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Post by pegbundy on Feb 23, 2018 23:03:52 GMT -5
HAMPTON, Ga. - Ryan Newman was within seconds of breaking a pole drought that dates to 2013 - until Kyle Busch made his final-round qualifying run at Atlanta Motor Speedway on 2/23/18.
Newman has seven poles at Atlanta and 51 total for his career, but the driver of the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet hasn't started first on the grid since claiming the top spot for the fall race at New Hampshire in 2013.
Though disappointed at the continuing pole drought, Newman believes his car will race well on Sunday.
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Feb 24, 2018 15:02:58 GMT -5
He was also fastest in final practice as well
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Post by pegbundy on Feb 25, 2018 22:55:24 GMT -5
22nd in the race but he still beat JJ.
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Feb 27, 2018 12:59:30 GMT -5
actually it wasn't to bad, if you want to look at the positives. After his damage, he was super tight & he thought the tow was out, but turned out it wasn't so they figured something else was bent. Once they got it loosened up (a lot) they were a top 6-8 in lap times even with a damaged car. So unlike last year where they never seemed to have any speed, looks like the cars might be better this year. I figured if he didn't get the flat he would have finished 8-10th most likely.
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