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Newman looking to right the ship at Talladega
TALLADEGA, Ala. – With 50 percent of the Chase races completed, U.S. Army driver Ryan Newman is looking for better success in the second half of NASCAR’s playoff-style championship format. After three-straight Sprint Cup finishes between 18 and 25, Newman’s No. 39 team righted the ship Saturday night with a 10th-place result at Charlotte Motor Speedway. “We need to have some special runs in the next five races,” said Newman, who is currently 10th in driver points. … Read entire article »
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Late-Race Mishaps Cost Newman Solid Finish at Talladega
A pair of late-race mishaps led to another frustrating ending for Ryan Newman and the No. 39 Haas Automation team at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway in Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Newman, who had one of the strongest racecars in the field, was spun twice in two laps – due to inopportune bump-drafts – with just a handful of laps remaining in the race. While he was able to save his racecar from sustaining any damage during both mishaps, the incidents put him too far back in the pack and without a strong drafting partner to help him get back through the field, resulting in a 25th-place finish. “I am proud of the guys because it wasn’t the finish we wanted or deserved, but we survived it,” said Newman, who … Read entire article »
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‘Dega Delivers Top-20 as Stewart Gets Shuffled Out of Top-10 in Waning Laps
Tony Stewart emerged from Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway with an undamaged racecar and a 17th-place finish. Typically, a result like that would leave Stewart stewing, but at Talladega, where racing is a crapshoot and a driver’s result is dependent upon help from other drivers, the bar is set low. While no one was high-fiving the top-20 effort, crew members clad in Office Depot/Mobil 1 uniforms were happy to load a straight racecar into the team transporter, something that couldn’t be said for many of their counterparts. Certainly, a better result was the aim, and Stewart’s No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala was poised for at least a top-10 finish before race-long drafting partner David Gilliland had to let off the gas ever so … Read entire article »
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Stewart-Haas Racing Aaron’s 499 Qualifying Report
Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 Haas Automation Chevrolet Impala, led the two-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent in time trials at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway by qualifying 23rd for Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Newman turned a lap of 54.206 seconds at 176.659 mph on the 2.66-mile oval. “We hoped to be a little closer to the top, but we’re in race mode so we’ll see what happens,” said Newman, who has a best Talladega finish of third, earned in the 2009 Aaron’s 499. “We feel like we have good racecars, for sure. Practice is obviously more realistic compared to what we do in qualifying. We’ll take what we have with the Haas Automation Chevrolet and run with it tomorrow.” Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil … Read entire article »
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Ryan Newman Talladega Press Conference Transcript and Video
RYAN NEWMAN met with media and discussed radio communications in the race car, the weather, his thoughts about racing at Talladega, and more. Full Transcript: TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TALLADEGA “We’ve started off the season way better than we have the last two years. The guys have done a really good job in the shop and we’ve had good performances on the race track and at the same time been able to put those together when the checkered flag drops. So, I’m just really proud of the situation that we’re in and the hard work that’s gone into it, obviously. But overall, coming into Talladega I’m just wanting to know when the dice get rolled if they’re going to play in … Read entire article »
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Tony Stewart Friday Talladega Press Conference Transcript
TONY STEWART met with members of the media at Talladega Superspeedway and discussed racing at Talladega with two-car drafts, radio communication and other topics. Full transcript: HOW WAS FIRST PRACTICE? “They gave me full throttle, they gave me full throttle today, I’m excited about it. It is pretty cool. I’m surprised they trust me enough to give me full throttle. (LAUGHS) It is everything it was at Daytona so far. There is absolutely nothing that was different so far.” YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE TWO-CAR DRAFT? “The same as they were at Daytona. My feelings are the same as they were the whole 10 days we were at Daytona, it hasn’t changed. I wish I could tell you something different, but it is … Read entire article »
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Newman Expecting the Unexpected at Talladega
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Expect the unexpected. That’s Ryan Newman’s best advice when it comes to restrictor-plate racing and what fans might see at Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. Of course, there may be no better driver than Newman to understand the concept of “the unexpected” when it comes to racing at the 2.66-mile superspeedway. For Newman, it’s been a series of unexpected incidents of the “wrong-place, wrong-time” nature at both restrictor-plate tracks on the Sprint Cup circuit – Talladega and Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway – since joining forces with Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) in 2009. In four starts at Talladega with the No. 39 SHR Chevrolet, Newman has been swept up in three late-race accidents – … Read entire article »
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