May 16th, 2010%
Tony Stewart and the Office Depot/Old Spice team of Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) took a step in the right direction Sunday by finishing ninth in the Autism Speaks 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Dover (Del.) International Speedway.
It was Stewart’s 15th top-10 finish in 23 career Sprint Cup starts at the 1-mile oval and his fourth top-10 of 2010. More importantly, it was Stewart’s first top-10 finish since placing second in March at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, ending the longest top-10 drought of his 12-year Sprint Cup career.
“Well, it’s slowed the bleeding down a little bit,” said Stewart, now in his second year as a driver/owner. “But we still had one run in the race there when we came into the pits third or fourth on a caution, put four (tires) on and all of a sudden we go back out and we go to the last car on the lead lap. We raised the track bar an eighth of an inch and that doesn’t make it that bad. But it’s definitely a step in the right direction with our run today. It’s not a perfect run, by any means, be we’re going in the right direction.”
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May 16th, 2010%
DOVER, Del. – Ryan Newman and the U.S. Army team fought back from early troubles to post a 13th-place finish in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Dover International Speedway.
Starting sixth in the 400-lap race at the all-concrete Monster Mile, Newman got off to a slow start and fell to 20th when the first caution waved on Lap 55. The main culprit was a battered right-front tire.
“That tire took a beating, just too much heat in it,” said crew chief Tony Gibson. “It was close to blowing and we were fortunate.”
While the Army crew took care of the tire issue, the handling of the No. 39 U.S. Army Chevrolet became a problem as Newman couldn’t get full speed in the corners. But the tenacity that has become a trademark of the Army team surfaced once again.
Continue reading Newman Rebounds for 13th-Place Finish in Dover
May 14th, 2010%
Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 U.S. Army Chevrolet Impala led the two-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent in time trials at Dover (Del.) International Speedway by qualifying sixth for Sunday’s Autism Speaks 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Newman turned a lap of 22.952 seconds at 156.849 mph on the 1-mile oval. Continue reading Stewart-Haas Racing Autism Speaks 400 Qualifying
May 14th, 2010%
OVER, Del. – Ryan Newman will start sixth in Sunday’s Autism Speaks 400 Sprint Cup race at Dover International Speedway. It’s the 12th time in 17 races at Dover that Newman has qualified in the top 10. Continue reading Ryan Newman Qualifies 6th in Dover
May 13th, 2010%
By Jim Pedley, Special to Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
Tony Stewart was one of the biggest, most successful stories in NASCAR on race weekend at Dover International Speedway last spring.
Story-wise, he’s a biggie again this year as he gets ready to take on the Monster Mile—but for the opposite reason. Stewart’s season is in the toilet and there is a hand on the flush lever.
“We’re kind of in a slump right now,” Stewart said last week, and that was before a second consecutive finish of 23rd knocked him from 15th to 18th in points heading into Sunday’s Autism Speaks 400 Sprint Cup Series race. Continue reading Struggling Stewart looks to get on track at Dover
