Another Top-Ten Finish For Stewart...

Now that Tony Stewart had gotten his second top-10 finish with completing the Shelby American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with a strong seventh place at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Tony Stewart’s No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot racing for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) led twice for a total of 7 laps out of the 267 lap race, and that was the only time we heard about Tony Stewart at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Expecting for Tony to come out and take charge of a speedway. Tony stated “We ended up seventh, which is alright, but we always want more”. Considering a ninth finish last Sunday at Fontana, California. Tony Stewart struggled on the restarts and it took a couple of laps to get in with the lead pack.


Tony felt that the No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet Impala was tight in the center of the track’s corners and loose on exit, at times Stewart was at pace with the leader, if not faster. But was not able to catch the leader.

During the quick work of the Old Spice/Office Depot pit crew, with adjusting the chassis, a series of wedge, track bar and tire pressure adjustments, Tony was able to crack a top-five after 90 laps at the 1.5 mile oval. But Stewart was not able to hold a top-five, by lap 108 he fell back to seventh, a spot he would hold for much of the race. Stewart stayed out on two green flags when other teams had to make scheduled pit stops. Tony lead on laps 164-165 and laps 215-219 before he was called in to make his requisite pit stops.
Stewart was holding the fifth-place when a final caution came out on lap 230. Only 11 other drivers were on the lead lap and the call was made to come in for four tires and a splash of gas. Stewart came in on fifth place and came out of pit row, yep you guessed it, seventh for the final 33 laps of the race. But since Stewart having problems with restarts, at the final green flag to the finish, he struggled to get the Old Spice/Office Depot dropped back to ninth in just one lap. Stewart tried using the remainder of the laps to get back what he lost, to get back to at least seventh or a top-10 finish.

Stewart’s SHR teammate, Ryan Newman, finished 18th in his No. 39 Tornados Chevrolet.

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