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Newman Earns Solid Top-10 Finish in SoCal
Behind the wheel of the No. 39 U.S. Army ROTC Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), Ryan Newman claimed a seventh-place finish in the rain-shortened Auto Club 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Sunday at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. It was his seventh top-10 finish in 18 career Sprint Cup starts at the 2-mile oval. “We were a little inconsistent today, going from tight to loose to tight again,” Newman said. “Even though we were … Read entire article »
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Stewart-Haas Racing Auto Club 400 Race Report
Fontana – Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet, led the Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., by winning the rain-shortened Auto Club 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Sunday. Stewart led twice for a total of 42 laps to score his 46th career Sprint Cup victory, his series-leading second of the season and his second at Fontana. He is now tied with 1956 and 1957 Sprint … Read entire article »
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Ryan Newman Fontana Press Conference Transcript
Fontana, CA – RYAN NEWMAN met with media and discussed early morning practice, car set-ups, lines around Auto Club Speedway, and more. Full Transcript: TALK ABOUT THIS MORNING’S PRACTICE ‘Our U.S. Army/ROTC car was good in practice. I’m really more excited about the second practice with the anticipation of it being closer to actual race conditions. Not knowing what conditions are exactly going to be like with the threat of some weather, but just firing off … Read entire article »
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Tony Stewart Fontana Press Conference Transcript
TONY STEWART met with members of the media at Auto Club Speedway and discussed the first practice session at Auto Club Speedway, a hot dog eating contest at Martinsville and other topics. Full Transcript: 14TH ON THE BOARD, HOW WAS THE FIRST PRACTICE FOR YOU? “I think it’s okay. Not spectacular by any means. We have a little bit of time to work on it I think we can make some gains.” MARTINSVILLE, THEY ARE KNOWN FOR … Read entire article »
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Tony Stewart: California Love
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Tony Stewart was born and raised in Indiana, while his hero, four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Anthony Joseph (A.J.) Foyt Jr., hails from Texas. But when it comes to NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, both have found plenty of success in Southern California. Foyt, who made the No. 14 famous throughout his legendary motorsports career, won two Sprint Cup races from the pole (February 1971 and March 1972) and finished in the top-15 in … Read entire article »
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Ryan Newman Honoring a Soldier by Helping Him Bring Home Man’s Best Friend
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – For Ryan Newman, carrying the colors of the U.S. Army on his No. 39 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet is something he considers to be a great honor. Newman doesn’t take lightly his responsibility of representing a million Soldiers worldwide each time he puts on the Army uniform and slides behind the wheel of his black-and-camouflage No. 39 Chevy Impala. He knows he is able to do the job he loves thanks to the Soldiers … Read entire article »
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Newman Finished 5th in California; Moved to Second in Driver Points
FONTANA, Calif. – The torrid early-season pace continues for Ryan Newman, who posted a fifth-place finish in Sunday’s Auto Club 400 Sprint Cup race. It was Newman’s fourth straight top-10 result and his third top-five in the first-five races of the 2011 campaign. The fifth-place finish at Auto Club Speedway lifted Newman from fourth to second in the driver point standings. He trails leader Carl Edwards by nine points. “It’s been an amazing start and the script is playing out the way we were hoping it would during the offseason,” said Newman. “We were off a bit in the beginning of today’s race, but we made a few adjustments and the U.S. Army Chevrolet kept on getting better and better. The only bad news for us is that we didn’t win the … Read entire article »
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