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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