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Crew chief Gibson talks about Newman’s engine change:

#39- Ryan Newman will start at the rear of the field in Saturday’s race at CHarlotte due to engine change. #39 Crew Chief, Tony Gibson was asked about it.
Q) YOU QUALIFIED THIRD, BUT THIS DOESN ‘T LOOK GOOD. WHAT’s THE ISSUE WITH THE CAR?
Gibson: ‘Something happened there. We started off in Happy Hour to make a long run and we got about six laps into it and it started tightening up on him (Ryan Newman) pretty good, so he shut it off and came in (to garage) and there is definitely something big wrong. I ‘m not sure what, but all the guys from Hendricks will figure out what’s wrong and we ‘ll put another one in it and will be good to go tomorrow. It’s too bad when you ‘ve got the track position, but that’s part of it and we ‘ll get after it. I know they ‘ll figure out what happened and we ‘ll get another motor in it and we ‘ll be fine.’(Team Chevy)(10-13-2012)