Race 2 Win: Budweiser Shootout - Tony Stewart Notes

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Budweiser Shootout - Tony Stewart Notes

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Budweiser Shootout Car – Chassis No. 119:
This is a brand new race car, with its only track time having come at Daytona during January testing.

Budweiser Shootout Notes of Interest:

Stewart is a two-time Budweiser Shootout winner, having won the non-point race in 2001 and 2002.

Stewart is one of only three drivers to have won two straight Budweiser Shootouts. They are…
* Tony Stewart – 2001 & 2002
* Ken Schrader – 1989 & 1990
* Neil Bonnett – 1983 & 1984

The driver with the most Budweiser Shootout victories is the late Dale Earnhardt with six. Stewart beat Earnhardt to win his first Budweiser Shootout in 2001.

In six career Budweiser Shootout starts, Stewart has only one finish outside of the top-seven. He finished 15th in the 2003 race.

Stewart’s average finish in the Budweiser Shootout is fifth.

New NASCAR-Themed Ad Campaign:

The Home Depot will debut a new NASCAR-themed television ad during the broadcast of the Daytona 500 featuring Stewart and members of the #20 Home Depot Racing Team.

The spot accentuates The Home Depot’s brand promise of “know-how” by linking Stewart’s on-track success and, ultimately, his 2005 Nextel Cup championship, to his recent spate of home improvement projects.

The 60-second spot, “Zippy’s Link,” features Stewart giving crew chief Greg Zipadelli a tour of his home highlighting the various home improvement projects he completed over the course of the season. Starting with a kitchen renovation, Stewart impresses Zipadelli with the installation of a new garbage disposal and hardwood floors, replacing a ceiling fan, repairing a toilet, painting the living room and finally, building a new outdoor brick patio in honor of winning the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, his lifelong dream.

During the ad, Stewart tours a skeptical Zipadelli through the house showing him each completed project and how it relates back to a specific race success during the 2005 season in order to convince his crew chief of the direct link between home improvement and racing. The ads underline that the secret to success is know-how, whether you are a do-it-yourselfer conducting a home improvement project or a racing superstar.

The Home Depot’s Olympic Athletes:

A record 33 Home Depot associates earned a place on the U.S. Olympic team and will compete in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. The Home Depot athletes will represent Team USA in such sports as luge, bobsled, freestyle skiing, speedskating and curling.

Through its sponsorship of the U.S. Olympic Committee's Olympic Job Opportunities Program (OJOP), The Home Depot allows U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes and hopefuls to work part time in exchange for full-time compensation and benefits. The program helps to accommodate the athletes’ busy training and competition schedules while offsetting their expenses. Currently, more than 200 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes and hopefuls are employed by The Home Depot. Since 1992, The Home Depot associates have accounted for nearly 11 percent of all medals won by Team USA.

Since 1992, The Home Depot has employed more than 500 athletes through OJOP. To date, 283 athlete-associates have competed in the Olympic and Paralympic Games, earning a total of 171 medals: 75 gold, 59 silver and 37 bronze. In November 2003, The Home Depot announced that it will continue its sponsorship of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams through the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

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