Archive for October, 2009
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I have to say that overall NASCAR has been doing an excellent job lately of listening to the fans and the race teams.
NASCAR has come out with a set of rule changes (or amendments) for the Camping World Truck Series 2010 season that I know make me happy as well as [...]
Talladega Preview – Top 12 Stats, Kurt Busch Best Average Finish
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WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009; 12 pm.
WHERE: Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala.
TV/RADIO: Live on ABC and MRN Radio Network
RACE LENGTH: 500.08 miles (188 laps)
PURSE: $5,492,493
DEFENDING RACE WINNER Tony Stewart (3 hr., 36 min., 10 sec.)
QUALIFYING: Oct. 31, starting at 11:15 a.m.
DEFENDING POLE SITTER: Travis Kvapil (187.364 mph)
QUALIFYING RECORD: Bill Elliott, 212.809 mph; [...]
Ryan Newman’s Talladega Goal: Another Strong Result, Smoother Ride to the Finish
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TALLADEGA, Ala. (Oct. 28, 2009) — Ryan Newman’s best career finish at Talladega Superspeedway came during the April race at the 2.66-mile oval when he posted a third-place result.
His hope is not only to finish two positions better when the Sprint Cup circuit returns to the Alabama track for [...]
VIDEO and Transcript. Ryan Newman Talladega Teleconference
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An Interview with:
RYAN NEWMAN
THE MODERATOR: Welcome to today’s NASCAR Cam Video Teleconference. We’re leading up to Sunday’s Amp Energy 500 at Talladega Super Speedway, Talladega, Alabama. That will be his seventh race in the 2009 chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Our guest today, he’s at the NASCAR Research and [...]
Addington Out, Rogers In After Talladega
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Joe Gibbs Racing announced today that Dave Rogers will replace Steve Addington as crewchief on Kyle Busch’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team for the final three races of this season.
Rogers currently serves as a Joe Gibbs Racing Nationwide Series crewchief, working primarily with Joey Logano. Addington will remain atop the pit [...]
Logano, Busch Pump Up For WWE Monday Night RAW
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Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Joey Logano and Kyle Busch give WWE superstars Chris Jericho and “The Big Show” their marching orders during last night’s broadcast of WWE Monday Night RAW at the RBC Center in Buffalo, NY. Busch played the heel’s role, drawing the crowd’s ire by mocking their beloved Buffalo [...]
Short Track Success Continues as Newman Finishes 7th in Martinsville
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. (Oct. 25, 2009) — Ryan Newman produced another strong short track result, finishing seventh in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway.
Starting from the pole, Newman ran in the top five and top 10 for virtually the entire 500-lap race at the .526-mile oval. It appeared [...]
Official NASCAR Results And Standings Following Martinsville And Memphis
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I am kind of crunched on time today so not a lot of time to write something.
So here are this weeks race results and the standing following this weekends races.
You can see complete race results HERE on Racing News Digest.
You can see the complete standings HERE on Racing News Digest.
While your [...]
Timothy Peters Wins First Camping World Truck Series Racing In The #1
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After 64 starts in NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series Timothy Peters got his first truck win today at Martinsville Speedway.
Peters is from just down the road about 30 miles from Danville, Va. and considers Martinsville his home track.
“It’s awesome. Words can’t describe what I’m feeling right now,” Peters said after being [...]
Junior Struggling To Cope With Poor Performance
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Dale Earnhardt, Jr., finally vented the frustration of a long and trying season last week, saying he is upset with his team’s poor performance and has no idea what to do about it.
Earnhardt’s Hendrick Motorsports teammates — Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon – currently fill the top three positions [...]
BREAKING NEWS: RCR To Announce Berrier As Burton’s New Crewchief
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Sirius Speedway has learned that a press conference will be held early next week to announce personnel changes on Jeff Burton’s #31 Caterpillar Chevrolet team, including the signing of crewchief Todd Berrier. Berrier will replace Scott Miller, who was recently promoted to Director of Competition at RCR.
Berrier has been a crewchief [...]
TRG’s Buckler Courting Dodge, Mulling Expansion
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TRG Motorsports owner Kevin Buckler is actively investigating the possibility of converting his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team from Chevrolet to Dodge next season, and mulling a full, 36-race assault with former series champion Bobby Labonte.
