KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – To say that superspeedways have been unkind to Ryan Newman and his No. 39 Tornados Racing team is a gross understatement. In fact, it probably makes more sense to use the old song lyrics, “If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all,” when talking about Newman and his No. 39 team at both of the superspeedways on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit – Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway and Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. Since joining the No. 39 Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) team at the start of the 2009 season, Newman has been the victim in a string of unfortunate wrecks of the “wrong-place/wrong-time” nature – in practice sessions and in races. In fact, in six point-paying and three non-point paying races at the two superspeedways as … Read entire article »