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What a great race we had Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. Jimmie Johnson got around Denny Hamlin towards the end of the race to take the checkered flag.
RACE RESULTS
The race seemed to be Denny Hamlin’s race to win most of the day. He fought hard to hold onto the lead while leading [...]
Ryan Newman Picks Up 9 Points Positions At Martinsville With 6th Place Finish
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I need to say right at the start here that I did not catch much of the first half of the race.
But Ryan Newman finished 6th at Martinsville Speedway for the Goody’s Pain Relief 500. This has Newman now 18th in the points.
I don’t think Newman had many problems [...]
Ryan Newman Picks Up 9 Points Positions At Martinsville With 6th Place Finish
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I need to say right at the start here that I did not catch much of the first half of the race.
But Ryan Newman finished 6th at Martinsville Speedway for the Goody’s Pain Relief 500. This has Newman now 18th in the points.
I don’t think Newman had many problems [...]
Martinsville Preview:Ryan Newman, Army Team Encouraged About Momentum Swing
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Continuing the momentum is the foremost objective for Ryan Newman and the No. 39 U.S. Army team as the Sprint Cup circuit heads to Martinsville Speedway for Sunday’s running of the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500.
Ryan Newman At Martinsville Speedway
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Poles
Wins
Top 5
Top 10
Led
AVG ST
AVG FN
DNF
14
2
0
5
6
83
7.50
15.00
2
Newman [...]
Rain Dampens Qualifying Efforts At Martinsville
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Our driver pages now display the current weeks practice and qualifying times.
Mother likes keeping us in check. I have no idea about the numbers but it seems like she dampened a log of practices, qualifying efforts and races last year during the 2008 season. And this week she is back in [...]
Sprint Cup All-Star Race Format Change
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Well on Saturday May 16 we will have the 25th annual Sprint Cup All-Star race at Lowes Motor Speeway. Coverage will begin at 7 pm on SPEED.
They have made some changes to the format for this year to include a 10 lap “shootout” at the end of the [...]
Bristol Motor Speedway, Short Track Racing And Kyle Busch In Victory Lane
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WOW, Kyle Busch does it again winning the Food City 500. That is his second win in 3 races. A little deja vu from last year huh? Don’t suppose we could convince Kyle to let some other people into victory lane?
RACE RESULTS
And it seems that the big exciting news surrounding Kyle [...]
Wishing I Was At Bristol
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My wife and I have been to Martinsville Speedway and now we are both aching to get to Bristol Motor Motor Speedway. A Martinsville we had great seats and could see the whole track with no problem. I think we were in row 56 and right at the entrance to turn [...]
Sterling Marlin Wins Saturday Night Special At Bristol
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Did you see the Saturday Night Special? Well I just wanted to make a quick post saying that I thought it was great. It was really cool to see all the “old timers” out there on the track. It did seem kind of weird seeing Rusty Wallace out there. It just [...]
New Poll - Whats Your Favorite Type Of Track? Day Or Night?
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Ahhh since we have some short track racing coming up I was curious what everyone’s favorite type of track. I think since I am starting this poll now, it would be pretty obvious that I am a fan of the short tracks. On top of that I am a fan of [...]
NASCAR Camping World West Thunderhill Raceway Results
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I have to say that it is kind of nice this weekend not having any racing on. The weather here in Michigan is fantastic this weekend and we have been enjoying have the kids outside and getting a jump on some spring cleaning things out side.
That being said, why in the [...]
Start And Park - Don’t Do It Unless We Tell You To
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Answer our poll question in the sidebar.
Here is another subject that intrigues me a little bit. At first my mind tells me that it is a bunch of bologna that teams “start and park”. Start and park is the process of just barely getting into the race, starting the race and [...]
Tire Chasing Man Sits Out Next 4 Races
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I just can not help but laugh whenever I hear this story and I keep hearing it and I am sure you do to.
But Jimmy Watts, the gas man for the No. 47 Marcos Ambrose’s team in the Sprint Cup Series, decided that it would be a good idea to chase [...]
