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Nice...haven't seen a lot of hype videos in the NASCAR world. Maybe they are catching on to this whole social media thing.
Or maybe not.
Anyway, check out this cool video done for Ryan Newman by the folks at his Richard Childress Racing team.
Newman is one of the 4 drivers left in the Elimination challenge. We'll find out who wins the whole shebangie this weekend when the Chase makes it's final stop at Homestead.
All Newman has to do....finish ahead of Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick. He doesn't have to win the race, just has to beat all 3 of the other guys to the finish line.
May the best driver win...
((NOTE---We have no idea why this was produced in the ancient 4x3 video format instead of HD, it's not like Childress can't afford the whole modern technology thing))
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Monday, November 10, 2014
Morning Wrap: Harvick Wins Chase Eliminator; Final Four Set
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If you aren't paying attention--and many football fans aren't, NASCAR is in the midst of it's first "Eliminator" chase for the Sprint Cup title.
Each week for the past several, drivers have been eliminated from the chase based up their point totals and finish in races.
Sunday's race at Phoenix was the one to determine your finalists.
And it was won, in dominant fashion by Kevin Harvick
No, there were no fights, though late in the race, Ryan Newman, who also made the final 4, drove Kyle Larson into the wall and managed to move up to 11th place in the race. Which got him the extra point he needed to bump 2nd place finisher Jeff Gordon from the final four.
Confused? We sure are.
Your other finalists: Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano.
The racing season ends this coming week at Homestead Speedway in South Miami. Whomever among the final four places the highest, gets the Cup title--
Here are your Phoenix Highlights:
If you aren't paying attention--and many football fans aren't, NASCAR is in the midst of it's first "Eliminator" chase for the Sprint Cup title.
Each week for the past several, drivers have been eliminated from the chase based up their point totals and finish in races.
Sunday's race at Phoenix was the one to determine your finalists.
And it was won, in dominant fashion by Kevin Harvick
No, there were no fights, though late in the race, Ryan Newman, who also made the final 4, drove Kyle Larson into the wall and managed to move up to 11th place in the race. Which got him the extra point he needed to bump 2nd place finisher Jeff Gordon from the final four.
Confused? We sure are.
Your other finalists: Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano.
The racing season ends this coming week at Homestead Speedway in South Miami. Whomever among the final four places the highest, gets the Cup title--
Here are your Phoenix Highlights:
Sunday, August 10, 2014
This Will Stop A Race Cold
((HT: FoxSportsWorld/NASCAR))
The stock cars are at Watkins Glen going 355 miles before they're done...
But, this put a halt to the action on Lap 57
Thankfully, both Ryan Newman and Michael McDowell both got out of their cars after a little cleaning up, but the race and the track are still looking at over 30 laps to go when the red flag is pulled back from the tower...
As of 4:05 eastern, the drivers were called back to their cars...
The stock cars are at Watkins Glen going 355 miles before they're done...
But, this put a halt to the action on Lap 57
Thankfully, both Ryan Newman and Michael McDowell both got out of their cars after a little cleaning up, but the race and the track are still looking at over 30 laps to go when the red flag is pulled back from the tower...
As of 4:05 eastern, the drivers were called back to their cars...
Monday, September 9, 2013
DEVELOPING: Newman In, Truex Out Of Chase, MWR Gets Fines & Suspensions
As part of the punishments handed down by NASCAR in the "Did Clint Bowyer Spin On Purpose Or Not?" Sweepstakes, Ryan Newman is back in the sprint to the cup and Martin Truex, Junior is out...
Also, NASCAR has levied a $300,000 fine against Michael Waltrip Racing, all 3 MWR drivers have been docked 50 points, and MWR General Manager Ty Norris is suspended indefinitely.
To refresh your memory, here's the incident...
((HT: NASCAR.com/ESPN))
And here's your postgame from Bowyer...
To say this is heavy-handed is a bit of an understatement...
But, hey, they do it all the time in Formula 1... and this is the largest fines that the sport has levied...
Has to be...
Marty Smith discusses in depth with Lindsay Czarniak...
((HT: ESPN))
"We penalize to not have this happen again," NASCAR president Mike Helton said. "It's a message from the league saying, 'You can't do this.'"
"I am proud that NASCAR took a stand with respect to what went on Saturday night at Richmond," Newman said in a statement. "I know it was a tough decision to make. With that being said, myself, [crew chief] Matt Borland and this entire No. 39 team are looking forward to competing for the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship."
Also, NASCAR has levied a $300,000 fine against Michael Waltrip Racing, all 3 MWR drivers have been docked 50 points, and MWR General Manager Ty Norris is suspended indefinitely.
To refresh your memory, here's the incident...
((HT: NASCAR.com/ESPN))
And here's your postgame from Bowyer...
