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Verizon Wireless Buys Alltel Communications
2008-06-05 18:07:00 $28.1 billion is the agreed upon price. That includes $5.9 billion in cash and $22.2 billion in debt. This deal will launch Verizon to the top of the chart for total number of customers. Verizon is currently 2nd to AT&T but adding 13.2 million customers from Alltel will put Verizon at about 80 million ...
Ganassi and Penske?
2008-06-02 22:26:00 Jayski.com Rumors that have surfaced recently about a possible alliance between Chip Ganassi [#40,#41,#42] and Roger Penske [#2,#12,#77] in NASCAR racing, or of a possible Penske buyout of Ganassi’s stock car team? Both men field Dodges in Sprint Cup racing, and at the recent Indianapolis 500, won by Ganassi driver Scott Dixon, the two pillars of the sport reportedly appeared a lot more chummy than usual. Sunday at Dover, Mike Accavitti, director of Dodge Brand and SRT Marketing Communications, said he had read the rumors but scoffed at them. “Absolutely preposterous,” Accavitti said. “That would be like putting the Hatfields and McCoys together.” Here is a quote from one poster on the message boards - “…if Ryan leaves Penske and Montoya leaves Ganassi, both teams will be hurting pretty bad, and Dario might not be back for Ganassi leaving them with one car. This would be a funny partnership though, because both owners don’t feel it n...
Ryan Newman And The Darlington Raceway
2008-05-07 18:00:00 Ryan Newman will be racing this weekend at Darlington Raceway for the Dodge Challenger 500. Darlington is Newman's favorite track to race at. [MEDIA=10][MEDIA=6] This will be Mother's Day weekend and NASCAR has always been careful not to schedule a race on Mother's Day. But in 2005 they decided to try and make a Saturday ...
Penske Silly Season Talk - Ryan Newamn, Martin Truex Jr, Sprint
2008-05-06 00:00:00 We all know that Ryan Newman's Contract is up this year with Penske Racing. It is unclear if Newman will stay with Penske, but he has said that he is looking around, but that he is happy where he is. [MEDIA=9] Newman says it "potentially (opens up) more doors." "I wouldn't say that my phone ...
Ryan Newman On ESPN?s NASCAR Now
2008-04-23 05:49:00 According to ESPN’s NASCAR Now, Ryan Newman will be making an appearance on the show Wednesday night. Tonight they had on Roy McCauley in the Penske shop. They talked to Roy about the new chassis that they were going to take to Talladega. Roy stated that they had done a lot of testing on ...
Penske Racing adds Stremme as test driver
2008-04-16 15:51:00 motorsports.com DAVID STREMME JOINS PENSKE RACING AS TEST DRIVER MOORESVILLE, N.C. (April 15, 2008) — In an effort to enhance its NASCAR Sprint Cup testing program, Penske Racing announced that David Stremme has joined the team as a test driver, effective immediately. In this role, Stremme will participate in Penske Racing’s comprehensive testing program in an effort to ...
NASCAR-CUP: Penske Racing adds Stremme as test driver
2008-04-16 09:21:00 DAVID STREMME JOINS PENSKE RACING AS TEST DRIVER MOORESVILLE, N.C. (April 15, 2008) — In an effort to enhance its NASCAR Sprint Cup testing program, Penske Racing announced that David Stremme has joined the team as a test driver, effective immediately. In this role, Stremme will participate in Penske Racing’s comprehensive testing program in an effort to accelerate the understanding ...
Penske Racing and Others Websites
2008-04-01 19:29:00 I went over to Penske Racing?s website today and noticed that they have had a face lift. I am pretty sure that this has only happened in the last couple of weeks. They appear to have a real nice setup over there now. I really liked it and they are finally offering an RSS ...
