Ryan Newman

This article describes the racing driver Ryan Newman. For the actress, see Ryan Newman (actress) .

Ryan Newman

status	active
NASCAR Cup Series statistics
Best placement	2 .- (2014)
Starts Victories Poles Top 10 457 17th 51 190
NASCAR Xfinity Series Statistics
Best placement	28.- (2001)
Starts Victories Poles Top 10 64 7th 12 35
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series statistics
Best placement	49th - (2009)
Starts Victories Poles Top 10 5 1 1 5
Data status: June 29, 2014

Ryan Joseph Newman (born December 8, 1977 in South Bend , Indiana ) is an American racing driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series. He currently drives for the team Richard Childress Racing the Chevrolet SS with start number 31, 2001 Newman received his Bachelor of Science at Purdue University .

In 2002 he was Rookie of the Year of NASCAR . His biggest success so far is winning the Daytona 500 2008 at Daytona International Speedway .

Racing career

Newman drove his first race in 1993 in the All-American Midget Series . There he was rookie of the year and winner of the season. After moving to the USAC in 1995, he won the 1996 Midget and Silver Crown Series seasons . In 1999 he won all three racing series.

Beginnings at Penske Racing

In 2000 Newman started driving for Penske Racing . In this team he won three out of five races in the ARCA Racing Series . He drove his first race in the cup in 2001 at the Phoenix International Raceway . He then continued his racing career in both series. During this time he also met Buddy Baker , who offered himself to him as a mentor in Superspeedway races.

2002 until today

In 2002 Newman won his first race in what was then the Busch Series , as well as the first race in the Winston Cup . This year he secured pole position six times, breaking Davey Allison's record . After Dale Earnhardt junior , he is the first driver to win the All-Star Race as a rookie. At the end of the year he won the Rookie of the Year Award as the best newcomer .

The # 12 at the Daytona 500 2008

He started the 2003 season with a serious accident at the Daytona 500. Over the course of the season he celebrated eight wins and eleven poles. However, he was only sixth in the championship due to seven failures. In 2006 he drove his first winless season. This happened after his long-time team boss left him and moved to Michael Waltrip Racing . He finished the season in eighteenth in the championship.

After an almost win at Lowe's Motor Speedway , the 2007 season did not bring him a good result either. His first win since 2005 was the Daytona 500 in 2008 .

Newman is also called "Rocket Man" because of his strength over a single lap in qualifying and the resulting number of many pole positions. He received the nickname after achieving a total of eleven pole positions in the 2003 season.

Races won

Winston / Nextel / Sprint Cup (14 wins)

• 2010 (1 win) Subway Fresh Fit 600 ( Phoenix )
• 2008 (1 win) Daytona 500 ( Daytona )
• 2005 (1 win) Sylvania 300 ( Loudon )
• 2004 (2 wins) DHL 400 ( Michigan ), MBNA America 400 ( Dover )
• 2003 (8 wins) Samsung / Radio Shack 500 ( Texas ), MBNA Armed Forces Family 400 ( Dover ), Tropicana 400 ( Chicago ), Pennsylvania 500 ( Pocono ), GFS Marketplace 400 ( Michigan ), Chevy Rock and Roll 400 ( Richmond ) , Dover 400 ( Dover ), Banquet 400 ( Kansas )
• 2002 (1 win) New Hampshire 300 ( Loudon )

Busch Series (Seven wins)

• 2005 (6 wins) Zippo 200 ( Watkins Glen ), Domino's Pizza 250 ( Michigan ), Food City 250 ( Bristol ), Dover 200 ( Dover ), Dollar General 300 ( Charlotte ), Ford 300 ( Homestead )
• 2001 (1 win) NAPAonline.com 250 ( Michigan )

Craftsman Truck Series (one win)

• 2008 (1 win) EZ-GO 200 ( Atlanta Motor Speedway )

International Race of Champions (One Victory)

• 2004 (1 win) Race 1 ( Daytona )

Web links

Commons : Ryan Newman  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Driver statistics on racing-reference.info
• Ryan Newman at NASCAR.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A breed apart: college grad Ryan Newman is making a run at the good ol 'boys - Interview