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Three-time NASCAR premier series champion Tony Stewart is set to retire from full-time Sprint Cup Series competition following the 2016 season, and — much like we saw last year with Jeff Gordon — the tributes will be coming fast and furiously over the next 10 months.
Joe Gibbs Racing, where Stewart spent the first decade of his career, picked up 33 of his 48 career wins and the first two of his titles, kicked off the stroll down memory lane Wednesday with their first in a series of tributes that will run on the 20th of each month through the 2016 season.
On the 20th of every month we’ll pay tribute to our friend @TonyStewart who is retiring after 2016. #TonyTribute20 pic.twitter.com/3B6AiwGSMt
— Joe Gibbs Racing (@JoeGibbsRacing) January 20, 2016
In 1999, as a rookie in our 20 car, @TonyStewart won his 1st Cup Series race at Richmond! #NASCAR #TonyTribute20 pic.twitter.com/qJ0zbPwYiS
— Joe Gibbs Racing (@JoeGibbsRacing) January 20, 2016