Shane Stewart

A native of Bixby, Oklahoma,^[2] Stewart began racing quarter midgets at age seven;^[3] he began racing sprint cars at age 16, tutored by Andy Hillenburg.^[4] He began competing in the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series in 1995; he went full-time in the series in 2005,^[5] winning the series' Rookie of the Year title.^[6] He ran the full season again in 2008 for Roth Motorsports.^[7] Stewart also competed in 360ci sprint car competition; in 2007 he was champion of the Northwest Sprint Challenge Speedweek,^[7] and he ran several seasons in the American Sprint Car Series, winning the ASCS national touring title in 2009,^[8] and then again in 2011 by a single point over Johnny Herrera.^[9] He won the Knoxville 360 Nationals five times;^[10] won the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals three times, tied for the most wins in the event with Steve Poirier.^[11] Stewart was named 360 Sprint Car Driver of the Year in 2009,^[12] and again in 2011,^[13] by the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum.^[14]

Stewart joined the newly-formed Larson Marks Racing, later known as Kyle Larson Racing, for the 2014 season.^[15] He drove for the team through the end of 2018, winning 35 feature events over multiple series,^[16] including the 2015 Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway, one of sprint car racing's most prestigious events.^[17][18] His best World of Outlaws points finish came that year, when he finished second in the standings to Donny Schatz.^[19] In 2016, he won the off-season Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown championship at Cocopah Speedway.^[20]

Stewart joined CJB Motorsports for the 2019 World of Outlaws season, replacing David Gravel;^[21] he won the series's special event at Nashville's Fairgrounds Speedway,^[22] but left the team at the end of the year due to a lack of chemistry.^[23]

Stewart considered retiring following the 2019 season, having spent two seasons with growing frustration over a lack of stability and performance.^[24] Choosing to return to competition instead, he signed to run ten races with Roth Motorsports;^[25] after these events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Stewart ran the majority of the 2020 World of Outlaws season with the No. 71 team owned by Bernie Stuebgen.^[26] He won for the team at Williams Grove Speedway in the track's prestigious Summer Nationals,^[27] and then at Lakeside Speedway in October,^[28] in the first of two races in which he was substituting for David Gravel, who was competing in NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series events, for Jason Johnson Racing.^[29]

At the end of the 2020 season, Stewart announced his retirement from active competition, purchasing his home track, Port City Raceway, to promote races there.^[30][31]

• Shane Stewart on Twitter
• Shane Stewart driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Shane Stewart driver statistics at The Third Turn