Ivan "Ironman" Stewart
| Ivan "Ironman" Stewart | |
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Stewart in 2008
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| Nationality |
 United States
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| Born |
June 4, 1945 Oklahoma |
| Retired | 1999 |
| Related to | Brian Stewart (son) Gary Stewart (son) Craig Stewart (son) |
| Off-Road Racing | |
| Years active | 1973-1999 |
| Teams | Modern Motors PPI Motorsports |
| Championships | 15 |
| Wins | 84 |
| Championship titles | |
| 1975 1976 1977 1979 1983 1984 1990 1993 1995 |
Driver of the Year SCORE Driver of the Year SCORE Driver of the Year SCORE Driver of the Year SCORE Driver of the Year SCORE GNST Driver’s Champion MTEG Driver of the Year SCORE GNST Driver’s Champion MTEG Driver of the Year SCORE/HDRA Overall Driver’s Champion SCORE/HDRA Unlimited Class Driver’s Champion SCORE/HDRA GNST Driver’s Champion MTEG Overall Driver’s Champion SCORE Unlimited Class Driver’s Champion SCORE Trophy-Truck Class Driver’s Champion SCORE |
| Awards | |
| 1976 1980 1983 1984 1990 1993 1995 2006 2009 |
Bilstein Madonna Man of the Year Bilstein Madonna Man of the Year Dennis Keefe Memorial Award Dennis Keefe Memorial Award Bilstein Madonna Man of the Year All American Team AARWBA Mickey & Trudy Thompson Golden Heart Award MTEG All American Team AARWBA All American Team AARWBA Inducted into the Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame Inducted into the San Diego Hall of Champions Breitbard Hall of Fame |
Ivan Stewart (born 1945), nicknamed "Ironman", is an off road racing driver.
In 1973, Stewart was scheduled to co-drive (navigate) in the Ensenada 300 in a Class 1-2 dune buggy. His driver broke his leg, so Stewart drove the car, and won the race. After some additional conquest, he joined the Toyota factory team in 1983 for Cal Wells at Precision Preparation Inc. He won a total of 82 races. He has won a record 17 races in Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group's (MTEG) stadium series, a record 17 Baja 500's, three Baja 1000's, and SCORE International events. He has won ten point championships, including four SCORE World championships and three MTEG championships. He is the only person so far to win overall including motorcycles while driving a four-wheel vehicle solo in the Baja 1000.
Stewart retired from racing in 2000. He continued to be instrumental in off road racing, becoming a founder in the ProTruck Racing Organization. Since then Toyota introduced the Toyota Tundra pickup truck and soon afterwards produced a very limited number of trucks as the Ivan Stewart Ironman edition. These trucks featured a special Ivan Stewart signature package with Toyota Racing Development (TRD) wheels, grille, interior, and supercharger.
Ivan Stewart also became known in the video game circuit, lending his name and his style of stadium racing to a series of games entitled "Super Off Road". He wrote a book, Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Ultimate Off-Road Adventure Guide (Motorbooks, 2007). He also appeared in the Live Action Video for Kids/Real Wheels video, "There Goes a Race Car."
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