Talk:Tony Stewart

message: There's some confusion about Stewart's birthplace--there's a number of websites that claim Rushville, IN, while a number of others claiming Columbus, IN; both include sites that are a bit more authoritative than just one person's random web posting: ESPN says Rushville, while Fox Sports says Columbus.
I'll try to do more research and find something conclusive in the next few days, but I'll mark it disputed for now. Chuck 13:06, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Good solution. Once you find out, let us know here, and thanks for doing the legwork. -slowpokeiv 23:01, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

text: I found my copy of Tony's book, and he states that he was born in Columbus. I stand corrected. Kswheels 18:31, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice work, Kswheels.  I looked in a print edition of Marquis Who's Who at my public library, and oddly enough, it claims Rushville as Stewart's birthplace, but I'd consider Stewart's own book more authoritative than Who's Who.  Stewart's book on Amazon has the "search inside this book" feature, so it's easy to verify Kswheels' claim by searching on "Columbus" and "Rushville."  (Apparently Stewart never even lived in Rushville until 1992!)  I'm removing the disputed tags. Chuck 15:56, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Stewart's Birthplace

message: The following links (non wikipedia) claim that Tony Stewart's middle name is Wayne. 
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Unless anyone can come up with a source to the contrary, please do not change it to "Maximus".-slowpokeiv 19:45, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's pretty obvious to me that "Maximus" comes from a vandal. A really annoying one at that. --D-Day  Somebody talk to me. Please somebody! Anybody! 21:14, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tony Stewart's name 

message: Did Tony REALLY confirm his name is "Maximus" or "Gladiator of Speed" during the race? I doubt it myself. --D-Day(Wouldn't you like to be a pepper too?) 16:25, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: Downgraded from A to B class, for the following reasons:
*WP:CITE - lack of citations, no hard sources. 
I would, however, recommend a peer review. -slowpokeiv 13:54, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Reassessment reasoning

message: I noticed someone wrote Stewart's name as Maximus throughout the article. 
To all: Please don't vandalize articles it is not funny and makes them look bad.
:You don't really think these malicious halfwits will pay attention to that, do you?  Atilla the Editor 04:47, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism

message: 3 rookie season wins is pretty good. Too bad he blew a win at Loudon, which would have been his first, by running out of fuel. (Who's his crewchief, Forest Gump)?  Smokey Bissoon-Dath 04:47, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: You coulda been #1

message: Watch out for biased remarks in the 2007 section.  Someone wrote that David Gilliland Caused Stewart to wreck.  Stewart was already wrecking before the contanct with Gilliland, which would probably better be described "incidental."  I just think that someone may change it back.
In stewarts case, he is always the wreckee, not the wrecker. I think it should stay72.185.44.3 08:14, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Biased

message: It is not necessary to add in every little detail of what has happened to Stewart this year.  The section only needs important information or by the end of the season it will have so much info that longer than the rest of the article.  For some reason, some people want to put in details from every single race.  That isn't necessary. WildFan48 21:20, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 2007 Season section

message: I do not know if it is worth mentioning but Tony has changed his appearence this year, his hair is noticeably longer than usual...and he has a great deal of facial hair now and not to mention his weight.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.106.73.244 (talk) 20:31, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change In Appearence 

message: I believe his nickname was attributed to him because of the smoke he creates after a win, when he is spinning his tires, I will find a source first though before I make any changes.  Pandagirlbeth (talk) 20:26, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Smoke

message: Does anyone see a problem with just keeping notable events in the 20008 section? It's what's been done in the past, and I remember being part of various discussions on other drivers' pages and we concluded that notable events should be kept only. Otherwise the section becomes too long. Also, the 2007 section in this article is a good example of what i mean by notable events only. Thanks!
Caster23 talk contribs 16:02, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable events 

message: i will get to working on this  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.2.105.247 (talk) 05:19, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lacks majorly in References 

message: I've seen a few stories about him meeting make a wish children, should this be included? Redwolf24 (talk) 09:03, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Make a Wish 

