the lead, they connected a mirror to a pole, so they see who was in the lead. this lead to the saying "pole position" Harry Grant
The first Nascar trophy was awarded to Red Byron. He won the 1949 Nascar Strictly Stock Series championship.