-- Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 12 Mobil 1 Dodge Charger, will make his ninth NASCAR Cup Series start at California Speedway on Sunday and his 190th in the NASCAR Cup Series.
-- In Newman’s first-ever start at the 2-mile Southern California track, he sat on the pole in April 2002. Since then, Newman has earned a 10.75 starting average with three top-10s and a top-five, which came in 2003 when Newman started fourth. Three of Newman’s four other starts at California have been from the top-15. His worst start came from the 28th position in September 2005.
-- May 2004 brought Newman his best finish at the Fontana, Calif., track -- a third place. Newman has earned three top-10s, including two top-five finishes. His other top five came in September 2004 when he finished fifth. Overall, Newman has an average finish of 18.
-- Newman has led three races at California Speedway for a total of seven laps. He has completed 1,788 laps of a possible 2,005, giving Newman a completion rate of 89.1 percent.
-- Crew chief Mike Nelson and the No. 12 Mobil 1 Dodge Charger team will take chassis PRS-104 to this weekend’s Auto Club 500 at California Speedway. This car was tested last year at Kentucky and was taken as the back-up car to Fontana in February, Las Vegas and Texas in April, but the car has never been on the track during a race.
-- The backup car for California is chassis PRS-71. This car was tested at Indianapolis and Charlotte last year, but never saw any action during race time.
Newman on California Speedway: “We struggled a lot last year at the intermediate tracks and we spent a good part of the off-season focusing on improving that part of our program. We didn’t have a great test at Las Vegas a few weeks ago, but we’re looking forward to getting to California and seeing if all the testing we’ve been doing since Homestead will pay off. I think we’re going to have a good car this weekend and we’re all anxious to get back to the intermediate tracks to see what we’ve improved on and what we still need to work on.”
Quick Stats:
California Speedway: 8 Races Led/Laps Led: 3/7
Best Starting Position: 1 (2002) Best Finishing Position: 3 (May 2004)
February 2006 Start: 11 February 2006 Finish: 20
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-- Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 12 Alltel Dodge, will make his seventh Cup start at the newly-repaved and renovated Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It will be Newman’s 191st start in the Cup Series.
-- Newman has an average start of 9.5 at LVMS, which includes one Bud Pole Award in March 2005. Three more of Newman’s starts at the intermediate track were from top-five starting positions. Newman's worst start came in March 2001, his first race at the track, when he qualified 35th.
-- Three of Newman’s six starts at Las Vegas have ended in top-10 finishes, including a career-best fourth in March 2002. The other three starts have seen Newman finish 27th or lower, including a 43rd in last year’s race after being involved in an accident that removed the Alltel Dodge from competition after only 88 laps.
-- Newman has led three races for a total of 97 laps. He has completed 1,421 laps of a possible 1,605, giving Newman an 88.5 percent completion rate.
-- Crew chief Mike Nelson and the No. 12 Alltel Dodge Charger team will take chassis PRS-71 to this weekend’s UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This car was tested at Indianapolis and Charlotte in 2006, but it never saw any race action.
-- The backup car for Las Vegas will be chassis PRS-104. This was the car Newman drove two weeks ago in the Auto Club 500 at California Speedway. He qualified the car 19th and finished 12th. This car was also tested last year at Kentucky and was taken as the backup car to Fontana in February, Las Vegas and Texas in April.
Newman on Las Vegas Motor Speedway: “Our team didn’t have a great test out here in January, but we had a great run at California Speedway two weeks ago, which is set up a lot like Vegas. This team has come a long way from how we ran on intermediate tracks last year. We’ve got a lot of races coming up on these types of tracks and I think we’re all anxious to get back on track and see if we’ll keep our momentum going from California or if there’s still some work we need to do. We had some problems with turn one during the pre-season test, so we’ll have to make some adjustments to the car to make sure we don’t have those same problems during the race.”
