Tony Stewart flips five times in Canada sprint car race

Tony Stewart sits in his car during practice for the Samuel Deeds 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Photo: Brian Spurlock, USA TODAY Sports)

Add an end-over-end flip and crash to Tony Stewart's wild week.

Stewart, racing a sprint car for fun Monday night at the Oshweken Speedway dirt track in Canada, flipped five times while racing for the lead with Shane Stewart (no relation). The three-time NASCAR Cup champion appeared to run up on the cushion and get sideways, which sent his car tumbling.

He was apparently uninjured and walked away from the crash, but it certainly got his attention.

It's been quite an eventful week for Stewart.

On Wednesday, he hosted NASCAR's first dirt race in 43 years at the Eldora Speedway dirt track he owns in Ohio. The race was widely praised, and Stewart got much of the credit.

Then it was on to Sunday's race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where Ryan Newman won the race while driving a Stewart-owned car (Stewart himself finished fourth).

Stewart is often in motion, though, and he planned to keep packing in races as part of his hectic schedule.

"I think I race every day (this) week except for Wednesday, and that's a test," Stewart said after Indianapolis. "So a lot of those days are doubled-up days. We have a busy week. Can't think of a better week to celebrate."

He called racing at Oshweken a "night of rest," but he certainly didn't plan on spending part of it upside down. Stewart was scheduled to race again at the same track tonight.

(Hat-tip to Twitter user @midtownexpress for bringing the video to our attention.)