For #39-Ryan Newman, not even joining Richard Childress Racing after five years of intermittent discussions could ease the sting of ‘the toughest thing Ive ever gone through in any kind of racing in my 30 years of driving.” He meant being robbed, as a lot of evidence indicates, of a potential race win and a Chase berth by Clint Bowyers highly suspicious spinout at Richmond Saturday night. Newman made that telling statement during Mondays announcement that hell be joining RCR next season. Intentional or not, Bowyers spin while Newman was leading with seven laps to go put Bowyers Michael Waltrip Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. into the 12th and final Chase berth, leaving Newman to ride out his lame-duck season with Stewart-Haas Racing. ‘Right now its tough to comment on it because I know its being reviewed’ Newman said, referring to NASCARs ongoing investigation of the Bowyer incident. ‘But I do know that based on my opinion inside a race car, and watching and listening [to recorded radio conversation between Bowyer and his crew] and understanding the communication that there was then, it was not entirely an accident.”(full post at ESPN ) and see the full press conference transcript here .