Ryan Newman?s Teammates Kurt Busch and Sam Hornish JR ? 5 Races Into 2008
2008-03-25 20:13:00 Well I wrote up a little piece last weekend about Ryan Newman?s season so far, so I decided to re-cap his teammates season through the first 5 races. Ryan Newman, his team and his fans should be pretty happy with his season so far. He is sitting 8th in the point?s standings -191 out of ...
Ryan Newman Leads Penske Contingent at California
2008-02-27 04:19:00 Ryan Newman Finishes 10th at California Fontana, Cal. (Feb. 25, 2008) - After battling multiple rain delays, which forced the Auto Club 500 to be completed on Monday morning at California’s Auto Club Speedway, Ryan Newman drove his Penske Racing No. 12 Alltel/Samsung HDTV Dodge to a 10th-place finish. The result was Newman’s 100th career top-10 finish ...
California Qualifying - Penske Points
2008-02-24 04:04:00 Due to the weather issue in California the Auto Club 500 Qualifying was canceled. Practice number 2 was held today for a total of 17 laps. The shortened practice was also due to the weather. Ryan Newman was the 21st fastest in that practice. The Nationwide series is at least currently being delayed due to rain. The weather forecast for tomorrows Auto Club 500 is not that good. According to the weather forecast right here on this site, Fontana is going to experience downpours in the morning followed by a few showers in the afternoon. The race coverage is scheduled at 3:30 pm est tommorrow which is 11:30 local time in Fontana, CA. It may be fair to say that we can expect at least a delay. Due to the qualifying being canceled, Ryan Newman will be starting 13th in the race due to owner points from last season. Kurt Busch had to use a provisional to get into the race at California. That is mow 2 provisionals that Kurt Busch has had to use this year. He had to use a provisional at ...
Ryan Newman, Penske Racing and Dodge All Staying Together? Newman In The I
2008-02-20 21:59:00 It may be to early to answer that question in full. Here is what we know. According to The Winston-Salem Journal, Penske Racing has renewed their contract with Dodge and so has Ganassi. When Toyota hit the NASCAR Cup circuit there was a lot of speculation that both Penske and Ganassi would leave Dodge to ...
NASCAR-CUP: Dodge, Penske, charged up after Daytona 500 win
2008-02-19 07:01:00 Before the drop of the green flag in Sunday’s Daytona 500, two of NASCAR’s “super teams” stood out as favorites to win the 50th running of the “Great American Race.” The Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolets and Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas dominated Speedweeks, and the latter led much of the race. But in the end, they both fell short to the ...
Newman/Penske Win Daytona 500
2008-02-18 20:37:00 First off, let me just apologize for not being very present on the site lately, but I’ve been trying to fend off an amazingly stubborn case of the flu. Anyway, it lifted enough yesterday for me to catch most of the Daytona 500. The 500 is, more or less, the start of the racing season (I know, ...
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RYAN NEWMAN, ROY McCAULEYand ROGER PENSKE Post Daytona 500 Interview - Bonu
2008-02-18 18:11:00 Posts: Ryan Newman Wins 50th Daytona 500 Ryan Newman will be on David Letterman tonight. Get your DVR’s, VCR’s or anything else you might have ready. In addition to this complete interview, Dodge awarded Penske Racing an addition 1 Million Dollars. Chrysler Chairman and CEO Robert Nardelli met with Dodge team owners earlier Sunday and announced there ...
IRL: Team Penske pit notes 2008-02-07
2008-02-09 07:02:00 Team Penske Pit Notes February 7, 2008 BRISCOE GEARS UP FOR 2008 INDYCAR SERIES SEASON On March 29th Ryan Briscoe makes his Team Penske debut in the #6 Team Penske Dallara/Honda at the IndyCar Series season opener at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Needless to say, the 26 year-old Australian is eagerly awaiting the dropping of the green flag and getting his new job at Team ...
