Filed under: Tony Stewart, Sprint Cup, Stewart-Haas Racing
THE SEASON: Anyone contemplating the story of Tony Stewart's 2009 season before the fact might easily come away with the thought "career suicide after the two-time champion pulled up his roots at Joe Gibbs Racing to become a co-owner of an oft-struggling Sprint Cup Series team. Stewart, incredibly, decided to leave behind his legacy as a consistent winner at Gibbs Racing, where he won Sprint Cup championships in 2002 and 2005, when he made the official announcement at Chicagoland Speedway creating Stewart-Haas Racing.