To say this is heavy-handed is a bit of an understatement...
But, hey, they do it all the time in Formula 1... and this is the largest fines that the sport has levied...
Has to be...
Marty Smith discusses in depth with Lindsay Czarniak...
((HT: ESPN))
"We penalize to not have this happen again," NASCAR president Mike Helton said. "It's a message from the league saying, 'You can't do this.'"
"I am proud that NASCAR took a stand with respect to what went on Saturday night at Richmond," Newman said in a statement. "I know it was a tough decision to make. With that being said, myself, [crew chief] Matt Borland and this entire No. 39 team are looking forward to competing for the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship."
Silly Season: Ryan Newman To RCR To Replace Burton
((HT: NASCAR and Jenna Fryer))
Ryan Newman has found a home for 2014...
His "he can't stay at Stewart-Haas because they aren't going to have a 4th car in 2014 until Kurt Busch came along to be the 4th car" now moves him to Richard Childress Racing to drive the #31 Caterpillar car that will be driven by Jeff Burton until the end of the year...
Luke Lambert will remain with the team as crew chief, and Caterpillar was the only sponsor announced for 2014. Burton said he was leaving RCR at the end of the season because he didn't think a proper team could be run with just Caterpillar as the sponsor now lends itself to the idea that Newman is bringing others with him to fund the 31.
"This is a great opportunity for our team," RCR owner Richard Childress said. "I am very proud to have Ryan in our No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet starting next year. We have high expectations for this No. 31 team. Ryan has proven himself to be a great driver, and I'm looking forward to winning races with him."
Newman said that he first talked to Childress about a potential deal five years ago, but now they're doing their thing...
Ricky Craven speaks with Allen Bestwick
((HT: ESPN))
Ryan Newman has found a home for 2014...
His "he can't stay at Stewart-Haas because they aren't going to have a 4th car in 2014 until Kurt Busch came along to be the 4th car" now moves him to Richard Childress Racing to drive the #31 Caterpillar car that will be driven by Jeff Burton until the end of the year...
Luke Lambert will remain with the team as crew chief, and Caterpillar was the only sponsor announced for 2014. Burton said he was leaving RCR at the end of the season because he didn't think a proper team could be run with just Caterpillar as the sponsor now lends itself to the idea that Newman is bringing others with him to fund the 31.
"This is a great opportunity for our team," RCR owner Richard Childress said. "I am very proud to have Ryan in our No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet starting next year. We have high expectations for this No. 31 team. Ryan has proven himself to be a great driver, and I'm looking forward to winning races with him."
Newman said that he first talked to Childress about a potential deal five years ago, but now they're doing their thing...
Ricky Craven speaks with Allen Bestwick
((HT: ESPN))
Sunday, September 8, 2013
NASCAR at Richmond: Carl Edwards Wins But Conspiracy Theories Abound
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For those of you not glued to College Football games Saturday night, there was a NASCAR Sprint Cup race that took place at the Richmond International Speedway.
And that race, the last before the Race for the Chase ends and the Top 12 drivers go after the Sprint Cup title, was won by Carl Edwards, but ended with what many believe could be a conspiracy.
That conspiracy appears to have been triggered by Clint Bowyer.
With 6 laps left, Ryan Newman was leading and appeared headed for the win. A victory would have gotten him into the Race for the Chase. The win would bump Bowyer's Michael Waltrip racing teammate Martin Truex Jr out of said Chase.
That's when things got crazy.
A radio conversation between Bowyer and his spotters was over-heard. The conversation apparently was apparently to let Bowyer know Newman was in the lead. He was then asked how his arm was feeling.
Shortly thereafter, Bowyer, unprompted, spun out causing a caution flag to be raised.
The ensuing pit stop was bumbled by Newman's pit crew, he didn't win and Truex held on to the final spot in the Chase.
Read the entire story by Yahoo Sports RIGHT HERE
If this is true, and it will be tough to prove, someone should be penalized. Heavily.
Sure, Bowyer may have been taking one for his team...which is great. But it's also really poor sportsmanship.
Yeah, you could argue Newman's pit crew cost him his chance at winning, and you may or may not have been wrong. But that situation would have been avoided if Bowyer and his team played honest and let the chips fall where they may.
We will see if NASCAR takes a closer look at this and actually finds anything (we be they will and won't find a thing)
Here's video of Bowyer's in car camera--with Radio Conversation and ESPN reporter Jamie Little cut straight to the question at hand:
For those of you not glued to College Football games Saturday night, there was a NASCAR Sprint Cup race that took place at the Richmond International Speedway.
And that race, the last before the Race for the Chase ends and the Top 12 drivers go after the Sprint Cup title, was won by Carl Edwards, but ended with what many believe could be a conspiracy.
That conspiracy appears to have been triggered by Clint Bowyer.
