Ryan Newman
Sharp AQUOS 500 at California Speedway
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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.
The Ryan Newman Fan Club Appreciation Day will be Oct. 10 from 9 a.m. to noon at Penske Racing before Newman competes in a Late Model Race at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Crew chief Mike Nelson and the Kodak team are taking chassis PRS-108 to California as its primary car for the Sharp AQUOS 500. It was raced at Chicago in July and at Michigan in August. The backup car is PRS-071, which was raced at Charlotte in May and Michigan in June.
Newman On California:
It's getting down to the last couple of races to make it into the Chase and we need to have two more good runs in order to qualify this year. We're working hard on our end, but all we can do is wait and see what happens
