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PRS-521:
This is the car that Newman raced at
Talladega Superspeedway in the fall
race. Newman finished fifth in that
race.
PRS-515: The back-up car is the
same car Newman ran in the Shootout at
Daytona on Saturday. The car turned its
first laps that night.
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Daytona Beach, FL |
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Daytona International
Speedway opened in 1959, but the history of auto
racing at Daytona goes back much farther than
that.
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Contact Information
P.O. Box 2801
Daytona Beach, FL 32120
(386) 253-7223
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Appearance
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TRACK
Stats |
| DATE |
START |
FINISH |
LAPS |
MONEY
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| Feb. 2002 |
23 |
7 |
200/200 |
$246,587.00 |
| Jul. 2002 |
39 |
27 |
156/160 |
$66,925.00 |
| Feb. 2003 |
37 |
43 |
56/109 |
$173,788.00 |
| Jul. 2003 |
24 |
22 |
160/160 |
$99,800.00 |
| Feb. 2004 |
20 |
31 |
149/200 |
$255,056.00 |
| Jul. 2004 |
13 |
12 |
160/160 |
$126,742.00 |
| Feb. 2005 |
9 |
20 |
203/203 |
$306,479.00 |
| Jul. 2005 |
27 |
14 |
160/160 |
$135,341.00 |
| Feb. 2006 |
18 |
3 |
203/203 |
$796,116.00 |
| Jul. 2006 |
23 |
11 |
160/160 |
$140,083.00 |
| Feb. 2007 |
16 |
38 |
175/202 |
$283,233.00 |
| Jul. 2007 |
14 |
14 |
160/160 |
$129,875.00 |
| STARTS: |
TOP 5s: |
TOP 10s: |
WINS: |
LAPS
COMPLETED: |
MONEY
WON: |
| 12 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1,942/2,077 |
$2,760,025.00 |
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PIT
CREW |
| Crew Chief |
Roy McCauley |
Davidsonville, Md. |
| Team Engineer |
Travis Geisler |
Pittsburgh, Penn. |
| Car Chief |
Bryan Dilly |
Ringwood, N.J. |
| Front-tire Carrier |
Scott Reiniger |
Salisbury, N.C. |
| Front-tire Changer |
Ben Brown |
Charlotte, N.C. |
| Jackman |
Bryan White |
Knoxville, Tenn. |
| Rear-tire Carrier |
Trent Cherry |
Charlotte, N.C. |
| Rear-tire Changer |
Joe Piette |
Wausaw, Wis. |
| Gasman |
George Whitley |
Chocowinity, N.C. |
| Catch Can |
Britt Goodrich |
Gastonia, N.C. |
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 NEWMAN WINS THE DAYTONA
500!
IT'S PENSKE 1/2 RESTRICTOR PLATE FINISH!
Daytona Beach, Fla. (Feb. 17, 2008) – With drafting
help from Penske Racing teammate Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, driver
of the No. 12 Alltel Dodge, took the checkered flag and scored a
dramatic victory in the 50th running of the Daytona 500. Newman
and Busch finished one-two at Daytona International Speedway on
Sunday night.
The win was Newman’s first in 81 NASCAR Cup races. It was also
the first win for Newman with new crew chief Roy McCauley. The
tandem had combined for six wins back in the 2005 Nationwide
Series.
“Kurt was the push from heaven that made it happen,” Newman said
of the help his teammate gave him in his final push to the
finish line. “I have to thank Kurt first and foremost.
“I don’t have the words. It’s awesome. It’s probably the most
awesome thing that has ever happened to me.
“It was awesome. Listening to my dad (Greg Newman, who serves as
his son’s spotter) on the radio spotting for me, all the other
things, all the other emotions, all the hard work, people that
gave me a shot racing quarter midgets, midgets, sprint cars,
Silver Crown cars. I have to thank everybody, including the
fans. It just hasn’t sunk in yet.”
McCauley and the No. 12 Alltel Dodge team worked on Newman’s car
throughout the course of the race to put them in the position to
win. Newman started the day in seventh place, but a
tight-handling condition caused Newman to drop as far back as
23rd.
Under the first green flag pit stop on lap 34, the team made an
air pressure adjustment, a track bar adjustment, changed four
tires and added fuel.
