In the final practice session before the Daytona 500, Ryan Newman blows a right rear tire right in front of his drafting partner….his boss, Tony Stewart. Taking both cars out forces Newman to his third backup car and Stewart into his backup car used in the Bud Shootout. Stewart’s comments in the garage after the incident were very similar to many comments from Stewart over the past few years after a wreck, 

“Ah, just a Goodyear right rear tire, the same thing everybody’s been talking about all week. The same stuff we always talk about every year, the failures that Goodyear have. So. I think that is part of their marketing campaign is, the more we talk about it, the more press they get, but, I think they forget that it’s supposed to be in a good way, not a bad way…”

Stewart is not happy as usual with Goodyear and he is not happy about having to give up the car he really felt could give him the Daytona 500 win. The big pain point is not just the loss of the cars, but you are also now looking at $18,000 worth of inspection fees. Now we get to see how Stewart-Haas overcomes adversity for the first time.