Help: Home or Office Depot?

[leopard]

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It's found like alteration or coincidence the home and office depot have similar name or belong to the same corporation. Strangely home depot supports Tony Stewart of Chevrolet, while office depot supports Carl Edwards of their opponent Ford.

Can anyone explain is this sort of clash a common happens in Nascar?

[blakebeatty]

I have always wondered about the relationship between these two myself. I don't know that there is any.

[Erki]

It got even funnier last year at Pocono. :p

[blakebeatty]

THey were both founded under their respective names at different times, in different cities. They are both publicly traded. I would say that there is no relationship between the two.

[Aussie12]

If you think that the Home Depot/Office Depot conundrum is confusing, then check out this list...


Official Sponsors

Allstate (Official Insurance)
AMD (Official Technology Partner/Official Microprocessor of NASCAR/ The Official Semiconductor Technology of NASCAR)
America Online (Official Internet Service Provider/Instant Messenger/E-mail)
APlus (Official Convenience Store)
Bank Of America (Official Bank, Checking, Savings, Credit/Debit, Mutual Funds and Security Brokerage)
Best Western (Official Hotel)
Budweiser (Official Beer)
Callaway Golf (Official Golf Ball)
Checkers/Rally's (Official Drive-Thru & Official Burger)
Chevrolet (Monte Carlo) (Official Pace Car, Official Passenger Car)
Coca-Cola (Official Soft Drink)
Combos (Masterfoods) (Official Cheese-Filled)
Craftsman Tools (Official Tools)
Dasani (Official Water)
Daytona USA (Official Attraction)
Diageo (Official Wine)
DIRECTV (Official Partner of NASCAR)
Dodge Charger (Official Passenger Car)
Domino’s Pizza (Official Pizza Company)
DuPont Performance Coatings (Official Finish)
Duracell (Official Alkaline Battery)
Eastman Kodak (Official Imaging Partner)
Enterprise Rent-A-Car (Offical Rent-A-Car Company)
Featherlite - Vantare (Official Trailers & Luxury Coaches)
Ford Trucks (Official Truck)
Freightliner (Official Hauler)
Gillette (Official Shaving Product)
Goodyear (Exclusive Tire Supplier)
Housby (Semi-tractor Distributor)
Ingersoll-Rand Company (Official Security Partner)
Kellogg's (Official Breakfast Food/Cereal)
M&M'S (Masterfoods) (Official Chocolate of NASCAR)
Minute Maid (Official Juice)
NicoDerm (Proud Sponsor of NASCAR)
Office Depot (Official Office Supply/Products Provider)
Oral B (Official Oral Care Product)
Old Spice (Official Antiperspirant & Deodorant)
Pedigree (Masterfoods) (NASCAR Fans' Best Friend)
POWERade (Official Sports Beverage)
Sirius (Official Satellite Radio Partner of NASCAR)
Sony (Official Consumer Electronics)
Sprint NEXTEL (Official Series Sponsor)
Sunoco (Official Fuel)
The Home Depot (Official Home Improvement Warehouse)
Tissot (Official timekeeper and Official Watch of NASCAR)
Top-Flite (Official Golf Clubs)
Toyota (Official Partner/Manufacturer)
Tylenol (Official Pain Reliever of NASCAR)
UPS (Official Delivery Service)
USG (Official Partner of NASCAR)
Visa (Official Card)

Promotional Partners

Country Crock (Unilever) (Proud Sponsor of NASCAR)
DuPont Tyvek (NASCAR Prefers Tyvek)
Gulfstream (NASCAR Prefers Gulfstream)
Hellmann's (Unilever) (Proud Sponsor of NASCAR)
Jackson Hewitt (Tax Service Company of NASCAR)
Klondikes (Unilever) (Pround Sponsor of NASCAR)
Lawry's (Unilever) (Proud Sponsor of NASCAR)
Lipton (Unilever) (Proud Sponsor of NASCAR)
NewPage (Performance From Start to Finish)
Nabisco (Kraft) (Preferred Cookies and Crackers of NASCAR) NicoDerm (Proud Sponsor of NASCAR)
Prilosec OTC (Proud Partner) Ragu (Unilever) (Proud Sponsor of NASCAR)
Safety-Kleen (Proud Sponsor of NASCAR)
Wishbone (Unilever) (Proud Sponsor of NASCAR)
Yardman (Official Lawn & Garden Equipment of NASCAR)