IRL: Team Penske pit notes 2008-02-07
2008-02-08 20:00:00 Team Penske Pit Notes February 7, 2008 BRISCOE GEARS UP FOR 2008 INDYCAR SERIES SEASON On March 29th Ryan Briscoe makes his Team Penske debut in the #6 Team Penske Dallara/Honda at the IndyCar Series season opener at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Needless to say, the 26 year-old Australian is eagerly awaiting the dropping of the green flag and getting his new job at Team ...
IRL: Penske-Taylor Racing, a force to be reckoned with at Rolex24
2008-01-06 21:58:00 Wayne Taylor Racing and Penske Racing are household names in racing and when the two forces decided to merge for the 2008 edition of the Rolex24 at the Daytona International Speedway, it made everyone take notice. “We have a joint collaboration with Roger Penske,” Wayne Taylor said. “It is a total package between the two of us, ...
NASCAR-CUP: Penske-Taylor Racing, a force to be reckoned with at Rolex24
2008-01-06 21:58:00 Wayne Taylor Racing and Penske Racing are household names in racing and when the two forces decided to merge for the 2008 edition of the Rolex24 at the Daytona International Speedway, it made everyone take notice. “We have a joint collaboration with Roger Penske,” Wayne Taylor said. “It is a total package between the two of us, ...
Penske Racing likes crew chief, driver lineup
2008-01-06 06:17:00 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Chris Carrier had done a solid job as a crew chief at Morgan-McClure Motorsports the past few years, and there is a reason Penske Racing thought he would be a good fit for rookie Sam Hornish Jr. in 2008. While conventional wisdom might have been to put Roy McCauley, a seasoned ...
Straightening out the Penske Points
2007-12-17 17:35:00 By Mike at Trouble In Turn 2 | December 17, 2007 Mike over at Trouble In Turn 2 write some good articles. Here is his take on the Penske Points Switch - NASCAR needs to make a stand. Penske Racing officially moved their owners points from the #2 car to the new #77 car over ...
NASCAR and Penske miss use championship provisional and owner points.
2007-12-16 00:56:00 Championship provisional and owner’s points in NASCAR’s elite series the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is a hot topic right now considering that the top 35 in owner’s points are locked in to the each race, which is basically a golden pass to just run a qualifying lap to determine were you start the race and not to see if you make the race or not.Several teams over the years have been using these six championship provisional as a way to get there car in the field by hiring a former Sprint-Nextel-Winston Cup Series champion to drive there car and if that car don’t make it in, then the most recent champion can use the provisional – example: Bill Elliott in the #21 Wood Brother’s Ford subbing for Ken Schrader while the #21 was outside the owner’s points.NASCAR has even seen the owner’s points sold to other teams or given to other teams as the result of a merger – examples: first, Michael Waltrip back at the beginning of 2006 and second, as a result of the DEI-Ginn merger, t...
NASCAR ok?s Penske to swap owners points between Busch, Hornish
2007-12-15 23:24:00 NASCAR has approved Penske Racing?s request to transfer the owner points from Kurt Busch to Sam Hornish Jr., a move that locks the three-time IndyCar Series champion into the first five races of next season. Hornish publicly thanked Busch for giving him the points at the Penske holiday party on Friday night. Bud Denker, senior vice ...
Penske still chasing NASCAR carrot
2007-12-13 17:08:00 BY STEVE ROGERS Arkansas Democrat Gazette Roger Penske?s NASCAR teams were at the brink of a Nextel Cup title again this season. But when you drive for Penske, anything short of a championship is considered failure. ?There was considerable improvement this season with both of our Cup teams,? Penske said. ?But the carrot is out there for ...
Penske Names VP of Marketing:
2007-12-12 21:50:00 Penske Performance has appointed Jonathan Gibson as Vice President of Marketing, a newly created position within its organization. In this role, Gibson will oversee the sponsorship management, media and public relations, licensing as well as other marketing functions for Penske Performance, which includes its teams in NASCAR, the IndyCar Series and the American Le Mans ...
