Tony Stewart's first Nascar Cup Series race was the 1999 Daytona 500. He finished in 28th position.
Tony Stewart's first Nascar Cup Series race was the Daytona 500 on February 14, 1999.
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.
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.
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Kyle Petty has finished first in eight Nascar Cup Series races in his career.
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.
Tony Stewart's first NASCAR Sprint Cup victory came at Richmond on September 11, 1999. It was his 25th start.
In his very first NASCAR race in the Busch Series on October 20, 1990 at Rockingham in the AC-Delco 200. He was involved in a wreck on lap 33 and ended up with a 39th place finish.
Greg Biffle was the first driver to claim both championships. He won the 2000 Nascar Craftsman Truck Series and the 2002 Nascar Busch Series. The series sponsorship names have now changed.
The first Nascar trophy was awarded to Red Byron. He won the 1949 Nascar Strictly Stock Series championship.
Yes, it was. The 1995 Winston Cup Series championship was the first for Jeff Gordon in Nascar.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. did not race in the Nascar Cup Series in 1998. His first Daytona 500 was in 2000.