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message: I removed the comment that Stewart is recognized as "one of the finest racers of his generation" based on several reasons: 1) It sounds un-encyclopedic at best 2) The quote is based on a single source and undue weight would apply here especially if you are using this as basis for the opening of the article and 3) the writer of the article is someone by the name of Tommy Craggs who I wouldn't consider to be an authoritative figure in Nascar history. 
It's fine to use such a quote if multiple reliable sources were using the same quote, however, if Tommy Craggs is the only source of this quote then that's not enough.
BearMan998 (talk) 04:08, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  One of the finest racers of his generation in article opening 

message: * http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/tony-stewart-taken-from-track-in-ambulance-after-flipping-car-080513 
* http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/tony-stewart-injured-doing-what-he-loves-racing-080613#!hnS5U 521 consec. starts. — Ched :  ?  10:12, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broken leg 

message: I thought I was an auto-confirmed user, but apparently I'm not. I tried to add this but it wasn't accepted. I'm putting it here in case it is of help.
On 9 August 2014, during a race at Canandaigua Motorsports Park in Central Square, NY, Stewart's car contacted and ran over driver Kevin Ward, Jr. On the previous lap, Stewart appeared to have forced Ward into the wall. Ward exited his car and appeared to be gesticulating angrily at Stewart's car when the car's right rear tire appears to have come into contact with Ward, dragging him under Stewart's car and then throwing him down the racetrack.
Jim Utter, the NASCAR writer for the Charlotte Observer, tweeted that the Ontario County, NY Sheriff's department said Ward was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
*Currently, the section is called "Return to sprint cars and Canandaigua incident", shouldn't it say "Return to sprint cars and 2014 Canandaigua incident" since Stewart has had at least one other previous incident  t the same track?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.225.152.154 (talk) 19:20, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Incident with Kevin Ward, Jr.

message: Who looks like a Mexican American.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.169.103.80 (talk) 22:55, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who were Tony Stewart's parents? 

message: The intro paragraph, since 05:00 this morning (11-August) has changed, and now describes Stewart as "hot-tempered". Unless there is some evidence to suggest/prove his hot-tempered nature, then I suggest we leave that out.
# A three-time Sprint Cup champion, Stewart is known for his successes on multiple levels of racing, his passionate love of racing, and hot-tempered nature, which has led to many on-track altercations with other drivers.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.124.6.12 (talk) 17:23, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conjectural description of Stewart in the intro paragraph...  

message: This guideline states: Do not place a comma before Jr., Sr., or Roman numeral designation unless it is the preference of the subject or the subject's biographers.
This bio page on Kevin Ward's website shows his name as "Kevin Ward Jr.", in both title and body. Further, all other references to his full name on the site omit the comma. I think it's fair to say that the comma is not the "preference of the subject". 
Yesterday, I removed the comma from references in this article. I also moved the redirect to remove the comma there. I was careful to clearly cite both of the above sources in my editsums, so as to let people know that I wasn't doing it without good reason. In other words, I followed the rules to the letter. 
Today, I found that another editor, , put the commas back into this article with no explanation in his or her editsums. There is no indication that s/he even looked at the sources, and s/he certainly didn't provide any rationale that they do not apply in this case. That breaks both the rules and the redirect. 
I am changing the article again to remove the commas. Please get consensus here before changing that again. Thank you.   Mandruss |talk  00:56, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, thanks.  I was not aware of that rule.  I thought that the rule was to always have a comma before the "Jr." title.  Thanks.   Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 04:16, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comma in Kevin Ward Jr. 

message: Is Tony Stewart the son od, or is related to diminutive race car legend Billy Stewart?  --12.150.181.20 (talk) 18:18, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Stewart is a common last name. Feel free to research it and let us know if you find anything. - SummerPhD (talk) 20:52, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Related

message: The article says he was "cleared innocent by the grand jury". I have never heard this language used to describe a grand jury hearing. Does anyone have any source to substiantiate that something else happened aside from the grand jury failing to indict? Any source that "cleared innocent" is language used to describe such an event? Bali88 (talk) 05:50, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleared Innocent?

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message: I tried to add SRX stats and screwed everything up. Someone please tell me what went wrong. Elliottharvickfan94 (talk) 05:42, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  HELP 

message: @ I have a picture of us at Madera Speedway. I’d like to post it but I can’t seem to find a way to do so. 2600:6C56:6900:22B:7082:E573:1987:8DD (talk) 11:57, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: It is doubtful that Mr. Stewart follows this talk page, and even if he does it should not be used to communicate with him.  If you wish to upload an image you took, please see WP:UPIMAGE which will direct you to Wikimedia Commons where you can upload it(IP users can't upload images here directly). 331dot (talk) 12:00, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  It was great meeting you