Great Penske 2007 Write-Up
2007-12-11 14:59:00 Mike over at Trouble In Turn 2 has a great write-up on Penske Organizations 2007 season. It is aimed at NASCAR so it is basically on Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch. He is actually doing write-ups on all the teams I believe. Great Job Mike The Pen(ske) is Mightier hits on the highs and lows of the ...
Penske Racing Announces Organizational Changes For 2008
2007-11-29 19:29:00 MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Nov. 28, 2007) Saying goodbye to one of its longtime leaders and fortifying itself for the future, Penske Racing announced several key organizational changes for the 2008 NASCAR season on Wednesday. Don Miller, who has served as President of Penske Racing South Inc. since its inception in 1990, is retiring from his position after nearly two successful decades at the highest levels of stock car racing. Miller, 68, has presided over 75 victories, 95 pole positions and more than $90 million in winnings for Penske Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series as well as NASCAR Busch and ARCA series events. Penske Racing also announced Wednesday that Mike Nelson, who just completed his first season as crew chief of the No.12 Alltel Dodge driven by Ryan Newman, has been promoted to Vice President of Operations. In his new role, Nelson will oversee Penskes entries in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series, reporting to Tim Cindric, ...
Penske Racing Announces Organizational Changes For 2008
2007-11-29 19:29:00 MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Nov. 28, 2007) Saying goodbye to one of its longtime leaders and fortifying itself for the future, Penske Racing announced several key organizational changes for the 2008 NASCAR season on Wednesday. Don Miller, who has served as President of Penske Racing South Inc. since its inception in 1990, is retiring from his position after ...
Dodge makes switch to Charger as its COT model
2007-11-29 19:22:00 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Dodge has confirmed that it will race the Charger in the Sprint Cup Series in 2008 and beyond, continuing to add to its rich NASCAR tradition. The Avenger had been used as the make’s Car of Tomorrow model in 2007. Dodge has elected to continue the winning tradition that legends David Pearson, ...
Penske still undecided about points switch
2007-11-15 02:34:00 Team owner Roger Penske said Saturday he hasn't decided if he'll move No. 2-Kurt Busch's points to Sam Hornish Jr. to guarantee the driver a spot in the first five races of next season. Hornish is leaving the IndyCar Series for a full NASCAR schedule next season, but his No. 77 Mobil 1 Dodge won't be one of the 35 cars locked into the first five races of the year. As a former series champion, Busch has a provisional that he could fall back on should he fail to qualify on speed. "We have a number of options and we're looking at all of them ... we'll see," Penske said at Phoenix International Raceway. "This isn't all about the first five races. This is about a long career for a great race car driver and someone who has delivered for us for a long time at Penske Racing."
Penske To Acquire Rallye Motors
2007-11-08 13:36:00 Penske Automotive Group, Inc., an international auto retailer headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, has signed a pact to buy Rallye Motors situated on Long Island in the cities of Glen Cove, Roslyn and Westbury, New York. The company announced plans last Wednesday for its second Long Island dealership acquisition. Rallye, a $700-million-a-year company, is famed ...
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Penske Staying with Dodge
2007-10-30 20:30:00 Penske Racing owner Roger Penske said Sunday that his team will be driving Dodges for years to come. Penske said he has agreed to a multi-year deal with Dodge. The team contract was set to expire at the end of the 2008 season.
Penske - Noting Newman - Oct. 16, 2007
2007-10-17 04:18:00 -- Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 12 Alltel Dodge Avenger, will make his 12th Cup start at Martinsville Speedway. It will be his 220th career start in the Cup Series.-- Newman has an average start of 5.8 and an average finish of 15.1. He only has one start outside the top 10a 24th in April after he spun during his qualifying lapand eight starts inside the top five, including two Bud Pole Awards..-- Newman has five top-10 finishes at Martinsville, all from the top five. He has four other finishes inside the top 20.-- Newman has led 83 laps in four Martinsville races. He has completed 5,190 laps of a possible 5,500 since he made his Cup debut at the Virginia track in 2002. Newman has a completion rate of 94.4 percent at the half-mile track.-- Newman's primary car this weekend is chassis PRS-509, which was last used at Loudon, N.H., where the Indiana native qualified fifth and finished ninth. The backup car is PRS-519, which was tested at Charlotte in August, but has not been used in ...
