Ivan "Ironman" Stewart (born June 4, 1945) is an American professional off road racing driver.^[1]

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Ivan "Ironman" Stewart
Stewart in 2008
Nationality	American
Born	(1945-06-04) June 4, 1945 (age 78) Oklahoma, United States
Retired	1999
Related to	Brian Stewart (son) Gary Stewart (son) Craig Stewart (son)
Off-Road Racing
Years active	1973–1999
Teams	Modern Motors PPI Motorsports
Championships	15
Wins	84
Championship titles
1975 1976 1977 1979 1983 1984 1990 1993 1995	Driver of the Year SCORE Driver of the Year SCORE Driver of the Year SCORE Driver of the Year SCORE Driver of the Year SCORE GNST Driver’s Champion MTEG Driver of the Year SCORE GNST Driver’s Champion MTEG Driver of the Year SCORE/HDRA Overall Driver’s Champion SCORE/HDRA Unlimited Class Driver’s Champion SCORE/HDRA GNST Driver’s Champion MTEG Overall Driver’s Champion SCORE Unlimited Class Driver’s Champion SCORE Trophy-Truck Class Driver’s Champion SCORE
Awards
1976 1980 1983 1984 1990 1993 1995 2006 2009	Bilstein Madonna Man of the Year Bilstein Madonna Man of the Year Dennis Keefe Memorial Award Dennis Keefe Memorial Award Bilstein Madonna Man of the Year All American Team AARWBA Mickey & Trudy Thompson Golden Heart Award MTEG All American Team AARWBA All American Team AARWBA Inducted into the Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame Inducted into the San Diego Hall of Champions Breitbard Hall of Fame

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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."

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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]