Tony Stewart’s Impact on NASCAR Will Be Felt Long After His Retirement as Driver

Tony Stewart wanted to make one thing perfectly clear in Wednesday’s news conference announcing his retirement as a Sprint Cup driver. He’s not really retiring. Oh, he will no longer get behind the wheel of his No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet following the 2016 season. But despite his three Cup championships and 48 career wins (and possibly counting), Stewart’s greater legacy in racing when all is said and done very well could come as an owner. “I love what I do with NASCAR and I love what I do as a driver, and the great thing is I’m not going anywhere,” Stewart said in the news conference. “NASCAR is probably going to be the most disappointed of everybody today because they aren’t gettin...

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