Ryan Newman News

Newman Hurting:

Newman Hurting:

April 13, 2003
#12-Ryan Newman said the only lasting effect he had from the harrowing 27-car crash on Lap 4 of last week's Aaron's 499 at Talladega was a sore on his foot. "When I hit the wall, my left foot got caught under the pedal," Newman said. "I told everybody in the shop that

Wheel Tethers UPDATE:

Wheel Tethers UPDATE:

April 12, 2003
Mark Harrah, one of the owners of Dave Blaney's team and an engineer, said that NASCAR should change the way it has teams attach the wheel tethers to keep them from flying off the cars in a wreck. A wheel off Ryan Newman's car flew over the wall at Talladega and hit

At least 300 have died on tracks since 1990:

At least 300 have died on tracks since 1990:

April 9, 2003
The death toll for U.S. auto racing has climbed to at least 300 since 1990, after recent accidents killed two drag racers. During the past two weeks, businessmen Don Rhyne and Phil Burghard died in separate crashes after their dragsters sped out of control. In a 2001

The Flying Tire:

The Flying Tire:

April 7, 2003
Winston Cup officials recovered the tire from Ryan Newman's car and planned to study why a tether failed to keep it from bouncing out of Talladega Superspeedway in Sunday's race. Newman's left front wheel cleared the catch fence off turn 2 where there weren't any grandstands

Penske Engine in the #19? UPDATE:

Penske Engine in the #19? UPDATE:

April 5, 2003
Hearing that the #19 Dodge that Jeremy Mayfield won the pole with at Talladega had a Penske engine in it, not one from Evernham Motorsports.(4-4-2003) UPDATE: Give some credit to Penske-Jasper horsepower for Jeremy Mayfield's pole-winning run Friday. Dodge car owners

2003 International Motorsports Hall of Fame class inducted:

2003 International Motorsports Hall of Fame class inducted:

April 4, 2003
The International Motorsports Hall of Fame inducted its 2003 class Thursday night a class with a background as varied as racing itself. Mel Kenyon races and builds United States Auto Club midgets. Ray Fox built stock cars and served as a NASCAR inspector. Briggs Cunningham

#12 40lbs to light….out of water:

#12 40lbs to light….out of water:

March 31, 2003
Ryan Newman's winning car at Texas was 40 pounds light during post-race inspection, and NASCAR officials couldn't figure out why. Turns out that two radiator hose clamps broke during the race, and the radiator had run dry. Crew chief Matt Borland estimated that Newman

Newman wins at Texas:

Newman wins at Texas:

March 30, 2003
#12-Ryan Newman won the Samsung/RadioShack 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, his first win of the year and 2nd of his 2 year career. #-Earnhardt Jr and #24-Gordon beat and banged to 2nd place, with Earnhardt Jr winning the position by about 3 feet. #17-Kenseth finished

Ramblings – Texas:

Ramblings – Texas:

March 29, 2003
Joe Gibbs Racing experienced both ends of the spectrum today. First, Tony Stewart's Home Depot Chevy was confiscated and impounded by NASCAR for further inspection back in Charlotte. Some little thing about not fitting the templates and the offset in the rear deck

Rumblings – Bristol:

Rumblings – Bristol:

March 24, 2003
#97-Kurt Busch's victory in the Food City 500 was worth $157,790 from the over $4.5M in posted awards, and was the usual hard-fought BMS win. They just don't come easy at this fast half-miler, but being able to carry our flag around on a victory lap has got to be a

Newman sets new Track Record at Bristol qualifying:

Newman sets new Track Record at Bristol qualifying:

March 21, 2003
#12-Ryan Newman didn't just break the Track Qualifying Record he crushed it (it was 127.216mph), winning the Bud Pole with a speed of 128.709mph, first ever Cup lap under 15 seconds. Newman is the first driver in 2003 to win more then one pole (in 6 races). #24-Jeff

Ryan Newman to be honored:

Ryan Newman to be honored:

March 9, 2003
Ryan Newman will receive an award on the National Athletic Awards to be aired on Fox Sports Net. The awards are sponsored by the Michigan March of Dimes and the ceremony will be held on Tuesday evening, March 11. James Brown of FOX Sports will be the emcee. The show

Kirby and Evernham?

Kirby and Evernham?

March 7, 2003
hearing that Stuart Kirby [has run in ARCA, Busch and Cup] will test for Evernham Motorsports next week and could run a few races with the team this year and may run an A-B-C schedule [like Ryan Newman did with Penske in 2001]. A=ARCA, B=Busch and C=Cup. UPDATE: been

Newman Unhappy:

Newman Unhappy:

March 5, 2003
#12-Ryan Newman.was not satifyed at the response time of the fire crews to Jamie McMurray's buring Busch Series car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway following a practice crash with Michael Waltrip. Newman said..."He (McMurray) was out of the car and Michael Waltrip had

Third Roof Flap?

Third Roof Flap?

February 23, 2003
A third roof flap that NASCAR is studying, probably wouldn't have kept Ryan Newman's car from getting airborne in last Sunday's Daytona 500, a series official said. "I don't think that anything shows us that if two of them didn't open that the third one would have