Ryan Newman and his Penske Racing #12 ALLTEL Dodge Team will be racing here
2007-10-12 03:31:00 Ryan Newman has 13 starts at Lowes Motor Speedway. Out of those 13 starts, Newman and his #12 Dodge Penske Racing Team have 6 pole(s), 0 win(s), 3 Top 5(s) and 5 Top 10(s).Newman has an average starting position of 11.1 and a average finish here of 29.7.All but 1 of Ryan Newman's 12 wins have come from intermediate tracks. Intermediate's. Newman has 142 starts at Intermediate's with 11 win(s), 41 Top 5(s) and 61 Top 10(s). He also has an average start of 8.5 and an average finish of 17.5.Ryan Newman and his #12 team will be taking chasis PRS-071 as thier primary chasis. Thier backup chasis is PRS-108And from PenskeRacing.com here is Ryan Newman's quote on Lowes Motor Speedway-- We had a great run last weekend, but couldnt pull out the win once those Hendrick cars came to the front. The last time we were in Charlotte, we had a really good, fast car and won the polethe first of three in a rowbut we had problems with the motor and went out of the race early. Were hoping to get back...
PENSKE:Noting Newman - Oct. 9, 2007 - Charlotte
2007-10-11 03:50:00 -- Ryan Newman will host his annual Fan Club Appreciation Day on Wednesday at Penske Racing. Fan Club members who registered will have the opportunity to spend time with Newman and his wife, Krissie, from 9 a.m. until noon at the race shop in Mooresville, N.C. Lunch will be provided for those who attend. Later that day, Newman will race at the Dirt Track at Lowe¿s Motor Speedway and fan club members will receive a special discounted price on their tickets. The Jani-King Southern Showdown begins at 7 p.m. EDT.-- Newman will make his 14th Cup start at Lowe¿s Motor Speedway in his No. 12 Alltel Dodge Charger this weekend. It will be his 219th career start in the Cup Series.-- Newman has an average start of 4.2 and an average finish of 21.5. He only has two starts outside the top five at Charlotte¿both in 2006¿and has earned six Bud Pole Awards, including one in May 2007.-- Newman has five top-10 finishes at LMS, including three top-fives. Newman finished 39th in May after engine troubl...
Ryan Newman and his Penske Racing #12 ALLTEL Dodge Team will be racing here
2007-10-05 13:01:00 Ryan Newman and his Penske Racing #12 ALLTEL Dodge Team will be racing here at Talladega Superspeedway this weekend for the UAW-Ford 500 .Talladega Superspeedway Quick Facts :Location - Talladega, ALcompleted - 1969Distance - 2.66 milesShape - Tri-ovalSeating - 143,231According to NASCAR.com Mark Martin has the Nextel Cup race record at Talladega with a speed and date of 188.354 - 05/10/97. Jeff Gordon has the qualifying record here with a speed and date of 192.069 - 04/28/2007.Ryan Newman has 11 starts at Talladega Superspeedway. Out of those 11 starts, Newman and his #12 Dodge Penske Racing Team have 0 pole(s), 0 win(s), 2 Top 5(s) and 4 Top 10(s).Newman has an average starting position of 12.4 and a average finish here of 19.8.Newman has not had that much success at Superspeedway's. Newman has 28 starts at Superspeedway's with 0 win(s), 4 Top 5(s) and 8 Top 10(s). He also has an average start of 15.9 and an average finish of 18.6.Ryan Newman and his #12 team will be taking chas...
