The Ford EcoBoost 400 will mark #14-Tony Stewart’s 500th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 14th Sprint Cup start at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Stewart, driver of the #14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing, will become one of 32 drivers to hit the 500-start mark. Leading into this milestone race, Stewart has recorded 47 wins, which places him 14th on the all-time series win list. The Columbus, Ind., native has also scored 14 poles, 174 top-fives and 282 top-10s while leading 12,520 laps. Those numbers, along with his three Sprint Cup championships, also make Stewart Hall-of-Fame worthy.
Q) You ‘ll be making your 500th career Sprint Cup start at Homestead. Does that surprise you, or do you look at it as just another number?
Stewart: ‘I ‘ll give you the reality of this deal. I didn ‘t even know it until somebody told me. And I was like, ‘Okay, that’s cool. ‘ But then it was back to business. It’s a milestone, but it’s not as big when you compare it to some of the other drivers and see how many starts they have in their career. When you compare it to Richard Petty (1,184 starts) or Ricky Rudd (906 starts) or Mark Martin (853 starts), 500 isn ‘t a lot.’(SHR)(11-16-2012)
