Old Spice

May 31, 2010

Stewart Finishes 15th in Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte

Office Depot/Old Spice Driver Battles Ill-Handling Car in Series’ Longest Race

That extra 100 hundred miles in the Coca-Cola 600 – the longest race on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule – is always felt, but it’s even more so when the racecar you’re piloting is sliding around at speeds nearing 200 mph.

Such was the case for Tony Stewart, who knew exactly when the race felt like it should’ve been over at its 500-mile mark, but knew he had another 66 laps to go before the checkered flag dropped on the 400-lap affair.

May 17, 2010

Stewart Battles to Ninth-Place Finish at Dover

Office Depot/Old Spice Driver Scores Fourth Top-10 of 2010

Tony Stewart and the Office Depot/Old Spice team of Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) took a step in the right direction Sunday by finishing ninth in the Autism Speaks 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Dover (Del.) International Speedway.

It was Stewart’s 15th top-10 finish in 23 career Sprint Cup starts at the 1-mile oval and his fourth top-10 of 2010. More importantly, it was Stewart’s first top-10 finish since placing second in March at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, ending the longest top-10 drought of his 12-year Sprint Cup career.

May 10, 2010

500 Long Miles for Stewart at Darlington

Myriad Issues Lead to 23rd-Place Finish at Track ‘Too Tough to Tame’

The track “Too Tough to Tame” lived up to its billing in Saturday night’s Showtime Southern 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, at least for Tony Stewart. The driver of the No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing dealt with a myriad of issues en route to a 23rd-place finish at the venerable 1.366-mile oval.

From the start of the 367-lap race, Stewart had a racecar that was loose back to the gas each time he came off the track’s corners. Track bar, wedge and air pressure adjustments were used throughout the race to alleviate the car’s ill-handling ways, but adding to the team’s headaches was a slew of problems that only compounded their original difficulty in navigating the track’s tight confines.

May 3, 2010

Atypical Outing for Stewart at Richmond

Office Depot/Old Spice Driver Finishes Uncharacteristic 23rd at Favorite Track

Tony Stewart has enjoyed far more good days than bad at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway, as his five wins – three in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and two in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series – attest. The bad days are atypical, for in addition to the three Sprint Cup wins, Stewart has four second-place finishes, seven top-threes, nine top-fives and 15 top-10s. There’s little wonder why he considers Richmond his favorite racetrack.

Nonetheless, bad days happen, and one of them came in Saturday night’s Crown Royal Heath Calhoun 400 when he finished an uncharacteristic 23rd.

April 26, 2010

Time lapse video of Matterhorn car!

Check out this cool time lapse video of Tony’s Matterhorn car being painted.

April 26, 2010

Stewart Survives Talladega

Old Spice/Office Depot Driver Finishes 16th in Crash-Marred Race

It was far from an official win, but in a garage area surrounded by damaged racecars from a crash-marred Aaron’s 499, Tony Stewart’s 16th-place finish in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway was a victory, nonetheless. Crew chief Darian Grubb said it best: “We survived Talladega.”

In a race that saw eight caution periods for 32 laps – four of which came in the race’s last 24 laps – survival was the name of the game. Yet, Stewart’s No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot “Matterhorn” Chevrolet still showed some game as it led one lap early in the 200-lap event and was a part of a handful of charges to the front, the last of which put him second on lap 180 thanks to some helpful pushing from Dale Earnhardt Jr.

April 20, 2010

Late Accident Ends Stewart’s Promising Day at Texas

Office Depot/Old Spice Driver Leads 74 Laps, but Finishes Disappointing 32nd

A day that began with a lot of promise and a start from the pole ended with a wrecked Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet Impala and a disappointing 32nd-place finish for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) driver/owner Tony Stewart.

The Columbus, Ind., native led five times for 74 laps in Monday’s rain-postponed Samsung Mobile 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, but Stewart’s 400th career Sprint Cup start ended badly when he was involved in a late-race multi-car accident that left him with his first DNF (Did Not Finish) of 2010.

April 12, 2010

Stewart Wins and Loses at Phoenix

Office Depot/Old Spice Driver Finishes 23rd, but Teammate Newman Wins

Tony Stewart won Saturday night at Phoenix International Raceway, but not in the traditional way that most view the driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet. In fact, Stewart the driver finished 23rd in the Subway Fresh Fit 600k NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at the 1-mile oval. Stewart the owner, however, got to stop in victory lane to congratulate his Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) teammate Ryan Newman on his first win as a member of SHR.