Penske:Noting Newman - Oct. 2, 2007
2007-10-05 12:52:00 -- Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 12 Alltel Dodge Avenger, gave another lucky fan the chance to go Racin With Ryan last week in Manhattan, Kan. The Racin With Ryan promotion is sponsored by Alltel. At random locations throughout the season, Newman shows up at an Alltel Wireless store and surprises one lucky customer with a trip to a future race and the chance to have his or her name on the side of the Alltel Dodge. Last Thursday, Newman made a stop in Kansas and surprised a customer with tickets to the Nov. 11 Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. This was the third time this season that Newman had participated in the Racin With Ryan promotion. Earlier this year, he surprised a fan in Augusta, Ga., and awarded tickets to the spring race at Texas. His last surprise occurred in Rapid City, S.D., when he gave an Alltel customer tickets to the August Bristol night race.-- Newman will make his 12th Cup start at Talladega Superspeedway. It will be his 218th career start...
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Penske: Noting Newman - Kansas
2007-09-26 22:32:00 -- Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 12 Alltel Dodge Charger, will join several other NASCAR drivers Wednesday when they travel to Washington, D.C., to visit the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and spend time with soldiers who are back from Iraq and Afghanistan. The special day begins around 2 p.m. with visits to the hospitals different wards. After nearly three hours of talking with the soldiers, the drivers will spend an hour signing autographs and taking pictures with them. A dinner and mini concert will occur just before the drivers get on stage for a brief question-and-answer session. Then it is off to Dulles International for their return to North Carolina before the drivers and teams leave for this weekends Lifelock 400 at Kansas Speedway. This is Newmans first trip to the annual Tribute to the Soldiers event. Im excited to go up to D.C. and visit with the troops. I didnt get to go last year when the drivers went up to Walter Reed, but I think its a great opportunity for us to s...
Penske - Noting Newman - Dover
2007-09-20 06:07:00 -- Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 12 Alltel Dodge Avenger, will make his 12th Cup start at Dover International Speedway. It will be his 216th career start in the Cup Series.-- Newman has an average start of 5.7 and an average finish of 8.4. Newman has four Bud Pole Awards at Dover, including one for this year¿s June event. He has six other top-five starts at the track, as well as a 38th starting position.-- Newman has eight top-10 finishes at Dover, including three wins. He finished second in the June race. His other three finishes were 14th and two in 24th.-- Newman has led 807 laps in eight Dover races. He has completed 4,375 laps of a possible 4,404 since he made his Cup debut at Dover in 2002. Newman has a completion rate of 99.3 percent at the Delaware track.-- Members of Ryan Newman's and Kurt Busch's teams and people with Mobil 1 visited the children at St. Charles Children¿s Home last Saturday at Rochester, N.H. Team members played games before eating and opening presents ...
Penske proud of success this year as two-car team
2007-09-19 04:43:00 No plans to partner, but may bring on Hornish in 2008It often seems as if Roger Penske has conquered all in racing -- with the notable exception of NASCAR Nextel Cup, where a championship has eluded the otherwise prolific car owner and businessman.Penske has been involved in racing since he began driving himself in 1958, an endeavor he gave up in 1965 to begin building a sprawling business empire that has enabled his open-wheel race teams to capture the famed Indianapolis 500 a remarkable 13 times. Today that empire includes not only the Penske Racing South operation that oversees his NASCAR interests, but the vast Penske Corporation and its subsidiaries that employ some 34,000 people at more than 1,700 worldwide locations.His Cup teams have won 60 races, including two this season by Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 2 Dodge. And although Busch got off to a rough start in the Chase for the Nextel Cup last Sunday, struggling to a 25th-place finish at New Hampshire that dropped him to 12t...