Newman returned to the track, and quickly said that the
adjustments had overcorrected the problem. On lap 45, Newman
told McCauley the car was really sliding around the race track
and was getting too loose.
McCauley assured Newman that the pit crew would get him
tightened back up with the next pit stop.
At lap 75, Newman pitted under the green flag for a wedge
adjustment, an air pressure adjustment, four tries and fuel. By
the time the green flag pit stops had circled through, Newman
was running in 11th place.
A caution on lap 79 brought Newman back down pit road for four
tires and fuel and another wedge adjustment in hopes of fixing
the handling problems that Newman was experiencing with his
Dodge Charger.
Newman restarted in 17th spot at Lap 84. But within just a few
laps, Newman had moved into the top 10. As he struggled to find
grip on the race track, Newman continued to move through the
field.
“I’m a tick on the free side,” Newman told his team while in
fourth place at lap 112. “I need you to tighten it up a little
bit.”
When the next round of green flag pit stops started, Newman took
over the top spot and picked up five bonus points for leading a
lap.
The Alltel crew did their best to tighten up the car’s handling
when Newman came down pit road on lap 120 for an air pressure
adjustment and a wedge adjustment in an effort to tighten him
up. The team also changed four tires and added fuel to the No.
12 Dodge.
Newman returned to the track, and was again the leader once the
green flag pit stops ran their course.
But Newman couldn’t hold onto the lead. “We’re too loose still,”
Newman told McCauley after falling back to the third spot at lap
130. “When they are right at my bumper, they’re making me really
loose.”
McCauley went to work on a game plan for the next pit stop. Due
to the loose-handling condition, Newman opted out of the tight
pack of the top three cars and fell back to fifth place.
“We’re going to tighten you up,” McCauley told Newman on lap
146. “I may go a little too far, but you can’t race you when you
are loose.”
At lap 151, the caution flag waved for the second time and
Newman came down pit road for another wedge adjustment, a track
bar adjustment, an air pressure adjustment, four tires and fuel.
Newman restarted in sixth position.
When another caution was caused on lap 161, Newman was in fourth
spot on the track. He told McCauley that he thought the changes
the team made on the last pit stop would help his handling. The
team elected to take four tires and fuel under the yellow flag
and made no other changes. It would be the final pit stop of the
night for the Alltel crew.
Newman restarted the race 14th in the running order as other
teams used different pit strategies on the stop.
It wasn’t long before Newman was back in the top 10. At lap 176,
Newman was running fifth when the caution flag waved.
McCauley told Newman to stay out under the caution as he
believed track position would be crucial as the laps wound down.
“It may be a bad call, but I want track position,” McCauley told
his driver.
“As far as pit strategy goes, obviously once we could stop at
lap 160 and make it on fuel, it was just going to be a matter of
if another caution came out, were you going to put tires on,”
McCauley said after the race. “I’m not going to kid you, we had
some second thoughts here and there. But I felt the track
position was better overall trying to stay out of the accidents
which normally come at the end of a plate race.”
McCauley’s pit call turned out to be key in the closing laps.
Newman was third when the race restarted on lap 178.
By lap 184, Newman had taken over the lead, but he told McCauley
that he had his hands full with the No. 12 Alltel Dodge.
McCauley assured Newman that he had cars running with all old
tires behind him and that having track position would be
important in the closing laps.
When the caution flag came out again on lap 189, Newman had
fallen back to third spot. And with just 10 laps remaining in
the Daytona 500, the racing was really staring to heat up.
Newman was running three wide with the other competitors and was
trying to find the best line as the laps wound down – going from
high to low on the race track. Then the caution flag waved for
the last time at lap 194.
On the final race restart on lap 197, Newman was in fourth spot
and got drafting help on the high side from Busch. Joe Gibbs
Racing teammates Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch raced on the low
line.
Coming off the final turn of the final lap, it was Newman who
was in the lead with the help of a push from Busch. The two cars
came across the line nose-to-tail – the first one-two finish for
Penske Racing.
“I can say I’ve been here almost 30 years trying to get in
victory circle,” team owner Roger Penske said. “To achieve this
with this competition, with Ryan – the student really of the
sport – and Roy and the whole team is just unbelievable.
“I think it was a pure team effort. Ryan drove a masterful race,
as he’s done many times and come up short. But today was special
for us.”
For Newman, the race was a total team effort.