With 6 laps left, Ryan Newman was leading and appeared headed for the win. A victory would have gotten him into the Race for the Chase. The win would bump Bowyer's Michael Waltrip racing teammate Martin Truex Jr out of said Chase.
That's when things got crazy.
A radio conversation between Bowyer and his spotters was over-heard. The conversation apparently was apparently to let Bowyer know Newman was in the lead. He was then asked how his arm was feeling.
Shortly thereafter, Bowyer, unprompted, spun out causing a caution flag to be raised.
The ensuing pit stop was bumbled by Newman's pit crew, he didn't win and Truex held on to the final spot in the Chase.
Read the entire story by Yahoo Sports RIGHT HERE
If this is true, and it will be tough to prove, someone should be penalized. Heavily.
Sure, Bowyer may have been taking one for his team...which is great. But it's also really poor sportsmanship.
Yeah, you could argue Newman's pit crew cost him his chance at winning, and you may or may not have been wrong. But that situation would have been avoided if Bowyer and his team played honest and let the chips fall where they may.
We will see if NASCAR takes a closer look at this and actually finds anything (we be they will and won't find a thing)
Here's video of Bowyer's in car camera--with Radio Conversation and ESPN reporter Jamie Little cut straight to the question at hand:
Monday, July 15, 2013
Ryan Newman An Ogre...???
((HT: NASCAR))
Brothers will always stick up for brothers...
And the Busch brothers will always make a point to stick up for one another- especially when one of them gets knocked out of contention...
It was Kyle's contention that Kurt and the #78 car had a good enough to win. But when you get bumped out around the corner at Loudon and don't get to win...
This happens after the race...
Newman will be looking for work after this season as Kevin Harvick comes over from Richard Childress and will be bringing his sponsors with him...
But... an ogre...???
Silly season should be interesting...
Brothers will always stick up for brothers...
And the Busch brothers will always make a point to stick up for one another- especially when one of them gets knocked out of contention...
It was Kyle's contention that Kurt and the #78 car had a good enough to win. But when you get bumped out around the corner at Loudon and don't get to win...
This happens after the race...
Newman will be looking for work after this season as Kevin Harvick comes over from Richard Childress and will be bringing his sponsors with him...
But... an ogre...???
Silly season should be interesting...
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Smoke Wins Dover, Johnson Penalized On Restart
((HT: NASCAR on FOX))
Tony Stewart broke a 30-race winless streak by passing Juan Pablo Montoya with a handful laps to go and getting it to the checkered first at the Monster Mile.
But, the 48 car had its chance to set a record 8th win, until...
And the big word is "until..."
Johnson was assessed a drive-thru penalty for jumping. He disagreed...
A lot...
“I ran half-throttle for the first half a lap, waiting for him, and then at some point you’ve got to go, and you’ve got to race, and that’s when I got back in the gas and took off,” he explained. “I was hoping they would see that I was trying to give him the spot back.”
“That was an easy call -- a very easy call,” NASCAR VP Robin Pemberton said. “He beat the 42 even out of the (restart) box, from what we could see on the film. We give 'em an opportunity to give it back.”
In other news, Brad Keselowski's car failed a post-race "height-stick test"- meaning he was too low in the front...
Penalties are to be doled out this week...
And the other half of Stewart-Haas Racing wasn't so lucky... Ryan Newman got into it with David Gilliland and, by the looks of it, the 39 took out the 38 with a tap on the rear that sent Gilliand up the track and, eventually, took them both out.
The HQ is fairly certain we haven't heard the last of this one...
Tony Stewart broke a 30-race winless streak by passing Juan Pablo Montoya with a handful laps to go and getting it to the checkered first at the Monster Mile.
But, the 48 car had its chance to set a record 8th win, until...
And the big word is "until..."
Johnson was assessed a drive-thru penalty for jumping. He disagreed...
A lot...
“I ran half-throttle for the first half a lap, waiting for him, and then at some point you’ve got to go, and you’ve got to race, and that’s when I got back in the gas and took off,” he explained. “I was hoping they would see that I was trying to give him the spot back.”
“That was an easy call -- a very easy call,” NASCAR VP Robin Pemberton said. “He beat the 42 even out of the (restart) box, from what we could see on the film. We give 'em an opportunity to give it back.”
In other news, Brad Keselowski's car failed a post-race "height-stick test"- meaning he was too low in the front...
Penalties are to be doled out this week...
And the other half of Stewart-Haas Racing wasn't so lucky... Ryan Newman got into it with David Gilliland and, by the looks of it, the 39 took out the 38 with a tap on the rear that sent Gilliand up the track and, eventually, took them both out.
The HQ is fairly certain we haven't heard the last of this one...
