USA
racing driver
Ivan "Ironman " Stewart (born June 4, 1945) is an American professional off road racing driver.[1]
Racing career
An Ironman Protruck
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 conquests, 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.[2]
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 .
He 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."
Race wins
1973
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Baja 300 (Baja Sports Committee)
Buggy
Class 2
1st
Ensenada 300 (SCORE )
Modern Motors
Funco Buggy
VW
Class 2
Overall Winner
1974
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Off-Road World Championships (SCORE )
Buggy
Class 2
1st
Baja 300 (Baja Sports Committee)
Buggy
Class 2
1st
Baja 500 (SCORE )
Buggy
Class 2
1st
Borrego 150 (SCORE )
Buggy
Class 2
1st
Baja 500 (Baja Sports Committee)
Buggy
Unlimited Class
1st
1975
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Baja 300 (SCORE )
Modern Motors
Funco Buggy
VW
Unlimited Class
Overall Winner
Baja 1000 (SCORE )
Modern Motors
Funco Buggy
VW
Unlimited Class
Overall Winner
1976
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Firecracker 250 (HDRA)
Unlimited Class
Overall Winner
St. Patrick’s Day Classic (HDRA)
Unlimited Class
1st
Wishbone 300 (SCORE )
Unlimited Class
1st
California 400 (HDRA)
Unlimited Class
Overall Winner
Baja 500 (SCORE )
Funco Buggy
VW
Unlimited Class
Overall Winner
Baja 1000 (SCORE )
Funco Buggy
VW
Unlimited Class
Overall Winner
1977
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Baja 500 (SCORE )
Chenowth Buggy
VW
Unlimited Class
Overall Winner
St. Patrick’s Day Classic (HDRA)
Unlimited Class
1st
Firecracker 250 (HDRA)
Unlimited Class
Overall Winner
1978
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Parker 400 (SCORE )
Class 8
1st
1979
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Mexicali 250 (CORE)
Class 8
1st
Mint 400 (HDRA)
Class 8
1st
Firebird Lake (HDRA)
Class 8
1st
1980
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Riverside Heavy Metal Challenge
Class 8
1st
Baja 500
Class 8
1st
1981
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Riverside Heavy Metal Challenge (SCORE )
Class 8
1st
1982
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Mint 400 (HDRA)
Class 8
1st
Frontier 500 (HDRA)
Class 8
1st
1983
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Pomona MTEG
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Grand National Sport Trucks
1st
Off-Road World Championships (SCORE )
Class 7
1st
Firecracker 250 (HDRA)
Class 8
1st
1984
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Baja 500 (SCORE )
Class 7
1st
Great Mojave 250 (SCORE /HDRA)
Class 7
1st
Mint 400 (HDRA)
Class 7
1st
Pomona MTEG
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Grand National Sport Trucks
1st
Off-Road World Championships (SCORE )
Class 7
1st
1985
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
California 400 (HDRA)
Class 7
1st
Los Angeles Coliseum MTEG
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Grand National Sport Trucks
1st
Off-Road World Championships (SCORE )
Class 7
1st
1986
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Great Mojave 250 (SCORE ) (HDRA)
Unlimited Class
1st
Baja 500 (SCORE )
Unlimited Class
1st
1987
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Gold Coast 300 (SCORE ) (HDRA)
Unlimited Class
1st
Detroit MTEG
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Grand National Sport Trucks
1st
1988
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Off-Road World Championships (SCORE /HDRA)
Unlimited Class
1st
Las Vegas MTEG
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Grand National Sport Trucks
1st
1989
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Mint 400 (HDRA)
Unlimited Class
Overall
Baja 500 (HDRA)
Unlimited Class
1st
Las Vegas MTEG
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Grand National Sport Trucks
1st
Gold Coast 300 (HDRA)
Unlimited Class
1st
1990
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Anaheim MTEG
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Grand National Sport Trucks
1st
Parker 400 (SCORE )
Unlimited Class
Overall
Nissan 400 (HDRA)
Unlimited Class
Overall
Seattle MTEG
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Grand National Sport Trucks
1st
Rose Bowl MTEG
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Grand National Sport Trucks
1st
Baja 500 (SCORE )
Unlimited Class
1st
Fireworks 250 (HDRA)
Unlimited Class
1st
Nevada 500 (HDRA)
Unlimited Class
Overall
Las Vegas MTEG
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Grand National Sport Trucks
1st
Gold Coast 300 (HDRA)
Unlimited Class
Overall
San Francisco MTEG
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Grand National Sport Trucks
1st
1991
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Nissan 400 (HDRA)
Unlimited Class
1st
Baja 500 (SCORE )
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Unlimited Class
Overall
Los Angeles Coliseum MTEG
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Grand National Sport Trucks
1st
Nevada 500 (HDRA)
Unlimited Class
Overall
1992
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
San Diego MTEG
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Grand National Sport Trucks
1st
Nissan 400 (HDRA)
Unlimited Class
1st
Baja 500 (SCORE )
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Unlimited Class
Overall
San Francisco MTEG
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Grand National Sport Trucks
1st
1993
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Parker 400 (SCORE )
Unlimited Class
Overall
San Diego MTEG
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Grand National Sport Trucks
1st
Nevada 400 (HDRA)
Unlimited Class
Overall
Pasadena Rose Bowl MTEG
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Grand National Sport Trucks
1st
Baja 500 (SCORE )
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Unlimited Class
Overall
Las Vegas Silver Bowl MTEG
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Grand National Sport Trucks
1st
Baja 1000 (SCORE )
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Unlimited Class
Overall
1994
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
San Felipe 250 (SCORE )
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Trophy-Truck
1st
Baja 500 (SCORE )
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Trophy-Truck
1st
Fireworks 250 (SCORE )
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Trophy-Truck
1st
1995
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Laughlin Desert Challenge (SCORE )
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Trophy-Truck
1st
Parker 400 (SCORE )
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Trophy-Truck
1st
1997
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Baja 500 (SCORE )
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Trophy-Truck
1st
1998
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Baja 500 (SCORE )
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Trophy-Truck
Overall
Baja 1000 (SCORE )
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Trophy-Truck
Overall
1999
Race
Team
Vehicle
Power
Class
Finish
Baja 500 (SCORE )
Precision Preparation Incorporated (PPI)
Toyota
Trophy-Truck
Overall
[3] [4] [5] [6]
Awards
Stewart was a 2006 inductee in the Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame .
In 2009, Stewart was inducted into the San Diego Hall of Champions Breitbard Hall of Fame .[7]
He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on March 17, 2020.[8]
References
External links
Off Road series
Games Related
Recent Comments