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Accident Drops Newman to 31st-Place Finish in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Just when it appeared that Ryan Newman was going to make one of his patented late-race charges, the U.S. Army driver found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time as he was a victim of a three-car accident. The incident resulted in Newman finishing a disappointing 31st in Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600 Sprint Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Newman didn’t get any breaks in the driver point standings either, he dropped three positions from seventh to 10th. “We really wanted to go out there tonight and showcase the Army Chevrolet on Memorial Day weekend,” said Newman. “We fought hard like our Soldiers and never quit, but we just had too much car damage to overcome.” After starting NASCAR’s longest race of the season from the 12th position, Newman … Read entire article »
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Stewart Salvages Top-20 in Coke 600 at Charlotte
At four hours, 33 minutes and 16 seconds, the 52nd annual Coca-Cola 600 lived up to its billing as the longest race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), seemed poised to grab a solid top-10 finish in the marathon event, but engine woes dropped him to a 17th-place finish. Despite radioing to crew chief Darian Grubb that something was amiss in his engine with less than 20 laps to go, Stewart found himself in ninth place just before a green-white-checkered finish would decide the race two laps past its scheduled 400-lap distance. But when the green flag waved, Stewart’s engine sputtered, either from whatever was happening inside the engine to the fact that Stewart’s fuel … Read entire article »
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Stewart-Haas Racing Coca-Cola 600 Race Report
Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala, led the two-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway by finishing 17th in Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Stewart led five laps during a green flag pit sequence, but engine woes in the waning laps knocked him out of the top-10. Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 U.S. Army Chevrolet Impala for SHR, finished 31st after being collected in an accident on lap 303. His crew made repairs that allowed him to return to the race and gain five positions. Kevin Harvick won the Coca-Cola 600 to score his 17th career Sprint Cup victory, his third of the season and his first at Charlotte. David Ragan finished .703 of a second behind Harvick … Read entire article »
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Ryan Newman Charlotte Press Conference Transcript and Video
RYAN NEWMAN met with media at Charlotte Motor Speedway and discussed the US Army and Memorial Day, his foundation and animals affected in the recent tornados, the Kyle Busch situation and other topics. Full transcript and video: ON WORKING IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. ARMY, PARTICULARLY ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, IS THAT A SPECIAL DEAL FOR YOU?“ It is. We’ve been fortunate here before to win the pole and we ran second here a couple of years ago with the U.S. Army on the car so another opportunity here Memorial Day weekend and it’s always an honor to represent the soldiers. Obviously there are a lot of fun festivities that are going on pre-race, that are military-related. A lot of soldiers … Read entire article »
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Tony Stewart Charlotte Press Conference Transcript
TONY STEWART met with media and discussed practice, the workload of being in Charlotte for nearly 2 weeks, and more. Full Transcript: ARE YOU GOING TO BE AT SPEED STREET TOMORROW NIGHT? “Yes.” WHAT’S PLAYING? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE DOING? “I have no idea. I’ll know when I get there.” HAVE YOU BEEN A PART OF THAT IN THE PAST? WHAT SORT OF EXPERIENCE HAS IT BEEN? “Yeah, but you’ve got to remember I’m more worried about trying to figure out what I’m doing in my race car right now. I’m worried about my race car. I’m not worried about all this other stuff. This is ‘Hell Week’ being in Charlotte. We don’t do anything but work all week for two and a half weeks. So, it’s … Read entire article »
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Stewart Ready for A Coke and a Smile
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – For Indiana native Tony Stewart, one event on Memorial Day weekend used to trump all others – the Indianapolis 500. But after more than 30 years of racing competitively – 13 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? The recently turned … Read entire article »
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