Quick Stats:
Las Vegas Motor Speedway: 6 Races Led/Laps Led: 3/97
Best Starting Position: 1 (March 2005) Best Finishing Position: 4 (March 2002)
March 2006 Start: 11 March 2006 Finish: 43
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-- Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 12 Alltel Dodge, will make his 11th Cup start at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It will be Newman’s 192nd start in the Cup Series.
-- Newman has an average start of 3.3 at AMS, including six consecutive Bud Pole Awards from March 2003 through October 2005. Newman has three other top-10 starts at the track and a 17th, which occurred in October 2006.
-- Only four of Newman’s 10 previous starts resulted in top-10 finishes and his best finish was a fifth in March 2004. Last year, Newman finished 18th in March and 30th in October. His average finish at the intermediate track is 16.6.
-- Newman has led nine races for a total of 159 laps. He has completed 3,159 laps of a possible 3,173, giving Newman a 99.6 percent completion rate. He has finished all but one race at AMS. He was 29th in October 2003 after an accident eliminated him from the race with only five laps remaining.
-- Crew chief Mike Nelson and the No. 12 Alltel Dodge Charger team will take chassis PRS-71 to this weekend’s Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. This is the same car that he drove to an eighth-place finish last weekend at Las Vegas. It was tested at Indianapolis and Charlotte in 2006.
-- The backup car for Atlanta is chassis PRS-104. This was the car Newman drove three weeks ago in the Auto Club 500 at California Speedway. He qualified the car 19th and finished 12th. This car was also tested last year at Kentucky and was taken as the backup car in 2006 to Fontana in February, Las Vegas and Texas in April.
Newman on Atlanta Motor Speedway: “Our intermediate program has improved so much since 2006 and it has shown in a big way over these last two races. I’ve had cars that may not have been so great in practice or qualifying, but once we got to the race, the cars were good. The top-10 finish at Las Vegas last week was a huge boost for this team. We’re taking the same car to Atlanta and we’re going to tweak it a little bit more to get it as close to perfect as we can, but we know going into this weekend’s race that we have a top-10 car and we hope we can make it a top-one car and get it into Victory Lane.
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-- Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 12 Alltel Dodge, will make his 11th Cup start at Bristol Motor Speedway. It will be Newman’s 193rd start in the Cup Series.
-- Newman has an average start of 7.4 at BMS. Newman has earned two Bud Pole awards at the 0.533-mile track. Newman has six other top-10 starts at the track; his two other starts were a 14th in August 2002 and a 21st in August 2006.
-- Newman has five top-10 finishes at the Tennessee short track, including a career-best second in August 2004. In 2006, Newman had two top-10 finishes – a ninth in the March race and an eighth last August. Newman’s average finish at Bristol is 19.7.
-- Newman has led three races for a total of 57 laps. He has completed 4,620 laps of a possible 5,000, giving Newman a 92.4 percent completion rate. He has finished all but one race at BMS; an accident in August 2005 left Newman 39th after only 317 laps.
-- Crew chief Mike Nelson and the No. 12 Alltel Dodge Avenger team will take chassis PRS-503 to this weekend’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. This Car of Tomorrow was tested at Bristol earlier this month.
-- The backup car for Bristol is chassis PRS-509. This car is new and has never been on a track.
Newman on Bristol Motor Speedway: “This team has always done well at short tracks and I always look forward to racing at Bristol. Things will be a little different with the new COT cars being used, but I think it will be interesting as well. We’ve tested these cars, but we’ve never seen 43 cars on the track at one time, so I think this is the ultimate test to see how the cars race and how they hold up safety wise. I think all the drivers and teams are just as anxious to see this race take place as the fans are.”
Quick Stats:
Bristol Motor Speedway: 10 Races Led/Laps Led: 3/57
Best Starting Position: 1 (Twice) Best Finishing Position: 2 (August 2004)
March 2006 Start: 6 March 2006 Finish: 9
NBS Notes (Sharpie Mini 300):
-- Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 12 Kodak Dodge, will make his Busch Series debut for the 2007 season at Bristol Motor Speedway. It will be Newman’s fifth Busch Series start at the 0.533-mile track and his 31st in the Busch Series.
