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THE CHAMPION'S CHAMPION.(News)(Tony Stewart and J.J. Yeley)

Byline: CURT CAVIN From midgets to sprints, J.J. Yeley dominated USAC racing Tony Stewart knows a thing or two about having a spectacular season. Seven years before winning his NASCAR Winston Cup championship in 2002, a mighty accomplishment in its own right, Stewart completed the daunting endurance test of winning all three of the United States Auto Club's national titles (midgets, sprints and Silver Crown divisions) in the same season. That was 1995, and only Pancho Carter had pulled off a similar feat. Carter was among the best to drive a sprint car, and won each of the ...