"I knew that we struggled for grip at the start of the race,"
Newman said. "We fell back. I watched the scoring pylon count
the laps down. I knew where I needed to be at a certain time.
"Fortunately, the way the strategy worked out, the way Roy
called the shots, the Alltel Dodge that we had, we were capable
of being in the right place at the right time.
"To be a part of this, to feel it, just to see it and to be
sitting up here with Roger Penske knowing we just won the 50th
annual Daytona 500 is just awesome."
 Newman Finishes
Third In Gatorade Duel,
Earns Seventh-Place Starting Spot For Daytona 500
Daytona Beach, Fla. (Feb. 14, 2008) – After leading 13 laps
and battling for the victory in today’s first Gatorade Duel,
Ryan Newman brought home the Alltel Dodge in third place,
earning the No. 12 Penske Racing team a seventh-place starting
spot for the 50th-running of the Daytona 500 on Sunday
afternoon.
“I’m happy with my Alltel Dodge,” Newman said. “We still have
things to work on, and we learned how the car would handle in a
competitive race which is going to help us. I’m happy to finish
in the top three and I am looking forward to Sunday.”
After finishing 23rd in last Sunday’s qualifying, Newman was
slated to start ninth in the first of the two 150-mile
qualifying races at Daytona International Speedway. However, he
moved to the pole position at the drop of the green flag when
the cars in front of him fell to the back due to pre-race engine
changes.
By lap one, Newman was running in the third spot, but as a wreck
happened behind him on lap two, Newman moved his No. 12 Alltel
Dodge back into the lead. Newman held the lead until lap nine
when his drafting partner and Penske Racing teammate Kurt Busch
lost power. As Busch fell out of the race, Newman dropped to the
second position.
At lap 13, Newman went three-wide and fell to the fourth spot.
Newman told crew chief Roy McCauley that his car was handling a
tick too freely.
With additional drafting help from his fellow Dodges, Newman
began picking up spots. At lap 18, he had moved back into second
place, however, Newman said his car was getting looser the
longer he ran.
Despite the loose-handling condition, Newman was able to hold
onto the second spot behind leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. over the
course of the next 17 laps. Newman followed Earnhardt Jr. into
the pits at Lap 35 for a green flag pit stop.
The Alltel pit crew changed four tires, added fuel and made a
wedge adjustment to the left rear to help the car’s loose
handling.
Newman returned to the track in sixth spot. As the green flag
pit stops sorted out, Newman was in third place at Lap 37, part
of a five-car breakaway at the front of the field.
At lap 42, Newman told McCauley that the adjustments had helped
the Alltel Dodge. “It’s definitely tighter,” Newman said. “It
feels pretty good. I have to be tight to pass – I cannot pass
loose.”
On lap 45, Newman was able to make a pass and move back into the
lead.
He held the lead on lap 50 when Earnhardt Jr. tried to make a
dramatic cross-over pass in front of the No. 12 Alltel Dodge.
But Newman wasn’t ready to give up his position. Newman crossed
below Earnhardt Jr. and moved to the track’s low line, but Reed
Sorenson opted to stay on the high side with Earnhardt Jr.
Without any drafting help, Newman was forced to third-place.
“(Earnhardt Jr.) had a good run and just went around me,” Newman
said. “He made the pass, and I tried to pass him back, but
Sorenson went with him. I would have liked to have seen my
fellow Dodge teammate who was up there help me out to see what
we could have done out there.”
Newman wasn’t able to get enough drafting help to move up in the
closing laps of the race. He finished in third-place, which
means he will start seventh on Sunday in the Daytona 500.
“The Alltel Dodge was pretty good,” Newman said. “I was worried
about the tires, but they held up for us. We’re still wondering
if we can make it a full fuel run, but we’re happy with the way
the car handled. We have a little vibration in the car that we
need to work out. It’s just nice to have some laps and get the
car really fine tuned for the (Daytona) 500. I’m pretty happy
with the car. We can make it better and we’ll do that. We’ll
just keep working on it.”
 Newman Qualifies 23rd
For Gatorades
Will Start Ninth In Thursday’s First Gatorade Duel
Daytona Beach, Fla. (Feb. 10, 2008) – Ryan Newman, driver of
the No. 12 Penske Racing Alltel Dodge, qualified 23rd on Sunday
afternoon for the 50th Running of the Daytona 500.
