Ivan "Ironman" Stewart (born June 4, 1945) is an American professional

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driver.

Racing career

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

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in 1983 for Cal Wells at Precision Preparation Inc. He won a total of 82 races. He has won a record 17 races in

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's (MTEG) stadium series, a record 17

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's, three

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's, and

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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

introduced the

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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

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. 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 ''Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road'' is an arcade video game released in 1989 by Leland Corporation. The game was designed and managed by John Morgan who was also lead programmer, and endorsed by professional off-road racer Ivan Stewart. ...

''. 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

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

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1989

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1999

Awards

Stewart was a 2006 inductee in the Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame. In 2009, Stewart was inducted into the

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He was inducted into the

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on March 17, 2020.2020 Inductees
at the

References

Biography at the Offroad Motorsports Hall of Fame

External links

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