Ryan Newman Advance
Bristol Motor Speedway
NBS Notes:
Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 Alltel “Fastap” Dodge Charger, will make his fourth NASCAR Busch Series start at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday night and his 30th in the series.
In three previous starts at the short track, Newman has two starts from the third position and one from the 15th position, giving him an average start of 7.
After starting third in last year’s race, Newman went on to win the rain interrupted Food City 250 in August 2005. His other two finishes at the 0.553-mile track have also been in the top 10. He finished sixth in March 2001 and eighth that following August. His average finish at BMS is fifth.
In NASCAR Busch Series events at Bristol, Newman has completed every lap – 752 laps of a possible 752. He has led one race for 114 laps, which occurred en route to last year’s victory.
Matt Gimbel, crew chief of the No. 39 Alltel “Fastap” Dodge Charger, will take chassis PBC-007 to this weekend’s Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway. This car was raced in California earlier this year and finished second. The car was tested at Richmond in March and then raced at RIR in May where Newman finished fifth. At Darlington in May, the car was running well, but a loose fuel line caused the car to have problems and finish 30th.
Newman on Bristol: “I’m real excited to get back to Bristol for the Busch race. Obviously, we had great success here last year with a win in August and we’re looking forward to accomplishing the same thing this year.”
“This team has done so well this year with two wins with Kurt (Busch) in the car. At the moment, this is our last scheduled Busch race for the year, so we’d like to take some of the momentum from the past couple of weeks and finish big with another victory for Penske Racing and the whole 39 team.”
Quick Stats:
Bristol Motor Speedway: 3
Races Led/Laps Led: 1/114
Best Starting Position: 3 (twice)
Best Finishing Position: 1 (8/26/05)
August 2005 Start: 3
August 2005 Finish: 1
