Five weeks before a wrongful death lawsuit was set to go to trial, attorneys for Tony Stewart and the family of Kevin Ward Jr. have notified the judge of a settlement.The Ward family filed the lawsuit in August 2015, one year after Ward was struck and killed by Stewart during...

Ryan Newman and Tony Stewart have been friends for nearly two decades, something that hasn't seemingly changed in the aftermath of a controversial incident between the two last weekend at Richmond International Raceway.Both veterans were summoned to a meeting with NASCAR officials on Friday at Chicagoland Speedway and left the...

Tony Stewart is appealing a July ruling by a U.S. District Court judge that absolved his insurance company from having to defend or indemnify him in the civil suit brought by the family of sprint car driver Kevin Ward Jr.ESPN reports Stewart's legal team filed a notice of appeal Friday...

A federal judge ruled Friday that Tony Stewart's insurance company does not have to defend or indemnify him in the civil suit brought by the family of Kevin Ward Jr., ruling that specific language in the policy limited it to 105 races – 65 World of Outlaws, 30 USA Sprint...

Multiple sources report that the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of deceased sprint car driver Kevin Ward Jr. against Tony Stewart on Aug. 7 has been moved from New York state court to federal court. The action was reportedly submitted Friday by Stewart's attorney on the basis that...

The family of a sprint car driver killed in a crash involving Tony Stewart last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion.Twenty-year-old Kevin Ward Jr died when he walked onto the track at Canandaigua Motorsports Park to remonstrate with Stewart after the pair...

In his first interview since a grand jury cleared him of any criminal charges over the events of Aug. 9 when the sprint car he was driving struck and killed Kevin Ward Jr. at Canandaigua Motorsports Park, Tony Stewart told the Associated Press that the incident was "100 percent an...

Tony Stewart will not face criminal charges in the death of sprint car driver Kevin Ward Jr., a grand jury in upstate New York determined on Wednesday.The Ontario County District Attorney's office took the evidence in Stewart's case to a grand jury, which has now ruled that there was no...

Grand jury testimony began Tuesday in Canandaigua, N.Y., in the case convened by Ontario County District Attorney Michael Tantillo to determine whether charges should be brought against NASCAR driver Tony Stewart for his role in the on-track incident that caused the death of sprint car driver Kevin Ward Jr.Chuck Hebing,...

A former New York prosecutor told Motor Racing Network that he expects Ontario County District Attorney Michael Tantillo to provide "a fair presentation of the evidence" to a grand jury that will determine if Tony Stewart faces charges for his role in a fatal sprint car incident last month.Kevin Ward...