Penske - Newman Leads Dodge Contingent With 9th-Place Finish; Mechanical Pr
2007-09-17 16:31:00 LOUDON, N.H. (Sept. 16, 2007) Ryan Newman led the Dodge contingent in Sunday's Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway with a ninth-place finish in his Mobil 1 Dodge Avenger, but teammate Kurt Busch had to settle for 25th after his Miller Lite Dodge developed a mechanical problem. Busch was running among the top five when on lap 119 of the 300-lap race, he told crew chief Pat Tryson that he thought his Miller Lite Dodge had dropped a cylinder. He began falling back through the field, having dropped to 16th on lap 141 when he made a scheduled green-flag stop. Busch's team didn't get a chance to check under the hood until the race's third caution flag, which fell on lap 149. The team continued to analyze the power loss during a stop on the fourth yellow on lap 165. After the fifth caution flag flew on lap 169. Busch brought his Dodge Avenger to pit road and shut off the engine. The team, aided by John Payne, engine tuner for Newman, made a spark plug change und...
Penske - Noting Newman - Sept. 11, 2007
2007-09-12 03:55:00 -- Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 12 Mobil 1 Dodge Avenger, will make his 12th Cup start at New Hampshire International Speedway. It will be his 215th career start in the Cup Series.-- Newman has an average start of 6.4 and an average finish of 11.3. Newman has four Bud Pole Awards and four other top-10 starts. His lowest start was 16th in July 2003.-- Newman has two wins at NHIS and six other top-10 finishes, including three top fives. -- Newman has led 518 laps in 10 races at Loudon. He has led at least one lap in each race except for last years Sylvania 300. He has completed 97.9 percent of the laps possible at the New England track3,148 of 3,215since he made his Cup debut at the track in 2002.-- Every September, when the NASCAR Cup Series visits Loudon, N.H., Ryan Newman and the No. 12 team make a stop at the St. Charles Childrens Home in Rochester, N.H. This year, all three Penske teams will make the trek to Rochester and play with the children, eat dinner and make ice cream su...
Penske - Noting Newman - Sept. 4, 2007
2007-09-05 13:43:00 NNCS-- Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 12 Alltel Dodge Avenger, will make his 12th Cup start at Richmond International Raceway. It will be his 214th career start in the Cup Series.-- Newman has an average start of 9.3 and an average finish of 11.1. Newman has one Bud Pole Award at RIR along with six other top-10 starts, including five from the top five. -- Newman has seven top-10 finishes at Richmond, including one win. Four of his top-10 finishes were inside the top five. He only has one finish outside the top 20 in 11 previous starts.-- Newman has led 355 laps in seven races at RIR. He has completed 4,275 laps of a possible 4,393 since he made his Cup debut at the 0.75-mile track in 2002. Newman has a completion rate of 97.3 percent at the Northern Virginia track.-- Raymond VanDerLinden of Springfield, Mo., won the Ink Ryans Ride contest and received VIP treatment at California Speedway during last weeks race weekend. VanDerLinden is a self-taught graphic designer.-- Crew chief Mik...
Penske Racing to build test track in Mooresville
2007-09-01 17:04:00 Penske Racing plans to build a test track in Mooresville similar in size and layout to the track at Richmond International Raceway. The 54-acre site on Mazeppa Road would include 1/4- and 1/2-mile ovals within the 3/4-mile oval track, and a 1.8-mile road course, documents filed with the Iredell County Planning Department show.At its neighboring race shop, Mooresville-based Penske already designs, makes and tests high-performance vehicles for competition in the Nextel Cup and Busch series, Indy Racing League, and Automobile Racing Club of America and American LeMans series.The test track also would accommodate law-enforcement training and recreational motorsports, but is not for spectators paying admission, Penske says in its filing with the county. Testing would be between 8am and 6pm/et, according to the filing. The acreage now includes two ball fields and a vacant lot. The land is zoned for heavy industrial uses, including race tracks, Iredell County Planner Rebecca Harper said.Pe...
