Friday, March 30, 2007

Ryan Newman's Friday qualifying run in his No. 12 Alltel Dodge Avenger wasn't the one he wanted, but he was able to save his primary car during a spin on his first of two laps.

After taking the green flag, Newman was entering turn one when he spun. Fortunately, Newman saved the car and missed hitting the wall. Newman turned the car around and completed the first lap with a time of 57.100 seconds. On Newman’s second lap, he posted a time of 20.182 seconds, which put him 24th on the grid for Sunday’s Goody’s Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville Speedway.

“It was pretty eventful. I had a little too much rear brake in it and got into (turn) one a little bit harder than I should have and turned it around," Newman said when he returned to the garage. "I feel bad for the guys on the Alltel Dodge team. They did a great job in practice and I feel like I let them down a little bit in qualifying.”

"It killed the tires. It killed the speed. It killed a little bit of the mentality. We’ll get it back. We should have been pole material, and I just tried to use too much brake getting in and lost the back of the car getting in and spun it around. We had to regroup to get it back and we got a lap in. That wasn’t a perfect lap, either. It could have been a lot worse, but I’ve wasted the first lap before and won the pole on the second. After being P-5 in practice, I’m a little bit disappointed, but I know we’ve got a good car.”

Newman’s lap was nearly three-tenths slower than pole sitter Denny Hamlin’s time of 19.911 seconds. During the first practice, Newman was fifth fastest with a time of 19.987 seconds.

Sunday's Goody’s Cool Orange 500 will air live on Fox and MRN Radio beginning at 1:30 p.m., EDT.

Line-up for UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400:

1. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 FedEx Chevrolet
2. Jamie McMurray, No. 26 IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford
3. Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet
4. Ken Schrader, No. 21 Little Debbie Ford
5. J.J. Yeley, No. 18 Interstate Batteries Chevrolet
12. Kurt Busch, No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge
24. Ryan Newman, No. 12 Alltel Dodge

__________________

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Ryan Newman, Daytona 500 Champion!!
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.