# Tony Stewart to retire after 2016 season **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 28, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-stewart-to-retire-after-2016-season/732792 "2015-09-28T03:10:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-stewart-to-retire-after-2016-season/732792/1 "2015-09-28T03:10:17Z")
My buddy and I were watching qualifying for the Sylvania 300 yesterday and we were talking about how we were about to see a change in who was driving soon, partially due to retirement but mostly due to the fact that there’s a lot of young drivers coming up in the ranks. Typically, young drivers are hungry and eager, so to speak, and will work harder for less money than an older, established [del]worker[/del]driver. Sure enough, [today Tony Stewart announced that he’s gonna call it quits after next year](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/cefd2e8452924099b0691fd1ca746854/ap-source-tony-stewart-retire-after-2016-season). ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-stewart-to-retire-after-2016-season/732792/2 "2015-09-28T03:32:48Z")
I think in Smoke’s case it’s more about the accident than anything else. He just hasn’t been the same driver since. He’s also a team owner, so he really needs to worry about the sponsor for that car. They may be getting antsy with not even a Top 5 this year. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-stewart-to-retire-after-2016-season/732792/3 "2015-09-28T04:22:56Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > I think in Smoke’s case it’s more about the accident than anything else. He just hasn’t been the same driver since. Aye, that’s what I think, too. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-stewart-to-retire-after-2016-season/732792/4 "2015-09-29T12:11:21Z")
He had the broke leg a couple years ago. Then last year had the accident that killed that driver. Rough couple years. I hope maybe he’ll come back after a year or so. He’s pretty young to retire permanently. But I guess it depends on getting his confidence and edge back. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-stewart-to-retire-after-2016-season/732792/5 "2015-09-29T19:56:38Z")
Time for NASCAR to make another change to how you can qualify for the All-Star Race - “Did we say that former Cup champions still have to be active? We only meant that for drivers who won their Cup titles more than 10 years ago…”