Automotive Aftermarket Companies

3M Automotive Aftermarket Division
Aero Exhaust
Affinia Group
Bayco Products
BWD Automotive
Clevite Engine Parts
Denso
Dynojet Research
Ecolab
Edelbrock
Exide Technologies
ExxonMobil Lubricants
Federal Mogul Corporation
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Goodyear Belts & Hoses
Autolite (A Honeywell Car Care Product)
Lincoln Electric
Mechanix Wear
Midtronics, Inc.
Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc.
Sellars Wipers & Sorbents
Stant, Inc.
Uniden America Corporation
Universal Technical Institute, Inc.
Victory Wheels
Visteon Corporation
Wedco - The Plastics Group
Whelen

Entitlement Sponsor

AutoZone (Official Series Sponsor, Elite Division)
Busch (NBS and Busch North Series)
Whelen (Whelen Modified/Whelen Southern Modified Tour)

Confused now? :arrows:

Go to http://www.nascar.com/guides/sponsorship/ for the original list.

[muggle not]

Office Depot and Home Depot have no relationship to each other and are owned by separate entities. Office Depot is based out of Florida and Home Depot out of Georgia.

[leopard]

Confused now? :arrows:



You bet! because home depot wasn't those in the list :confused: :)

Again if you would be so kind to let me know pepsi edition of ' the#24 pepsi/dupont chevrolet team' was actually I like then the currently dupont.
Why didn't they want to use it again while it remains on the team name?

[RaceFanStan]

Add 64 Race Sponsors & it really gets interesting ..... :D
1. AAA Insurance
2. Aaron's
3. American Commercial Lines
4. AT&T
5. Autism Speaks
6. Auto Club
7. Bashas' Supermarkets
8. Built Ford Tough
9. Camping World
10. Carquest Auto Parts
11. Casino Arizona
12. Centurion Boats
13. Checker Auto Parts
14. Chevy Silverado
15. Circle K
16. Circuit City
17. Citizens Bank
18. Coca-Cola
19. Crown Royal
20. Diamond Hill Plywood
21. Dickies
22. Dodge
23. Dollar General
24. EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts
25. Federated Auto Parts
26. Food City
27. Ford
28. Funai
29. Gatorade
30. Goody's Cool Orange
31. Greater Cincinnati Ford Dealers
32. International
33. Kobalt Tools
34. Kroger
35. Lenox Industrial Tools
36. Meijer
37. Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealers
38. Nicorette
39. Orbitz
40. O'Reilly Auto Parts
41. Oreo
42. Pennzoil
43. Pepsi
44. PepsiCo
45. Power Stroke Diesel
46. Quaker Steak and Lube
47. RVs.com
48. Sam's Town
49. Samsung
50. Save Mart
51. Sharpie
52. Silverado
53. Smith's Food & Drug Stores
54. Stater Bros.
55. Subway
56. Sylvania
57. Telcel-Motorola
58. Toyota
59. Toyota Tundra
60. UAW-DaimlerChrysler
61. UAW-Ford
62. USG Durock
63. USG Sheetrock
64. Winn-Dixie

[leopard]

Office Depot and Home Depot have no relationship to each other and are owned by separate entities. Office Depot is based out of Florida and Home Depot out of Georgia.
Thanks, it is likely that the two entities have similar service, office depot might be more focusing on office supplies and on home supplies for the last.
This can be categorized as competition and no wonder if they support the different team (car).

[RaceFanStan]

Office Depot and Home Depot have no relationship to each other and are owned by separate entities.
Office Depot is based out of Florida and Home Depot out of Georgia.
Plus Home Depot is a hardware store & Office Depot is an office supply store. :laugh:

[leopard]

Add 64 Race Sponsors & it really gets interesting ..... :D

Hurrah...pepsi is now in the list :D

I'd add popular brands like:

65. Lowe's
66. Dewalt
67. Fedex
68. Redbull

:D