Ryan Newman - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers finish at Texas in the Dickies 500:

(in order of chase points standings coming into Texas) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 38th, wrecked lap 3 2) #5-Mark Martin, 4th 3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 13th 4) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 37th 5) #14-Tony Stewart, 6th 6) #2-Kurt Busch, WON 7) #16-Greg Biffle, 8th 8) #39-Ryan Newman...

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CHASE Standings
[after Texas, Chase race 8 of 10; Season race 34 of 36]:

pos, car#, driver, points, behind, [wins], race finish 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson [6 wins], 6297, finished 38th 2) #5-Mark Martin [5 wins], 6224, -73, 4th 3) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 6185, -112, 13th 4) #2-Kurt Busch [2 wins], 6126, -171, WON 5) #14-Tony Stewart [4 wins...

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the OLD way - Driver Points Standings [after Texas, race 34 of 36]: pos, car#, driver, points, behind 1) #14-Tony Stewart (X), 4895 2) #24-Jeff Gordon (X), 4802, -93 3) #48-Jimmie Johnson (X), 4801, -94 4) #5-Mark Martin (X), 4475, -420 5) #11-Denny Hamlin (X), 4446...

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers practiced in Happy Hour at Texas:

(in order of chase points standings coming into Texas) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, was 1st fastest 2) #5-Mark Martin, 29th 3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 15th 4) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 14th 5) #14-Tony Stewart, 20th 6) #2-Kurt Busch, 12th 7) #16-Greg Biffle, 4th 8) #39-Ryan Newman...

Newman meets with NASCAR over Talladega wreck:

#39-Ryan Newman met with media at Texas on Friday and dicussed some issues: Q. Obviously a lot of frustration and concern for you last weekend. I believe you mentioned thinking about things from an engineering standpoint. Looking at it from an engineering standpoint...

Jeff Gordon on pole at Texas:

#24-Jeff Gordon won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway with a lap of 191.117mph for his 1st pole of the season and 68th career pole, Gordon has now won at least one pole every season for 17 straight seasons and has won 17 races from...

Some Chassis selections for Texas:

compiled from some pre-Texas press releases, some chassis selections and history: #00-David Reutimann will run chassis #625 this week. This Aaron's Dream Machine has seen action in three races with a best finish of 4th at Las Vegas. #07-Casey Mears will pilot Chassis...

New driver of #1 announced this week?

An announcement on the driver that will replace #1-Martin Truex Jr. could come this week, sources close to the situation said. Jamie McMurray, who is losing his ride at Roush Fenway Racing because the organization has to reach the four-car cap, is one candidate. Bobby...

14 Winners in 2009:

#26-JamieMcMurray Mayfield victory at Talladega in November made it 14 different race winners in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series this season. There were 12 different race winners all of last season. There are six race winners from last season still awaiting their first...

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers finished at Talladega Superspeedway:

(in points order at start of the race) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, finished 6th 2) #5-Mark Martin, 28th 3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 20th 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 35th 5) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 19th 6) #2-Kurt Busch, 30th 7) #39-Ryan Newman, 36th 8) #16-Greg Biffle, 4th 9) #11-Denny...

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CHASE Standings
[after Talladega, Chase race 7 of 10; Season race 33 of 36]:

pos, car#, driver, points, behind, [wins], race finish 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson [6 wins], 6248, finished 8th 2) #5-Mark Martin [5 wins], 6064, -184 3) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 6056, -192 4) #42-Juan Montoya, 6009, -239 5) #14-Tony Stewart [4 wins], 5969, -279 6) #2-Kurt...

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the OLD way - Driver Points Standings [after Talladega, race 33 of 36]: pos, car#, driver, points, behind 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 4752 2) #14-Tony Stewart, 4745, -7 3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 4673, -72 4) #5-Mark Martin, 4315, -430 5) #11-Denny Hamlin, 4271, -474 6) #42-Juan...

Racing for Wildlife preserves Talladega mountain ridge:

Racing for Wildlife, a organization spearheaded by NASCAR driver Ryan Newman to preserve land for hunting, fishing and other outdoors activities, announced its first property acquisition this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. The 1,100 acres along the eight-mile ...

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers practice in Happy Hour at Talladega Superspeedway:

(in current points order) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 3rd fastest 2) #5-Mark Martin, 16th 3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 6th 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 12th 5) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, did not practice 6) #2-Kurt Busch, 5th 7) #39-Ryan Newman, 18th 8) #16-Greg Biffle, 10th 9) #11-Denny Hamlin...

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers practice in the first Friday practice at Talladega Superspeedway:

(in current points order) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 13th fastest 2) #5-Mark Martin, 26th 3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 16th 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 25th 5) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 36th 6) #2-Kurt Busch, 20th 7) #39-Ryan Newman, 19th 8) #16-Greg Biffle, 17th 9) #11-Denny Hamlin, 2nd...

Drivers who won in 2008 and have yet to win in 2009:

#16-Greg Biffle last won at Dover in September 2008 and has a six year streak of winning a race every year. #31-Jeff Burton last won at Charlotte in October 2008 and has a three season streak; #99-Carl Edwards last won the 2008 season finale at Homestead and has a ...

Talladega Rookie Notes and Facts:

#20-Joey Logano was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the October 26 TUMS Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Logano scored a 12th-place finish and grabbed top rookie honors for the third consecutive race and for the 23rd time this season. Logano leads #82-...

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CHASE Standings
[after Martinsville, Chase race 6 of 10; Season race 32 of 36]:

pos, car#, driver, points, behind, [wins], race finish 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson [6 wins], 6098, finished 2nd 2) #5-Mark Martin [5 wins], 5980, -118, 8th 3) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 5948, -150, 5th 4) #14-Tony Stewart [4 wins], 5906, -192, 9th 5) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya...

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the OLD way - Driver Points Standings [after Martinsville, race 32 of 36]: pos, car#, driver, points, behind 1). #14-Tony Stewart, 4682 2). #48-Jimmie Johnson, 4602, -80 3). #24-Jeff Gordon 4565, -117 4). #5-Mark Martin, 4231, -451 5). #11-Denny Hamlin, 4217, -465 ...

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers finished at Martinsville Speedway:

(in points order at start of the race) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, finished 2nd 2) #5-Mark Martin, 8th 3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 5th 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 9th 5) #2-Kurt Busch, 17th 6) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 3rd 7) #16-Greg Biffle, 25th 8) #39-Ryan Newman, 7th 9) #9-Kasey Kahne...