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Darian Grubb Accepts Crew Chief Position for Tony Stewart
Jim Utter of the Charlotte Observer is reporting that Darian Grubb has accepted the position of crew chief for Tony Stewart next season. Grubb has been rumored to be the new crew chief for the #14 for awhile. Grubb works as the engineering manager with the 5 and 88 teams at Hendrick Motorsports. He is expected to remain at Hendrick until the end of the season. Grubb took over in 2006 when Chad Knaus was suspended for cheating at the beginning of the year, leading the team to 2 wins, including the Daytona 500. In 2007 Grubb crew chief for Casey Mears winning the Coke 600. He moved back into the Hendrick engineering department at the beginning of this year. … Read entire article »
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Stewart and Newman Knocked Out of Bud Shootout
NASCAR announced the new rules for the Budweiser Shootout and Stewart-Haas Racing drivers Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman weren’t invited to the party. Under the new eligibility rules, the top six drivers in owner’s points for each car manufacturer is in the race. Under the old system, Anyone who won a pole the year before or had won the Shootout in the past was eligible. Since the numbers 14 and 39 (currently 66 and 70) are buried in the points (34th and 43rd) neither Tony or Ryan is going to be in the Shootout. What we end up with is that neither Stewart, a 3 time Shootout winner, and Newman, the defending Daytona 500 champion,are eligible for the race, while a driver who hasn’t even made his first … Read entire article »
Filed under: Ryan Newman, Stewart-Haas Racing, Tony Stewart
Newman Gets A New Number
What’s in a number? Tony Stewart chose the number 14 for his new race car at Stewart-Haas Racing because it’s the number his hero A.J. Foyt drove. He chose the number 4 for the second car at SHR because it was the number of the first car he raced. Technically, it was a go-cart but it was still his first number. Last night on his Siruius Satellite Radio show he announced that Ryan Newman will be driving the 39 car, rather than the 4 car. Tony said that the number was special to Newman, because it’s the number that Ryan was running when he won his first USAC Midget race. In addition to giving Newman a number that is special to him, the move is … Read entire article »
Filed under: Ryan Newman, Stewart-Haas Racing, Tony Stewart
Newman Joins Stewart-Haas Racing – Press Release
Here’s the announcement from the official press release. BROOKLYN, Mich. (Aug. 15, 2008) – Stewart-Haas Racing has signed Ryan Newman to a multi-year contract to drive the team’s No. 4 Chevrolet beginning with the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Newman, winner of 13 Sprint Cup races, including this year’s Daytona 500, will be a teammate to Tony Stewart, the two-time Sprint Cup champion who will drive the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet in 2009. The announcement pairs two Indiana natives and two former United States Auto Club (USAC) champions under one roof. Newman is from South Bend, Ind., and was the 1999 USAC Silver Crown Series national champion. Stewart is from Columbus, Ind., and a four-time USAC champion, as he won the 1994 USAC National Midget championship before securing … Read entire article »
Filed under: Ryan Newman, Stewart-Haas Racing, Tony Stewart
Riggs Puts 66 Car Into Top 35
BROOKLYN, Mich. – Scott Riggs jumped two spots in the standings with his 15th place finish today at Michigan International Speedway. Riggs is 35th in owners points with a 12 point lead over A.J. Allmendinger. … Read entire article »
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Stewart-Haas Racing Press Conference Video
Michigan International Speedway – Stewart-Haas Racing news conference with Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman thanks to Cup Scene Daily. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 … Read entire article »
Filed under: Ryan Newman, Stewart-Haas Racing, Tony Stewart
Ryan Newman to Join Stewart-Haas Racing Beginning in 2009
BROOKLYN, Mich. – Stewart-Haas Racing has signed Ryan Newman to a multi-year contract to drive the team’s No. 4 Chevrolet beginning with the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Newman, winner of 13 Sprint Cup races, including this year’s Daytona 500, will be a teammate to Tony Stewart, the two-time Sprint Cup champion who will drive the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet in 2009. The announcement pairs two Indiana natives and two former United States Auto Club (USAC) champions under one roof. Newman is from South Bend, Ind., and was the 1999 USAC Silver Crown Series national champion. Stewart is from Columbus, Ind., and a four-time USAC champion, as he won the 1994 USAC National Midget championship before securing the USAC “Triple Crown” in 1995, where he won … Read entire article »
Filed under: Ryan Newman, Stewart-Haas Racing, Tony Stewart
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