May 31st, 2010%
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – It was another vintage finish for Ryan Newman and the U.S. Army Racing team.
The never-say-quit attitude paid off once again as Newman gained 10 positions in the final 22 laps to post a ninth-place result in Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600 Sprint Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The top-10 finish gave Newman enough driver points to move into 12th place, which is the final Chase position. There are 13 pre-Chase races remaining. Continue reading Late-Race Charge Gives Newman Top-10 Finish, Position in Chase
May 30th, 2010%
Charlotte – That extra 100 hundred miles in the Coca-Cola 600 – the longest race on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule – is always felt, but it’s even more so when the racecar you’re piloting is sliding around at speeds nearing 200 mph.
Such was the case for Tony Stewart, who knew exactly when the race felt like it should’ve been over at its 500-mile mark, but knew he had another 66 laps to go before the checkered flag dropped on the 400-lap affair. Continue reading Stewart Battles Ill-Handling Car to Finish 15th in Series’ Longest Race
May 28th, 2010%
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CONCORD, N.C.—There’s a special simpatico between Ryan Newman and Charlotte Motor Speedway.
“I love this racetrack,” said Newman, who proved it Thursday with a lap at 187.546 mph (28.793 seconds), barely edging Kurt Busch (187.292 mph) for the Coors Light Pole Award for Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Sprint Cup race.
“I like the speed. I like the banking. When I first came here with Buddy Baker, we drove around in a rental car, and after one lap, I told him I was going to like this place.” Continue reading Newman on the pole for Coca-Cola 600
May 26th, 2010%
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – For Indiana native Tony Stewart, one event on Memorial Day weekend used to trump all others – the Indianapolis 500. But after 30 years of racing competitively – 12 of which have been spent in the elite NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – the Greatest Spectacle in Racing has, believe it or not, taken a backseat to the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway.
Memorial Day weekend provides a motorsports mosaic, from stock cars in Charlotte to sports cars in Lime Rock, Conn., to the cornerstone of the weekend – the Indianapolis 500. Stewart pays attention to all of it, and for the better part of his career, Indy reigned supreme. And why not?
Continue reading For Tony Stewart: Coke Is It!
April 21st, 2010%
Atlas Copco Compressors, as part of its continuing relationship with Stewart-Haas Racing, is providing an opportunity to win race tickets, garage credentials and a meeting with the team’s two drivers, Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman, during the Oct. 14-16, 2010 NASCAR race weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Continue reading Win A Race Weekend Experience with Stewart-Haas Racing at Charlotte