Monday, May 6, 2013
Ryan Newman And The Big Red Truck (UPDATE)
((HT: NASCAR))
Kurt Busch ended up on top of Ryan Newman during the second Big One with 6 laps to go at Talladega Sunday...
The driver of the 39 car was less than pleased after he exited the Infield Care Center...
Newman finished 32nd as a result of the wreck...
The larger question will be whether or not NASCAR will fine Newman for his comments. Denny Hamlin lost $25,000 for comments about racing earlier this year, but Brad Keselowski was not fined for comments about what he perceived as the governing body's persnickety-ness when it comes to their new Generation 6 car...
WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Newman was also fined $25,000 for the above outburst...
Kurt Busch ended up on top of Ryan Newman during the second Big One with 6 laps to go at Talladega Sunday...
The driver of the 39 car was less than pleased after he exited the Infield Care Center...
Newman finished 32nd as a result of the wreck...
The larger question will be whether or not NASCAR will fine Newman for his comments. Denny Hamlin lost $25,000 for comments about racing earlier this year, but Brad Keselowski was not fined for comments about what he perceived as the governing body's persnickety-ness when it comes to their new Generation 6 car...
WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Newman was also fined $25,000 for the above outburst...
Sunday, May 5, 2013
The Big One Only Waits 42 Laps At Talladega (UPDATED: With Another Big One With 6 To Go And David Ragan Wins)
Kyle Busch gets a push from Marcus Ambrose... He goes into the back of Kasey Kahne to send him around and all hell breaks loose at Talladega... Busch admitted on his in-car communications that it was his fault...
Your victims- Kyle, Kahne, Greg Biffle, Jamie McMurray, Brian Vickers, Casey Mears, Ambrose, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, David Stremme, Martin Truex, Junior, and Jeff Burton all either got damage of some sort or are out for the day... 14 of 43...
Not a bad percentage for the haunted speedway to take another chunk out of the sport... a full one-third of the field...
Here's a little bit of it from nascarcrashesmore...
More when we know more...
UPDATE: With 6 laps to go, it all happened again...
It looked like Ricky Stenhouse squeezed JJ Yeley as the cars went four wide and it caused another chain reaction involving Kurt Busch (who was looking to win the race). Ryan Newman ended up with the 78 on top of him. Bowyer, both Labontes, David Stremme, Danica Patrick, Jamie McMurray, and Jeff Gordon were all involved.
Stenhouse called out Yeley in his own in-car communication...
Here's the other big one...
NASCAR, much like Saturday's Nationwide race, only allowed one pass for a green-white-checkered finish. Seven hours after the official start, David Ragan got a big push from his teammate David Gilliand and beat out Johnson, Edwards, and Kenseth.
((HT: NASCAR))
Huzzahs to everyone at Front Row Motorsports for their finish...
Your victims- Kyle, Kahne, Greg Biffle, Jamie McMurray, Brian Vickers, Casey Mears, Ambrose, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, David Stremme, Martin Truex, Junior, and Jeff Burton all either got damage of some sort or are out for the day... 14 of 43...
Not a bad percentage for the haunted speedway to take another chunk out of the sport... a full one-third of the field...
Here's a little bit of it from nascarcrashesmore...
More when we know more...
UPDATE: With 6 laps to go, it all happened again...
It looked like Ricky Stenhouse squeezed JJ Yeley as the cars went four wide and it caused another chain reaction involving Kurt Busch (who was looking to win the race). Ryan Newman ended up with the 78 on top of him. Bowyer, both Labontes, David Stremme, Danica Patrick, Jamie McMurray, and Jeff Gordon were all involved.
Stenhouse called out Yeley in his own in-car communication...
Here's the other big one...
NASCAR, much like Saturday's Nationwide race, only allowed one pass for a green-white-checkered finish. Seven hours after the official start, David Ragan got a big push from his teammate David Gilliand and beat out Johnson, Edwards, and Kenseth.
((HT: NASCAR))
Huzzahs to everyone at Front Row Motorsports for their finish...
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Reutimann Causes Caution, Newman Wins Martinsville
((HT: NASCAR on Fox/NASCAR.com/youtube))
Okay... weird doesn't begin to describe the ending of the Martinsville race Sunday afternoon.
Here's the short version...
Reutimann would go on the post-race show and apologize profusely saying that he would never intentionally come to a dead stop on the track. But his car gave up the ghost and he had missed the entrance to pit road before he could get back around to get fixed.
AJ Allmendinger was runner-up...
Okay... weird doesn't begin to describe the ending of the Martinsville race Sunday afternoon.
Here's the short version...
Reutimann would go on the post-race show and apologize profusely saying that he would never intentionally come to a dead stop on the track. But his car gave up the ghost and he had missed the entrance to pit road before he could get back around to get fixed.
AJ Allmendinger was runner-up...
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