“As a driver, I hate the way I ran tonight. But as an owner, I’m very happy for Ryan, Tony Gibson (crew chief) and everyone at Stewart-Haas Racing for getting that ‘39’ car into victory lane,” said Stewart, who co-owns SHR with Haas Automation, the largest CNC machine tool builder in the western world. “They’ve worked so hard. They certainly earned this win. Just a really good win for all of our partners, especially Tornados, the U.S. Army and Haas Automation.”

March 29, 2010

Long Weekend Produces Long Day For Stewart

Old Spice/Office Depot Driver Finishes 26th in Rain-Postponed Martinsville Race

For the first 65 laps of Monday’s rain-postponed Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, it appeared as though Tony Stewart had a great chance for his third career victory at the .526-mile oval. Unfortunately, the handling on Stewart’s No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala became problematic, making for a long day for Stewart and crew chief Darian Grubb and relegating them to a disappointing 26th-place finish.

Rain was a problem for much of the weekend at Martinsville, as Friday’s qualifying session was canceled due to the wet conditions and Stewart was assigned the fifth starting spot after NASCAR set the line-up by current car owner points. More rain in southern Virginia pushed the race from Sunday to Monday.

March 22, 2010

Two-Tire Call Nets Stewart Second at Bristol

Office Depot/Old Spice Driver Rises to Fifth in Points

A late-race call for two tires put Tony Stewart in position to win Sunday’s Food City 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) drove from fourth to first in the race’s final 10 laps, but couldn’t hold off Jimmie Johnson and wound up second to the four-time and reigning Sprint Cup champion.

“It’s a gamble taking two tires, obviously,” said Stewart, who qualified 11th and ran in the top-10 throughout the 500-lap race. “Our car was really loose before that last pit stop, so we felt like we were in a position where we could take two (tires). Darian (Grubb, crew chief) made a great chassis adjustment that got the car tight enough for the last 10 laps to at least race the guys that I was on the same tires with. We had to do that to get some track position, and I felt like it was a risk worth taking. We just couldn’t hold off Jimmie.”

March 8, 2010

Stewart Travels a Long Way to Finish 13th at Atlanta

Office Depot/Old Spice Driver Overcomes Numerous Obstacles in Kobalt Tools 500

A 13th-place finish has never been something Tony Stewart has crowed about, and his result in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway was no different. Yet achieving this 13th-place finish was different, for Stewart had to come from the back of the 43-car field while managing his tires and dodging numerous late-race accidents. In fact, so much was packed into this race that it needed nearly 25 extra miles to complete, as it took two attempts at a green-white-checkered finish to finally end what turned out to be a 341-lap race.

“Long day,” said Stewart, who despite qualifying 15th had to start at the back of the 43-car field after his team changed engines following final practice on Saturday. “The tire deal kind of made the racing old school. You had to take care of your tires at the front of a run to make sure you still had tires at the end of the run. You could never run 100 percent. You really had to manage your equipment.”

March 1, 2010

Stewart Seventh at Las Vegas

Old Spice/Office Depot Driver Scores Second Straight Top-10, Rises to 11th in Points

Tony Stewart knocked down his second straight top-10 finish with a solid seventh-place effort in Sunday’s Shelby American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) led twice for seven laps in the 267-lap race.

“We ended up seventh, which is alright, but you always want more,” said Stewart, who finished ninth in last Sunday’s race in Fontana, Calif. “I struggled on restarts. It took a couple laps to get going, and when you lose so much time here on restarts like that, it makes for a long day.”

February 22, 2010

Stewart Solid in SoCal

Old Spice/Office Depot Driver Logs Third Straight Top-10 Finish at Fontana

Tony Stewart put in a workmanlike performance in Sunday’s Auto Club 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., and the result was a solid ninth-place finish. It was Stewart’s third straight top-10 finish at the 2-mile oval and his first of the 2010 season.

“We got a top-10 out of it, but that was about it,” Stewart said. “We made gains on it all day, but we didn’t quite get exactly where we wanted to be. Still, we got better as the day went on.”