Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will replace Tony Stewart in the year's first NASCAR race. That would be the Sprint Unlimited, a 25-car competition on Feb. 13 at Daytona.
Stewart is out of action for an undetermined length of time because of a severe back injury. His organization, Stewart-Haas Racing, has yet to announce a driver for his No. 14 car.
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Stewart had surgery on Wednesday for injuries from an ATV accident on Jan. 31 in the California desert.