--- description: Since his car struck and killed Kevin Ward Jr. during a race in upstate New York on August 9 title: Tony Stewart to Miss Third Consecutive NASCAR Race image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt82a973ea364a031b/69869efa55a8594955a821a9/tony-stewart.jpg?branch=production&width=750&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Auto Racing](/tag/auto-racing/) ## Auto Racing Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Tony Stewart to Miss Third Consecutive NASCAR Race by [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 20, 2014 11:30 PM CUT  Tony Stewart stands in the garage area after a practice session for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Watkins Glen International, in Watkins Glen, N.Y on August 8, 2014. Tony Stewart stands in the garage area after a practice session for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Watkins Glen International, in Watkins Glen, N.Y on August 8, 2014.Derik Hamilton—AP by [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 20, 2014 11:30 PM CUT Three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart will not participate in this weekend’s Bristol Motor Speedway, Stewart-Haas Racing [announced](https://twitter.com/StewartHaasRcng/status/502198613087629312 "undefined") Wednesday, marking the third consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup race he has missed since his car struck and killed Kevin Ward Jr. during a race in upstate New York on August 9. Stewart could face criminal charges for Ward’s death, who had exited his vehicle after Stewart clipped his car and sent it crashing into the wall. After exiting his car, Ward wandered onto the track and tried to flag down Stewart, but was struck by Stewart’s fast-moving vehicle as the driver lapped back around. Jeff Burton will replace Stewart for the second straight week. Burton took the number 14 car for Saturday’s Michigan International Speedway race. NASCAR [announced](http://www.nascar.com/en%5Fus/news-media/articles/2014/8/15/nascar-on-track-incident-procedure-announced.html# "undefined") new rules on Friday to protect the safety of its drivers, requiring that “at no time” should a driver or crew member approach another moving vehicle or the racing surface after an on-track incident that prohibits the car from moving forward. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3151023/tony-stewart-kevin-ward-bristol-motor-speedway/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3151023/tony-stewart-kevin-ward-bristol-motor-speedway/"},"headline":"Tony Stewart to Miss Third Consecutive NASCAR Race","datePublished":"2014-08-20T23:30:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:46:34.711Z","description":"Since his car struck and killed Kevin Ward Jr. during a race in upstate New York on August 9","url":"https://time.com/3151023/tony-stewart-kevin-ward-bristol-motor-speedway/","keywords":["Auto Racing","NASCAR"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt82a973ea364a031b/69869efa55a8594955a821a9/tony-stewart.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Rogers","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt82a973ea364a031b/69869efa55a8594955a821a9/tony-stewart.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tony Stewart stands in the garage area after a practice session for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Watkins Glen International, in Watkins Glen, N.Y on August 8, 2014.","caption":"Tony Stewart stands in the garage area after a practice session for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Watkins Glen International, in Watkins Glen, N.Y on August 8, 2014.","creditText":"Derik Hamilton—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/auto-racing/","name":"Auto Racing"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3151023/tony-stewart-kevin-ward-bristol-motor-speedway/","name":"Tony Stewart to Miss Third Consecutive NASCAR Race"}}]}] ```