Due to the unique qualifying format for the Daytona 500,
Newman’s qualifying time means that he will start ninth in the
first Gatorade Duel on Thursday afternoon. That race will
determine his starting spot for next Sunday’s Daytona 500. As of
today’s qualifying, only two drivers – the pole sitter and the
outside pole sitter – are locked into their spots.
“It was a good run by the Alltel Dodge; it was the fastest of
the three Penske teams, so we’ll take it for what it’s worth and
go on,” Newman said after his run. “It feels like you are
pushing a pretty decent wind down the back straightaway. When
you come off turn four, the car comes alive and then you’re at
the start-finish line and it’s over, so you don’t have much to
gain.
“We have something to work with for the 500 for sure. We learned
some things last night in the Budweiser Shootout that I think is
going to help us, too.”
Newman and the remaining starting spots for the 500 will be
determined by the Gatorade Duel races, which will be held on
Thursday. Newman and Penske Racing teammates Kurt Busch and Sam
Hornish Jr will all be part of the first Gatorade Duel.
Coverage of Thursday’s Gatorade Duel races begin at 2 p.m. ET on
SPEED and MRN. Sunday’s Daytona 500 will be aired on FOX and MRN.
Line-up for the Daytona 500:
1. Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet
2. Michael Waltrip, No. 55 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota
3. Joe Nemechek, No. 78 Furniture Row Chevrolet
4. David Reutimann, No. 00 Aaron’s Toyota
5. Dave Blaney, No. 22 CAT Toyota
23. Ryan Newman, No. 12 Alltel Dodge
34. Kurt Busch, No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge (184.540/48.770)
43. Sam Hornish Jr., No. 77 Mobil 1 Dodge
(184.226/48.853)
Notes
- Ryan Newman, driver of the Penske Racing No. 12 Alltel
Dodge Charger, will make his seventh Daytona 500 start on
Sunday. Newman has one top-five and one top-10 finish in
Daytona 500 competition.
- Newman and his Penske Racing teammates — Kurt Busch and
Sam Hornish Jr. — will be in the first Gatorade Duel on
Thursday afternoon.
- Newman has come close to victory in the Daytona 500. In
2006, was running up front for the final laps of the race.
The eventual winner of the 2006 race (Jimmie Johnson) had
drafting help while Newman was left without the benefit of
draft. Newman wound up finishing third.
- Newman won his first ever start at Daytona International
Speedway in the ARCA Series in 2001.
- The Daytona 500 marks Newman’s first points race with
crew chief Roy McCauley calling the shots. Newman and
McCauley were first paired together at Penske Racing in 2005
in a Nationwide Series effort that scored six victories in
just nine starts. They won their last race at Homestead in
2005 —Newman says he hopes to pick up where they left off.
“Our outlook for the 500 is definitely good. We performed
well last year, but we had duct work fail which failed the
engine. I ran with the Car of Tomorrow car at Talladega last
year and was strong (Newman finished fifth). I look forward to
working with both Kurt (Busch) and Sam (Hornish Jr.) and trying
to get Penske it’s first Daytona 500 win.”
“Everybody has been asking what it would mean to me to win
the Daytona 500, and that’s a tough question. Just being in this
race is an honor and a privilege. It would mean a lot to win the
500—I don’t think I can express it though until it happens.”
Newman finished 17th in the Budweiser Shootout on Saturday.
He ran as high as sixth during the race. “It was a good learning
experience for us there. I think it’s definitely a leg up for
the practice on Wednesday and for sure the Gatorade Duel on
Thursday. I thought our car handled well, we just never put
ourselves in position. All in all though, I think we learned
some valuable information tonight for next week.”
“I think we learned quite a bit in the Shootout (last
weekend). We learned some important information about tire
pressures and how to get the car balanced across a run. The
only bad thing was we didn’t have a 30- or40-lap run, but we
did get an indication of tire wear and how the car is going
to react, so we are pretty pleased. We have an operating
range for the car, and now we are going to work on fine
tuning it the rest of the week.”
“I’d just be happy to win a Daytona 500 — the first, the
last or the 50th. It’s the crown jewel. Ryan is better than
he has ever been. There’s no reason that we can’t pick up
where we left off and win this race. We just have to execute
as a team.”
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