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Kevin Harvick is coming off one of the most consistent seasons of his career. Danica Patrick showed signs of improvement. Kurt Busch won twice and nearly made his way into the Championship Race. But it was the fourth driver in the Stewart Haas Racing stable, Tony Stewart, that drew most of the attention during the first afternoon session of Chevy Thursday.

“It feels really good to know that this will be my last media tour, I can tell you that,” joked Stewart, who will be retiring as a full-time Cup driver at the end of this season. “I want to go out and have a fun year, but I also want to be racing with these three (Harvick, Patrick and Busch) toward the front every week. I want to contend for a championship.”

Stewart Haas will have some faces in new places for the 2016 season, as Michael Bugarewicz was promoted from race engineer to crew chief for Stewart’s No. 14 Chevy, while Billy Scott moves over from Michael Waltrip Racing to serves as the crew chief for Patrick. Rodney Childers and Tony Gibson will return as the crew chiefs for Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch, respectively.

“Every change that's been made has been good so far,” said Patrick, who was sporting her new Nature’s Bakery powder blue and white firesuit. “I think we're going to have a lot of fun. Anytime you’re racing, it’s fun. But we're going to have a good year at the same time and that’s what we’re striving for.”