Congratulations to the two finalists in this year’s 2011 “Official Small Business of NASCAR, Courtesy of Office Depot” Sweepstakes. Two great finalists will race (vicariously via Tony Stewart and Greg Biffle) for the title this weekend at the AvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway this Sunday!
Huckleberry Pets adorns the TV panel of the #14 Office Depot Chevy of Tony Stewart. (Photo Credit: Edelman)
Tony Stewart will be one of several drivers running a special “Honoring Our Heroes” paint scheme commemorating the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the world trade center in 2001. The #14 Office Depot Chevy will carry a red, white and blue patriotic theme during the September 10th race to be run at Richmond and will look something like this:
Tony Stewart - Honoring Our Heros Diecast (Image Courtesy of Lionel NASCAR Collectibles)
The paint scheme is one of many running under the “Honoring Our Heroes” program which is a partnership with Lionel NASCAR Collectibles and the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation. A portion of the proceeds from merchandise sales from all of the “Remembering Our Heroes” merchandise will be donated to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which children who have lost a parent, firefighters, and military who have been seriously injured and sacrifice their quality of life in the line of duty. Other drivers carrying themes under this banner are: Danica Patrick, David Gilliland, Greg Biffle and Jamie McMurray.
The diecast is already available through pre-orders. There is a reason I don’t collect diecasts: I would be the type of collector that would have to have every variation of every paint scheme out there…and my bank account would never have any money in it. EVER. And Roxy kind of likes to eat. And frankly so do I. But with a portion of the proceeds going to a wonderful cause, how can I not add this special paint scheme to my collection? You can too here.
For more information on the paint scheme, other drivers running similar schemes and the partnership between Lionel NASCAR collectibles and The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation visit here.
I just had some tidbits and reminders I wanted to share regarding things going on in relation to Tony Stewart- and to spice it up I thought I would throw in some pictures: (more…)
Attention Small Business owners: The Office Depot Official Small Business of NASCAR contest has started! Enter now to become branded the Official Office Depot Small Business Of NASCAR. It runs now through May 28th!
Tony Stewart's car that will race at the Southern 500 at Darlington will carry information on how you can become the Official Small Business of NASCAR (photo credit: Action Sports Photography)
Enter early because Office Depot will be giving away $1000 gift cards each day to a random entrant. Two small businesses will be selected as finalists . Each finalist will be awarded $10,000 AND a VIP race weekend. One of the finalist’s logo will end up on the rear “tv panel” of Tony Stewart’s #14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevy during the Labor Day race at Atlanta Speedway later this season. The other finalist will have their logo on the rear “tv panel” of Greg Biffle’s #16 3M Ford. The small business on the highest finishing driver’s car will be this year’s 2011 Official Small Business of NASCAR. And as added incentive – if either Stewart or Biffle win the Atlanta race- that driver’s small business will be awarded $1 million dollars!
This is a great opportunity for a small business! Don’t take my word for it take Tony’s word:
What are you waiting for? Enter now at OfficeDepotRacing.com!
Last year it was Jeff Gordon helping the Extreme Home Make over team. This Sunday- NASCAR drivers Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards join movie star Emma Roberts and pop singer Justin Bieber in helping the Brown family in Texas. In this episode we learn that the Brown family lost their teenage daughter to a texting-while-driving accident. Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards help the Brown’s cause- which is to prevent distracted driving accidents- by trying their hands at texting-while-driving on a closed course.
Greg Biffle, designer Leanne Touhy, and Carl Edwards on the set of Extreme Home Makeover. Photo courtesy of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition / George Verschoor
This two-hour episode airs this Sunday January 30th on ABC at 8:00 pm ET/PT time. Check your local listings.
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And for those who are thinking that the name of designer Leanne Touhy sounds familiar, this is because she was the character Sandra Bullock played in the movie The Blind Side.
Ok- so I slacked slightly in posting the points after the Phoenix race (as in I didn’t post em at all) and now poof the season is over.
So first I am going to give you my analysis of the three different points systems then I will give you the numbers if you are interested (after the jump).
I kept track of the NASCAR traditional points system, a Hybrid system that was basically the same NASCAR points structure with NO SEEDING (all 12 chase drivers start at 0), and what I call the BadGroove Cup- a completely stand alone system that had the drivers starting at 0 and had a completely separate points structure.
In all three systems, Jimmie Johnson is your winner. So that didn’t really make a difference- I guess if you are good you are good. The Hybrid system made a difference in the top three in that Harvick would have overtook Hamlin for second. Last place in all three systems was Jeff Burton- so again no difference was made. Really the only difference was in the in-between drivers that were not in the top three but not last. For instance in the end Stewart finishes as high as 7th in the standings and as low as 11th (Hybrid-no seeding). Greg Biffle finished as high as 5th (BadGroove cup) and as low as 7th (Hybrid-no seeding). Jeff Gordon finished as high as 8th (Hybrid-no seeding) and as low as 10th (BadGroove Cup). So the big winner would have remained Jimmie Johnson on all three systems and the big loser would have remained Jeff Burton in all three systems. Overall the Hybrid system and the BadGroove Cup system rewarded overall consistency in the last 10 races.
I now present to you the results for the last two races (Phoenix and Homestead) in just the raw numbers: (more…)
Tony qualified for the race in Kansas 14th (which I think is funny since he drives the 14 car). He had a good strong run at Kansas and even got the 10 bonus points (5 for leading a lap and 5 for leading the most laps…YEY). Combine that with a strong finish of 4th. While Tony remains 10th in the points after the Kansas race due to several strong finishes by other chase contenders, Stewart’s strong showing at Kansas trimmed his points deficit on the leader from 165 points before the race to 127 after. While Greg Biffle was the race winner, Jimmie Johnson overtook Denny Hamlin for the points lead in the Cup standings.
Did you see Tony during the pre-race ceremonies holding Gavin Grubb (son of crew chief Darian Grubb)…that Gavin is ADORABLE!
KANSAS CITY, KS - OCTOBER 03: Tony Stewart, driver of the Office Depot Chevrolet, holds his crew chief's son Gavin Grubb during prerace for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Price Chopper 400 on October 3, 2010 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR)
NOTES ABOUT KANSAS:
Next Race: Autoclub Speedway in California! GoTONYGo!
If you know me personally or have read me for eons, then you know that I love music and have pretty damn eclectic tastes in music that really runs a wide gamut. I also absolutely adore a mix cd (ahhh mix tapes) thoughtfully compiled for me of music that the giver thought I would enjoy or that reminds them of me. That is really cool. Because of this I also like to peruse the celebrity playlists on iTunes.
Anyway, I recently received a 2010 Chase Playlist compiled to go along with the chase with songs picked by some of the drivers from this years chase (this was sent to be by a PR person- I didn’t compile it myself):
(yes I know that not ALL chase drivers were represented…but this is the list that was given to me). Interesting choices don’t you think?
It got me thinking of songs I could add to this list…a 2010 Chase Playlist….here is what I would add:
So tell me what you would add or what songs remind you of your favorite driver ( in the comments) because honestly? I am looking for some new (to me) music!
