Ryan Newman Info

The heat is on as the event at Daytona Beach takes place. The shrouded mist was totally removed as the Preseason Thunder in Daytona surges the dust bin. The 2012 event will happen in the aim to open and make adjustments for a conditioned and safe altitude.

After the sizzling afternoon of practice session to be held on the day of Thursday, NASCAR had announced the changes that will happen for today’s session for testing.  There would be an increase of diameter in the restrictor plate of opening ranging from one over thirty second inch up to fifteen over sixteenth inches. The changes will aim in adding the estimated total of twenty horsepower to the engine plus the increase in the velocity.  In addition, vehicles are said to have lowered their pressure valve setting ranging to 30psi up to 25 psi plus narrowed grille opening to decrease airflow in the engine. The potential of the adjustments was made to decrease lap numbers so that the cars will push one another and avoid overheating.

NASCAR officials stated that the event was not only to test teams but for the NASCAR as well; the main aim of the officials is to maintain the safety and improve the performance of the vehicles.

Mike Helton, NASCAR president stated that the organization aims to reach the goal of being responsible in making decisions to keep the race perfect for everybody and reach their expectation during the coming Daytona 500. The statement was given by Helton during lunch break addressing the media’s of today’s session. In addition, he also stated to balance and watch the speed to make everybody comfortable.

The event is open to all drivers with a well-tuned car with good performance. Officials of the said event shall be checking the course to make the race safe for everyone and so that everybody would enjoy. As the event walks closer, fans and other enthusiasts prepared themselves to witnessing the action and the chance to capture every highlight of the race.

NASCAR requires drivers in participating the drafting session in assisting and giving them information. Officials are hoping to be able to apply a baseline when drivers come back for the Speedweeks happening next month. The drafting was very interesting, seeing restrictor plates and smaller spoiler, Jeff Gordon stated that the cars got power and speed that would make the race very exciting!

Meet Ryan Newman

Ryan Newman is not your ordinary NASCAR driver, who has an immense talent behind the wheel, but he also has an in-depth understanding of what a car is designed and built to do on the racetrack. It is that combination that has made Newman one of the most successful and respected figures in modern motorsports. Newman has never taken for granted his success. Instead his focus has been on how to improve his stats with each racing season and in turn achieving his ultimate goal, a Sprint Cup Championship.

Newman made his racing debut in 1993 in the United Midget Auto Racing Association and the All-American Midget Series, winning both Rookie of the Year and the championship. His 100 feature wins and two titles have him in the Quarter Midget Hall of Fame. Moving to USAC in 1995 running the C.E. Lewis #39 Drinan Chassis powered Brayton Motor, he was ROTY again in both the Midget Series and the Silver Crown in 1996. In 1999, he was the first driver to win in all three divisions while being the Silver Bullet Series champion in the #14 Beast Chassis powered Chevy.

Newman began working for legendary racing icon Roger Penske in 2000, winning 3 of the five ARCA RE/MAX Series races he entered, and making his Winston Cup debut at Phoenix International Raceway. In 2001, Newman continued in both ARCA and NASCAR, while attending Purdue. Newman ran 15 Busch Series races that season, winning poles in his 2nd and 3rd career starts and scoring his first career win at Michigan International Speedway in just his 9th career start. He also had a series-high 6 poles. Around this time he would meet racing legend Buddy Baker, who would eventually become his mentor on superspeedways. On July 15, 2008, Newman announced that he was leaving Penske at the end of the season, and a month later, it was confirmed he was joining newly-formed Stewart Haas Racing in 2009, in the number 39 (his number during his midget-driving years) Chevy Impala. U.S. Army signed on for a three-year sponsorship deal, though only for 23 races of the 2009 season. Despite a slow start, Newman has given his career a boost since the move. Including a pole, 5 top fives, and 12 top tens, and an average finish of 14.0, his best since his 8 win season in 2003.

Ryan’s Family

Ryan Newman made his Nationwide Series debut on February 12, 2001 at Rockingham) in the Alltel 200. He started second and finished ninth; it was his first of fifteen appearances in the 2001 season, where he finished with one win and eight top-10 finishes. He regularly averages five series races per season. Newman made his Truck Series debut on October 25, 2008 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, starting 10th in the 33 truck field driving Kevin Harvick’s #2 Truck and passed his teammate Ron Hornaday with less than five laps to go to pick up his first truck series win in his first start making him the first driver to get their first Truck win at Atlanta and becoming the 4th driver to win in their first Truck race and joining the list of drivers who have won in all three of NASCAR’s top series.

Newman and his wife, Krissie, operate the Ryan Newman Foundation, which performs a three-fold mission: to educate and encourage people to spay/neuter their pets and to adopt dogs and cats from animal shelters; to educate children and adults about the importance of conservation so the beauty of the great outdoors can be appreciated by future generations; and to provide college scholarship funding through the Rich Vogler Scholarship program, of which Newman himself was a recipient, to students interested in auto racing careers.