-- Newman has an average start of 5.5 at BMS. He earned his first Busch Pole Award at BMS last August. He has two third-place starts and a 15th.
-- Every start Newman has made at BMS has resulted in a top-10 finish. The Indiana native earned a trip to Victory Lane in August 2005 after starting third. His other three finishes include two sixths and an eighth. Newman has an average finish of 5.25.
-- Newman has led two races for a total of 209 laps. He has completed 100 percent of the laps at Bristol – 1,002 laps of a possible 1,002.
-- Crew chief Matt Gimbel and the No. 12 Kodak Dodge Charger team will take chassis PBC-007 to this weekend’s Sharpie Mini 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
-- The backup car for Bristol is chassis PBC-012.
Newman on Bristol Motor Speedway: “I always like running in the Busch races and this year, I’m scheduled to run eight. I enjoy running at Bristol and I’ve done well there in the past. This year, I get to run both Busch races at the track.”
“This team has worked very hard and they had a great finish at Las Vegas with Kurt (Busch) and they’ve had some good races with Sam (Hornish, Jr.) behind the wheel as well. I think this weekend will be great. We had a very good run going last August, earning our first pole at the track in the Busch Series and leading so many laps. I think if we’d had a few more laps, we could’ve passed the last five cars and gotten into Victory Lane. We’re going to try to have that same kind of success this weekend and I think this team is absolutely capable of getting the win.”
Quick Stats:
Bristol Motor Speedway: 4 Races Led/Laps Led: 2/209
Best Starting Position: 1 (August 2006) Best Finishing Position: 1 (August 2005)
March 2006 Start: N/A March 2006 Finish: N/A
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-- Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 12 Alltel Dodge, will make his 11th Cup start at Martinsville Speedway. It will be Newman’s 194th start in the Cup Series.
-- Newman has an average start of 4.0 at Martinsville and has never started outside the top 10. Newman has earned two Bud Pole awards at the 0.526-mile track. His lowest start came in his first-career race at Martinsville when he qualified 10th.
-- Newman has five top-10 finishes at the Virginia short track. His best finish was third in October 2004; he’s had three other finishes inside the top 20. Newman has two finishes that resulted in DNFs – a 38th in April 2003 after a brake failure and a 41st in April 2002 following a radiator malfunction. Newman’s average finish at Martinsville is 15.2.
-- Newman has led four races for a total of 83 laps. He has completed 4,690 laps of a possible 5,000, giving Newman a 93.8 percent completion rate.
-- Crew chief Mike Nelson and the No. 12 Alltel Dodge Avenger team will take chassis PRS-511 to this weekend’s Goody’s Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville Speedway. This Car of Tomorrow has never been on a track.
-- The backup car for Martinsville is chassis PRS-509. This car was the back-up car for Bristol, but has not seen any action on a track.
Newman on Martinsville Speedway: “Our debut in the new COT cars didn’t go as well as we had hoped last week in Bristol. Our car was decent in practice, but we didn’t qualify great and we had to make a green-flag stop early on, which put us a lap down.”
“This team is hoping to have better luck this week in Martinsville. We’ve been great in qualifying at this short track and we’ve had a few good finishes there as well. Our best finish is a third and we’d like to improve on that this week.”
Quick Stats:
Martinsville Speedway: 10 Races Led/Laps Led: 4/83
Best Starting Position: 1 (Twice) Best Finishing Position: 3 (October 2004)
April 2006 Start: 4 April 2006 Finish: 18
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-- Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 12 Alltel Dodge, will make his eighth Cup start at Texas Motor Speedway. It will be Newman’s 195th start in the Cup Series.
-- Newman has an average start of 19 at TMS and won the Bud Pole for both races in 2005. He has one other top-five start at the 1.5-mile track.
-- Newman has one win at the Fort Worth, Texas, track – his only top-10 finish at TMS – in March 2003. His average finish at Texas is 27.85 with five finishes of 25th or below.
-- Newman has led three races for a total of 80 laps. He has completed 1,978 laps of a possible 2,343, giving Newman an 84.4 percent completion rate.
