Tony Stewart will not win a Daytona 500 during his Sprint Cup career. He will miss the start of his final Sprint Cup season to recover from a broken back suffered Sunday while riding a dune buggy in California. Stewart suffered a burst fracture of his L1 vertebra and had surgery Wednesday in North Carolina, according to a Stewart-Haas Racing news release issued Thursday. No timetable was given for his return, but the news release indicated that the 44-year-old Stewart is expected to make a "full recovery" and will return to Sprint Cup racing this year. No interim driver was named. NASCAR would wait until Stewart announces his return to decide whether he will receive a waiver to miss races and remain eligible to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup with a regular-season win and a top-30 spot in the points. Read more http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/st...t-nascar-sprint-cup-season-fractured-vertebra
