After completing the 52nd running of the Daytona 500, Tony finished 22nd. During the whole race Tony was fighting with a tight car, the #14 Office Depot/Old Spice team could not figure out what else they can do to make the car run better, but ran out of time, even with the extended 8 laps due to the yellow flags.
Having ran so good on the Nationwide Series with a win, finishing second at the Gatorade Duel and a 9th place at the Budweiser Shoot out. With all that going for Tony, he and his team just could not tune the #14 Office Depot/Old Spice car to run for a better position.
“It wasn’t very good for us,” said Stewart of his Daytona 500 outing. “We just missed. I’m not sure what we missed, but we’ll figure it out.”
The track did not cooperate any with a chunk of the asphalt came out on turn two, not once, but twice. Bringing out two red flags for a total about of 145 minutes. With all that time, Tony's crew still could not come up with the right decission to make the car handle better. Once the Daytona crews finished with making the patches at turn two, it was a sprint to the finish line. Everyone was runing wide open, sliding, bumping, and not getting loose.
Ryan Newam, Stewarts teammate, got caught up in a accident in lap 194. Newman's car was immobile after the accident, finishing in 34th place.
With 1 of 36 races completed,Tony leaves Daytona 23rd in the championship standings, just 93 points behind McMurray. Newman is 34th in points.
Race 2 of 36 will be held at Fontana Speedway, let's see if Tony has gotten his #14 Office Depot/Old Spice car tuned up for that race.
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