-- Crew chief Mike Nelson and the No. 12 Alltel Dodge Charger team will take chassis PRS-071 to this weekend’s Samsung 500 at TMS. This is the same car Newman drove at Las Vegas and Atlanta earlier this year. Newman earned his first top-10 at Vegas since March 2005 and won the Bud Pole at Atlanta.
-- The backup car for Texas is chassis PRS-076. This car has not been at the track this year.
Newman on Texas Motor Speedway: “We did really well at the intermediate tracks at the beginning of the season. We had good runs in California and Las Vegas and won the pole in Atlanta. I’m looking forward to getting back in the car at Texas and seeing what else we can do at these (intermediate) tracks. Two years ago, we were able to earn both poles at the Texas races and I think we can do that again. We’ve got the same car from Atlanta and we’ve had time to tweak it and we think it’ll be really good this weekend as well.”
Quick Stats:
Texas Motor Speedway: 7 Races Led/Laps Led: 3/80
Best Starting Position: 1 (Twice) Best Finishing Position: 1 (March 2003)
April 2006 Start: 14 April 2006 Finish: 40
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-- The Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway on Saturday will be Ryan Newman's 10th Cup series start at the 1-mile track in Avondale, Ariz. It is Newman's 196th start in NASCAR's top series.
-- Newman's average start at PIR is 8.4, while his average finish is 20.4.
-- In nine races, Newman has three consecutive poles – 2002-2004 – and a career-best, second-place finish in November 2004. Newman has six top-10 starts and two top-five finishes.
-- Newman has completed 2,524 laps of a possible 2,811, giving him an 89.7 percent completion rate. He has led three races for 114 laps.
-- Chassis PRS-513 is a new COT car. It was tested earlier this month at Richmond International Raceway. That is the only track time the car has seen.
-- Chassis PRS-509 is the back-up car for Phoenix. This car has been the backup for both of the two previous COT races, but it was not used. This car was also tested at Richmond.
Ryan Newman on Phoenix: "We've done well in qualifying at Phoenix, but we need to translate that into better finishes. We'll be back to the COT cars in Phoenix and this team has been working hard to figure out this new car and how it works. We haven't had bad runs in this car, but we got caught up in an accident at Bristol and we had the spin during qualifying in Martinsville, so we'll be looking to have better runs in Phoenix this weekend."
NBS
-- The Bashas' Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway on Friday is Ryan Newman's first Busch Series start at the 1-mile track in Avondale, Ariz. It will be Newman's 32nd start in NASCAR's Busch Series.
-- Chassis PBC-014 is a new car and has not been on the track this season.
-- The backup car for Phoenix is PBC-007. Newman drove this car to a fourth-place finish at Bristol and Sam Hornish Jr. piloted it to a 25th-place finish in Nashville.
More Newman Remarks On Phoenix: "I like racing at Phoenix. This place, obviously, has a special meaning to me since it is the place where I made by Cup Series debut. I like running the Busch cars and I finally get to do it at Phoenix with Kodak. These guys work hard each week and we always run well, so I think this is going to be a good weekend for this Kodak team."
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-- The Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway will be Ryan Newman’s first NASCAR Cup race in the No. 12 Kodak Dodge Charger. This will be Newman’s 11th start at the 2.66-mile track and his 197th in the Cup Series.
-- Newman has an average start of 10.8 and an average finish of 20.9 at Talladega.
-- Newman has led six races for a total of 25 laps. He has completed 1,515 laps of a possible 1,888 for an 80.2 percent completion rate.
-- The No. 12 team is using chassis PRS-056 as its primary car this weekend. It ran in the 2006 Daytona 500 and finished third after starting 18th. The backup car is PRS-099. It was driven by Newman in the 2007 Daytona 500. This car was also used last year at Talladega in May; Newman started 18th and finished 33rd.
Newman On Talladega: “Like every race at the superspeedways, you have to stay out of trouble. We’re taking the car that finished third at the Daytona 500 in 2006. We’ll be looking for some people to work with and hopefully, earn a good finish on Sunday without getting caught up in a wreck.”
