Winners of the inaugural ‘Stewie Awards’ were announced tonight by two-time Nextel Cup Series Champion and SIRIUS Radio host Tony Stewart at the SIRIUS Satellite Radio Studios in New York City. The 2007 ‘Stewie Award’ winners were decided by fans around the country who logged on to www.SIRIUS.com to vote for the best, boldest and funniest moments of the 2007 NASCAR season. The ‘Stewies’ were awarded during a special broadcast of Tony Stewart Live, the weekly talk show hosted by Stewart and Matt Yocum on SIRIUS NASCAR Radio channel 128, in the midst of the 2007 Nextel Cup Series Champions Week. Winners in 12 categories including “Best Duet,” honoring outstanding teamwork by a driver and crew chief, “Best Original Drama,” honoring the year’s most exciting race moment, “Best Driver2Crew Chatter Exchange,” “Best Stunt Sequence” and others were honored. Among the evening’s highlights was the presentation of the “Stewie Lifetime Achievement Award” to two legends of NASCAR – former NASCAR Chairman and CEO Bill France, Jr. and Hall of Fame driver/broadcaster Benny Parsons, both of whom passed away in 2007. The winners of the 2007 ‘Stewie Awards’ can be found on the Awards page.(or see more at Sirius.com)(11-30-2007)
