Tony Stewart has two nicknames. He has been called Smoke and has taken that nickname and turned it into a merchandising label. He has also been called the Rushville Rocket.
Smoke. He got it from his dirt track days when he first started racing midgets and he would "smoke" his back tires during the starts.
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In 1999, Tony Stewart won three Nascar Winston Cup Series races.
Tony Stewart's first Nascar Cup Series race was the Daytona 500 on February 14, 1999.
Nascar driver Tony Stewart is left handed.
Tony Stewart was the 2005 Nascar Cup Series champion.
Tony Stewart's first NASCAR Sprint Cup victory came at Richmond on September 11, 1999. It was his 25th start.