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Stewart cashes in on record-breaking season
Six-million-dollar man celebrates season earnings mark in N.Y. style
By Mike Harris, The Associated Press
December 4, 2005
08:25 AM EST (13:25 GMT)
NEW YORK -- Stewart's best year in NASCAR's Nextel Cup Series reached the bottom line Friday, with the two-time champion setting a record for single-season earnings.
He picked up $6,173,633 from the points fund set up by series sponsor Nextel and NASCAR, and added $517,000 in contingency awards from sponsors. Combined with the prize money earned during the 36-race season, Stewart's total of $13,578,168 breaks the previous mark of $10,979,757 by Jeff Gordon in 2001.
Six-million-dollar man celebrates season earnings mark in N.Y. style
By Mike Harris, The Associated Press
December 4, 2005
08:25 AM EST (13:25 GMT)
NEW YORK -- Stewart's best year in NASCAR's Nextel Cup Series reached the bottom line Friday, with the two-time champion setting a record for single-season earnings.
He picked up $6,173,633 from the points fund set up by series sponsor Nextel and NASCAR, and added $517,000 in contingency awards from sponsors. Combined with the prize money earned during the 36-race season, Stewart's total of $13,578,168 breaks the previous mark of $10,979,757 by Jeff Gordon in 2001.