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-- Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 12 Alltel Dodge Avenger, will make his 11th Cup Series start at Richmond International Raceway and his 198th in the series.
-- Newman has an average start of 7.2 and an average finish of 11.6. He has seven top-10 starts at the Virginia track, including six from the top five. Newman has one pole -- September 2004.
-- Newman has earned seven top-10 finishes at RIR, including one win in the fall of 2003 and five top-fives.
-- In 10 previous races, Newman has led a total of 354 laps in six of those events. He has completed 3,875 laps of a possible 3,993, giving him a 97 percent completion rate.
-- Newman and his Alltel team are using chassis PRS-515 at Richmond. It is a new COT car and has never been on the track. The backup car is PRS-509, which was tested at Richmond in early April. It also has not been used in a race.
Newman On Richmond: “I like racing at Richmond and it’s always fun to race at night. We’ve had a lot of success at Richmond; won a race a few years back and we’ve done really well in qualifying there. We’ll be back in the COT cars and we’ve had some decent runs in the car. We had a car capable of winning in Phoenix two weeks ago, but ran into some bad luck during our last pit stop that cost us a good finish.”
“We had a really good finish yesterday [Sunday] in Talladega and this team really needed that. We fought back through the bad luck and definitely earned our top-10 finish. I was very happy with the hard work that my team put in on pit road after our tire went down. The fact that they were able to keep me on the lead lap was a big part of the reason that we finished ninth.”
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-- Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 12 Alltel Dodge Avenger, will make his ninth Cup Series start at Darlington Raceway and his 199th in the series.
-- Newman has an average start of 4.375 and an average finish of 11.5. He has seven top-10 starts at the track deemed ‘Too Tough to Tame’, including five from the top five. Newman has one pole — August 2003.
-- Newman has earned five top-10 finishes at Darlington, including four top-fives.
-- In eight previous races, Newman has led a total of 210 laps in six of those events. He has completed 2,671 laps of a possible 2,717, giving him a 98.3 percent completion rate.
-- In 2006, Newman had two consecutive top-10 finishes once during the season; an eighth at Richmond followed by a sixth-place finish at Darlington. Newman will be looking for his third consecutive top-10 finish at Darlington after a ninth-place finish at Talladega and a sixth Sunday at Richmond.
-- PRS-513: This chassis ran three weeks ago at Phoenix International Raceway. The car was strong and running in the top five before a miscommunication in the pits left the Alltel Dodge Avenger 11 laps down in the 38th position.
-- PRS-509: This COT car was tested at Richmond at the beginning of April, but has not been used during a race.
Newman On Darlington: “I’m really looking forward to Darlington. Obviously the Hendrick cars are the ones to beat, and from what I’ve heard, they got a head start on everybody with testing, and that kind of shows up. But the bottom line is I like Darlington and I look forward to going there because it’s a fun track for me. Our Car of Tomorrow program is strong. I’m not saying we can’t make it stronger, but it’s definitely strong right now.”
NBS
-- Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 12 Kodak Dodge Charger, will make his fourth Busch Series start at Darlington Raceway and his 33rd in the series.
-- Newman has an average start of 2.67 and an average finish of 20. He has two poles and a sixth-place start. He has a career-best, fourth-place finish at Darlington, which came in the fall of 2001.
-- Newman has led 37 laps in two events. He has completed 440 laps of a possible 441, giving him a 99.8 percent completion rate.
-- PBC-007: This chassis was used at Bristol and Nashville. Newman drove it to a fourth-place finish in Bristol, while Sam Hornish Jr. piloted the car into the 25th position at Nashville.
-- PBC-006: This car has not run this year.
Newman On Darlington: “I love racing at Darlington, it is by far my favorite track to drive. I’m excited about running the Busch race there. We had a good car there last year, but we had a fuel pump issue and just couldn’t fix it. These guys have done a good job giving me some great race cars in the Busch Series this year and I know we’ll have another good car this weekend, too.”
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