Penske - Noting Newman Aug. 28, 2007
2007-08-29 18:46:00 NNCS-- Ryan Newman will make his 10th start at California Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series and the 213th of his Cup Series career. -- Newman has an average start of 11.7 and an average finish of 17.3 at California. Newman has one Bud Pole Award and three other top-10 starts, including a top-five in 2003. Newman has three top-10 finishes, including a career-best third-place in April 2004. -- Newman has led three races for a total of seven laps. He has completed 2,035 laps of a possible 2,255 for a 90.2 percent completion rate. -- Newman and Kodak have scheduled a press conference for 1:30 p.m. on Saturday in the drivers' meeting room at California Speedway. -- The Alltel team will participate in the Sept. 10-11 NASCAR COT test at Talladega Superspeedway. -- On Sept. 15, Newman and his Mobil 1 team will visit the St. Charles Children's Home in Rochester, N.H. -- Newman and wife Krissie will have a "Pit Road Pets" book signing for Meaty Bone at Talladega Superspeedway on Oct. 6. --...
Bernhard-Dumas clinch title for Penske and Porsche
2007-08-28 04:48:00 After their last pit stop, team driver Romain Dumas (France), who started in the #7 Penske RS Spyder, was packing…
Penske no Chase lock, but BMS another good show
2007-08-27 18:06:00 BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Team owner Roger Penske left Bristol Motor Speedway Saturday night confident his drivers, Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch, would have plenty of chances the rest of this season to race for wins, no matter if either of them makes the Chase for the Nextel Cup. And while the outcome of Saturday's Sharpie 500 reinforced the fact that, in 14th and 12th position in the standings, respectively, Newman and Busch's fates for the Chase might already be settled. Everyone at Penske Racing is keen to prove in the season's final 12 races -- half of which feature the Car of Tomorrow -- that they'll be contenders. That might have to hold them over until 2008, when the COT becomes "TOC" -- The Only Car in use in Nextel Cup. Despite Busch's sixth-place finish Saturday night and Newman's seventh -- the Penske veteran's fifth consecutive COT top-10 -- they remained right where they were coming into Bristol, and Newman remains 175 points out of a qualified...
Penske - Newman 7th, Kurt Busch 6th at Bristol's Sharpie 500
2007-08-27 04:28:00 BRISTOL, Tenn. (Aug. 25, 2007) Kurt Busch and Ryan Newman produced top-10 finishes Saturday night in the Sharpie 500 at the tough Bristol Motor Speedway, as they continued to fight for a position in the title chase.With two races remaining before the NASCAR Chase for the NEXTEL Cup begins, Busch maintains the 12th position with a 158-point advantage over the 13th-place Dale Earnhardt Jr. He also closed on the 10th- and 11th-place drivers with his sixth-place finish in his Miller Lite Dodge Avenger. Busch is now within eight points of the 11th-place Martin Truex Jr. and nine points of 10th-place Kevin Harvick."We knew that he [Earnhardt Jr.] finished right in front of us at the finish, but we didn't know at first that he'd sneaked in there and led a lap, too, like we did for the bonus points," said Busch, who possesses the final Chase eligible position. "We thought it'd turned out as a scratch and we were still 163 (points) ahead. But now they're telling me that we did lose five...
Penske - Only 3 Races Remain Before The Chase
2007-08-23 20:57:00 MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Aug. 22, 2007) With only three races remaining before the 2007 Chase for the Championship begins at New Hampshire International Speedway in September, Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 12 Alltel Dodge Avenger, is fighting to secure a spot in this year's title battle.Newman is sitting in the 14th position, just 171 points behind teammate Kurt Busch who possesses the final transition spot for the Chase.This weekend, Newman will compete in the NASCAR Busch and Cup Series races at Bristol Motor Speedway.On Friday night, Newman will drive the No. 12 Alltel Dodge Charger in the Food City 250 for his sixth NASCAR Busch Series start at BMS, his 36th in the Busch Series.Newman has an average start of 4.8 and an average finish of 5.0 at Bristol. He earned his first Busch Pole Award last year at this same race. His lowest start at BMS has been 15th; with his other three starts being two from third place and one from second.Newman has never finished a Busch race outside ... |
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