NASCAR's Stewart-Haas Racing Team Takes Pole At The Coca-Cola 600...

Driver of the #39 U.S. Army Chevrolet Impala, Ryan Newman took the pole position for the Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Given that it is Memorial Weekend and Ryan Newman is driving the U.S. Army Chevrolet Impala, it seems that they fit together for this weekend. Making his 309th career Sprint Cup start at the Coca-Cola 600, Newman turned a lap of 28.793 seconds at 187.546 mph on the 1.5-mile oval to take the pole position.


Inaugural NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Junior Johnson is the only driver with as many pole positions as Ryan Newman, but only his first for 2010.

Newman stated “It was a great run for the U.S. Army Chevrolet,” with nine poles in his 19 career Sprint Cup races at Charlotte. It was a good run for us and we’ll see what we can do in the Coca-Cola 600.
“It was a great effort for everybody at Stewart-Haas Racing. It’s Memorial Day weekend and there is no better place for the U.S. Army Chevy to start.”

Co-owner Tony Stewart, driver of the #14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing, will start 26th after turning a lap of 29.296 seconds at 184.326 mph. Stewart was a little loose he held pole position five races ago at Texar Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. Stewart stated “We have all day Saturday to work on it some more, but you still have to build in a lot of adjustability since you start in the heat of the afternoon and then end at night. 600 miles is a long race.”

Of the forty-seven drivers who attempted to qualify for the Coca-Cola 600. Those not making the cut in the 43-car field were Reed Sorenson, Max Papis, David Stremme and Mike Bliss.

With Ryan Newman taking the pole-winning mark, it gave Chevrolet the top spot of all other manufacturers, which was the fourth pole for Stewart-Haas Racing team. Dodge came in second at the hands of Busch, while Toyota was the third-fastest with Truex. Kahne carried the flag for Ford.

The Coca-Cola 600 start at 6 p.m. with some sunlight and will finish under the lights, so track conditions will play a factor for the drivers and crew cheifs and the cars tires and tire presures.

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Tony Stewart Comes Up With Another 9th Place Finish In NASCAR Autism Speaks 400 In Dover.

With another top 10 finish, 15th in his 23 career starts at Dover and only his 4th for this season. Tony Stewart driver of the #14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet Impala has not made a top 10 finish since finishing second on March at Bristol (Tenn). At one point Tony Stewart came into the pits in third position, after a four tire change and raised the track bar an eighth of an inch, came back out onto the track in last place of the lead lap. On lap 224 Tony Stewart fell back to 16th place after his #14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet Impala started to act erratically and in fear of being put a lap down. The #14 Office Depot/Old Spice was running was good on entry and exit and only slightly tight in the center of the corner. Crew chief Darian Grubb worked on the car throughout the next three pits stops by making small tire pressure and chassis adjustments. Just before the final 120 laps, a yellow flag (Caution) saved Tony Stewart from going a lap down. Crew chief Grubb brought the #14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet in to pit row to put the car’s setup back to how it had been at the start of the race. With that set-up, Tony Stewart was able to come up the ranks/positions from 15th to 9th. Stewart’s effort at Dover, he gained four spots in the  Sprint Cup championship standings, to 14th place.

Teammate Ryan Newman, driver of the #39 U.S. Army Chevrolet Impala, finished 13th. Newman gained one position in the point standings. He’s now one spot ahead of Tony Stewart in 13th place.

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NASCAR's Track To Tough To Tame...Darlington Raceway

With another great race on the books. Tony Stewart, driver of the #14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala, did not fare so well once again. From the start of the race, a cool night race, Stewart Chevrolet just could not get to the front, once again he kept falling back lap after lap. With the #14 Old Spice/Office Depot loose coming out of the corners, with wedge adjustments, air pressure and track bar adjustments. Tony Stewart just could not get his #14 to the front and all the changes to the car just made it handle harder on this type of track. The tough egg shape race track, the name says it all "The Track To Tough To Tame". Everyone had their share of the Darlington Raceway stripes, even Four-time Sprint Cup Champion, Jimmy Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala was not given any leniency by giving Jimmy Johnson his share of Darlington stripes.

Then on lap 85, Stewart's third scheduled pit stop, Stewart missed his pit box due to clogged traffic on pit road and prevented Stewart to get a good angle into his pit box. The drive thru pit stop, did have one benefit as it put Stewart into the lead when the race restarted on lap 89. Stewart hung on at the restart for five laps before his tires became no match to the other cars with fresher tires. Stewart drops back slowly and maintained a top 10 presence up to lap 100. Having to pit for fuel and fresh tires just 22 laps later, it put Tony Stewart in 28th place. With his car handling to tight, it finally went to too loose on lap 201. The #14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala got his share of the Darlington Stripes, when Stewart spun off turn four. With the previous cosmetics done on a pit stop for scraping the wall earlier, it put Stewart back to the 23rd position and still on the lead lap, with the leaders coming up on him, it didn't take long for Tony Stewart to go down a lap. Stewart's point position also dropped back to 18th position.

Teammate Ryan Newman, driver of the #39 Haas Automation Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing, finished in ninth place. With four top 10 finishes in the last six races, positioning him up two spots to 14th in the championship standings.

To add to the ailing Stewart-Haas Racing team, Two-time Cup Series champion Tony Stewart is losing a sponsor at the end of the season. Old Spice will not renew its sponsorship with Stewart when its current deal expires at the end of the year. Old Spice is the primary sponsor for Stewart's #14 races this season. Office Depot will continue as a co-primary sponsor.



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My Tony Stewart's NASCAR Review...

Another great night race. First of all, did Kyle Busch driver of the #18 Toyota Camary M&M have an awesome night or what. Kyle Busch's car was set up just right, whether it be running the high line or low line, his car was just running everyone down and passing them. Tony Stewart driver of the #14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet Impala had different symptoms. Tony Stewart's #14 just kept dropping back lap after lap, his set up was just no where near of what the track requires. Tony came in with a different set up hoping it would work out for this track, but didn't. As for team mate Ryan Newman driver of the #39 Army Medicine Chevrolet Impala, his set up was good enough to get him up to the 9th spot just before the half-way mark of the 400 lap race. There wasn't to much mention of the #14 Office Depot/Old Spice Cheverolet Impala of Tony Stewart, who fell back a lap down by lap 85. When you have a bad set up or ride, there is no mention of how you are doing except for when they start falling back, a caution comes out or when the announcers do the "Driver by Driver" review. A caution flag on lap 155 allowed Tony Stewart to get on of his two down laps back. But constant problems with the #14 Office Depot Chevrolet put him down another lap, crew chief Darian Grubb made a strategy call to bring Stewart to pit road early under green flag conditions. A four-tire stop with a right-rear wedge adjustment on lap 350 put Stewart on the front end of the pit cycle, and if the race stayed green for the final 50 laps, he would gain considerable ground on those who had been running ahead of him.

Tony Stewart stated "We’re just not where we need to be right now,” who is now 15th in the championship standings with 1,160 points, a loss of one position. That puts him 307 markers behind new series leader Kevin Harvick. Teammate Ryan Newman, driver of the #39 Army Medicine Chevrolet, carried the Stewart/Haas Racing team by finishing eighth. With three top-10 finishes for the 2010 season, it allowed Newman to gain two positions in the point standings. He’s now 16th.


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