September 2nd, 2010
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Labor Day weekend means the kickoff of college football, and thanks to the second annual night race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Labor Day weekend also means the return of NASCAR racing in the Southeast.
After a five-year sojourn to Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and accompanying NASCAR Nationwide Series returned to the Southeast on Labor Day weekend for last year’s inaugural night race at Atlanta.
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September 1st, 2010
Statesville, NC – Atlanta Motor Speedway has always been a favorite for Ryan Newman, who returns to the 1.54-mile track this weekend to race both the NASCAR Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series events. Once again, the Indiana native anticipates a satisfying finish for the No. 1 Chevy in the Great Clips 300 race.
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August 31st, 2010
ATLANTA – Sporting a paint scheme that will pay tribute to the U.S. Army Reserve, NASCAR driver Ryan Newman and the No. 39 Stewart-Haas Racing team are looking to draw upon their own reserve heading into Sunday night’s Emory Healthcare 500 Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Newman, who is in position to set a career-pole record at the 1.54-mile oval, also finds himself in a precarious spot with two races remaining before the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship begins. He currently sits 15th in the driver standings, 118 points from the final Chase position of 12th.
Continue reading Newman Chasing Record and Points in Atlanta
August 22nd, 2010
Ryan Newman and his No. 39 WIX Filters Chevrolet team enjoyed a solid outing at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway by earning a sixth-place finish in Saturday’s Irwin Tools Night Race NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event. It was Newman’s seventh top-10 finish of the 2010 season and his 10th top-10 in 18 career Sprint Cup starts at the .533-mile bullring.
Despite Bristol’s reputation of being a crapshoot and a treacherous racetrack where anything can happen, Newman and his team looked forward to racing on the concrete oval nestled in the East Tennessee mountains. After all, Bristol played to the team’s strong suit — its short track program. And once again, Newman and his No. 39 Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) team left Bristol with a top-10 effort.
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August 22nd, 2010
The .533-mile oval that is Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway is often called a bullring because of its tight confines and high speeds, and it showed its horns to Tony Stewart in Saturday’s Irwin Tools Night Race NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event.
The driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) finished a disappointing 27th after a strong start had him running second to Jimmie Johnson for the race’s first 125 laps.
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