Kurt Busch Cleans Up Atlanta
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That’s right, the older one driving a Dodge won the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Kurt was dominant all day leading 234 laps of the 330 lap race.
Unfortunatley I can not comment much on the race. This was pretty much a “no race weekend” for me as other items [...]
Looking At Some Atlanta Motor Speedway Numbers
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I have been very busy here lately. Hopefully that will come to an end soon. But I wanted to get this out. These are the numbers at Atlanta Motor Speedway for the Sprint Cup Series.
Looks like since 2000 Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards top the charts with 3 wins a piece.
Of [...]
Racing News Digest Is Making Some Changes
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We are making some changes around here. All the site pages should be currenlty working. The exceptions are the Chat Rooms and Message Boards. Message Boards SHOULD be up very soon.
Details of the changes will be coming soon. Please be patient as the site MAY not look [...]
Martinsville Preview:Ryan Newman, Army Team Encouraged About Momentum Swing
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Continuing the momentum is the foremost objective for Ryan Newman and the No. 39 U.S. Army team as the Sprint Cup circuit heads to Martinsville Speedway for Sunday’s running of the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500.
Ryan Newman At Martinsville Speedway
Stats Provided By Racing News Digest
Starts
Poles
Wins
Top 5
Top 10
Led
AVG ST
AVG FN
DNF
14
2
0
5
6
83
7.50
15.00
2
Newman [...]
Loop Data: The State Of Stewart-Haas Racing
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This article is from NASCAR Media.
Coming into this season, the performance of Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman with “new” team Stewart-Haas Racing was arguably the biggest question mark. Both drivers had spent their entire careers with one organization – Stewart logged 10 years with Joe Gibbs Racing, Newman had [...]
Ryan Newman Grabs First Top 10 Finish Of 2009 At Bristol
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Newman gets his first top 10 finish of 2009 finishing 7th.
Ryan Newman finished today’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in 7th after leading 25 laps for the day.
Today was a great points day today for Ryan Newman and his #39 U.S. Army Chevy team as they were [...]
Ryan Newman Builds On 2nd Place Qualifying At Bristol With Good Practices
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Ryan Newman and his #39 U.S. Army Chevy team seem to be having a good weekend at Bristol so far this weekend.
With the exception of a 21st fasted 2nd practice, Newman qualified 2nd and was 2nd fastest in the 1st and 3rd practices sessions.
This may be giving some Ryan [...]
Ryan Newman Starting 2nd At Bristol Motor Speedway
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Ryan Newman came in 2nd for qualifying at Bristol Motor Speedway today for the Food City 500 posting a time of 125.741mph 15.260, sec and only -0.004 off from the pole position. Watch up front at the start of the race (and hopefully for the duration of the race) [...]
Bristol Preview: Ryan Newman Gets Back In The #39 Chevy
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Ryan Newman At Bristol Motor Speedway
Stats Provided By Racing News Digest
Starts
Poles
Wins
Top 5
Top 10
Led
AVG ST
AVG FN
DNF
14
2
0
1
7
57
9.07
20.07
2
After 2 weeks off, well really 1 weekend I guess, The NASCAR Sprint Cup series is returning at Bristol Motor Speedway and Ryan Newman will be back in his #39 U.S. Army Chevy.
Newman has 14 [...]
Ryan Newman And Tony Stewart Add List To Split JR Motorsports No.5 Car Nationwide Car
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JR Motorsports announced additional plans for its No. 5 NASCAR Nationwide Series team for 2009, with veteran drivers Ryan Newman, Scott Wimmer and Tony Stewart joining team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. and all-time series wins leader Mark Martin for the 21-race schedule.
Together the five drivers account for 91 Nationwide [...]
Ryan Newman Atlanta Race Report
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Engine Woes Hamper Newman’s Effort in Atlanta; Haas Automation Driver Finishes 22nd in Kobalt Tools 500
Ryan Newman ran solidly in the top-15 for most of Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga., but engine issues during the final 100 laps [...]
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