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ryan_newman_nascar_nscs_indy_pole_july2013Ryan Newman Wins 50th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole
‘Rocket Man’ Moves Into Ninth Place On All-Time Poles List

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (July 27, 2013) – In winning the Coors Light Pole Award at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Ryan Newman, a native of South Bend, Ind., became the ninth driver with at least 50 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series poles.

With a speed of 187.531 mph (47.992 seconds), Newman won his first Indianapolis pole, and joined an exclusive list that features some of the sport’s all-time greats. Here is the exclusive “50 Poles Club”:
Newman won 11 poles in 2003, the largest single-season number of a NASCAR Sprint Cup career that began in 2000 thus earning him the nickname “Rocket Man.” This is the 12th season in which Newman has won at least one pole. Newman has won five or more poles in five different seasons.

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Daytona 500 - Practice Ryan Newman 39 Chevrolet SS1 39 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans / The Smurfs Chevrolet 47.992 187.531
2 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools Chevrolet 48.016 187.438
3 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 48.088 187.157
4 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 48.097 187.122
5 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1 / Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet 48.173 186.827
6 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row / Beautyrest Chevrolet 48.200 186.722
7 5 Kasey Kahne Great Clips Chevrolet 48.223 186.633
8 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet 48.248 186.536
9 24 Jeff Gordon Pepsi Max Chevrolet 48.264 186.474
10 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 48.314 186.281
11 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 48.399 185.954

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12 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 48.408 185.920

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Chevrolet LogoYou could say Chevrolet has run the table at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in recent years – 10 years to be exact. The last non-Chevrolet to win at the Brickyard was Ray Evernham’s Dodge, driven by Bill Elliott, in 2001. A General Motors product has won 15 of the 19 races held at the Brickyard. Ford’s third and most recent victory was recorded by 2014 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Dale Jarrett in 1999. Toyota, which joined NASCAR Sprint Cup competition in 2007, notched its best finish at Indy last year with Kyle Busch’s runner-up performance.

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danica-patrick-bristol-march-2013This could be a big week for Stewart-Haas Racing. Two of its drivers, Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman, are Indiana natives. A third, Danica Patrick, will become the first female to compete in a NASCAR Sprint Cup race at the fabled track. Stewart has won the 400-mile race in 2005 – when he fashioned his second of three titles – and 2007. Newman’s best finish of fourth came in 2002. He was seventh in 2012. Patrick finished fourth in her first Indianapolis 500, third in 2009 and among the top 10 in six of her seven 500 starts.

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