TRG has been a Chevrolet team from its initial foray into NASCAR, but only because Buckler [...]
Ryan Newman Battles to 11th-Place Finish At Lowe’s, Moves Up to Eighth in Points
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Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 TRANSFORMERS: Revenge of the Fallen Chevrolet Impala
SS for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), finished 11th after battling back from pit road issues that cost the team valuable track position during Saturday night’s NASCAR Banking 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway [...]
Ryan Newman Is All 6’s At Lowe’s Motor Speedway
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Ryan Newman drives through turn four during practice at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, for Saturday’s NASCAR Banking 500 auto race.
Just a short post to point out something odd. Yesterday I noticed Ryan Newman had Qualified 6th and his first 2 practices he was [...]
Charlotte II: Newman – Thursday media visit
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RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 39 TRANSFORMERS: “REVENGE OF THE FALLEN” IMPALA SS, met with members of the media at Lowe’s Motor Speedway and discussed the No. 39 team performance in the Chase, safety at Talladega, racing at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, racing at Martinsville and other topics.
TALK ABOUT BEING HERE AT [...]
More Than Meets the Eye – Ryan Newman Charlotte Preview
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KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (Oct. 14, 2009) — “At the end of this day, one shall stand, one shall fall.” — Optimus Prime to Megatron in Transformers
Ryan Newman plans to be the one still standing at the end of Saturday night’s clash under the lights in the NASCAR Banking 500 at [...]
Brad Keselowski, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Juan Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kurt Busch, Lowes Motor Speedway, Mark Martin, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart
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If your not Jimmie Johnson fan or if you at least did not want to see him win this year’s championship, then you may want to stop reading at this points because it looks as though Johnson is positioning himself for yet another Sprint Cup Championship.
Last night Johnson won the Bank [...]
Lowe’s Motor Speedway Stats And NASCAR’s Top 12 Performance There
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Some Numbers From Lowes Motor Speedway
Visit the Lowes Motor Speedway track page for complete stats
23 – Number of drivers that have multiple pole positions.
David Pearson leads with 14.
13 – Drivers have won the race from the pole position.
David Pearson and Jeff Gordon have each done it 3 times.
25 – Number of [...]
What Do You Think Of The Inaugural Class To The NASCAR Hall Of Fame?
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The NASCAR Hall of Fame has revealed its first class: Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Bill France Jr., Junior Johnson and Bill France Sr. will be enshrined in May 2010.
I have to admit, I did not pay real close attention to this subject over the last few months or however long it [...]
No. 39 Team Shooting for ‘Happily Ever After’: Ryan Newman Auto Club Speedway Preview
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KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (Oct. 6, 2009) — Being an engineering graduate of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 Haas Automation/U.S. Army Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), knows full well what it’s like to hit the books.
Before taking the green flag for Sunday’s Pepsi [...]
The Danica Patrick Talk Never Ends, Going To Hendrick?
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I am not so sure there is any knew news really about Danica Patrick and NASCAR. I did learn some new things tonight as my RSS reader was full of Danica headlines.
Like I didn’t know that Michael Waltrip had talked to her as well and it seems that he is very [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Godfather Physically Attacked At Kansas Speedway!
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In a shocking development, Sirius Speedway host Dave “The Godfather” Moody was savagely attacked by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers David Reutimann and Elliott Sadler Friday at Kansas Speedway. The unprovoked daytime attack left Moody with serious injuries that required the popular Sirius NASCAR Radio host to seek medical attention.
Unconfirmed reports [...]
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Ryan Newman Kansas Speedway Race Report
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Battling Adversity, Newman Soldiers to 22nd-Place Finish in Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Oct. 4, 2009) — Ryan Newman fought adversity throughout Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway, which ended with a 22nd-place finish for the U.S. Army/Haas Automation driver.
A poor starting position, a slow pit stop early in the [...]
BRIDGETTE TATUM’S IMAGE GRACES HOOD OF RYAN NEWMAN’S RACE CAR AT KNOXVILLE NATIONALS ON OCT. 3
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Tatum To Perform Free Concert On Site & National Anthem
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – September 28, 2009 – Country music hit maker Bridgette Tatum performs a free concert prior to the 6th Annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals Finals on Saturday, October 3, at the Knoxville Raceway beginning at 4 [...]
