Late Incident Drops WIX Filters Driver to 23rd-Place Finish
Date: May 12, 2012
Event: Southern 500 (Round 11 of 36)
Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Location: Darlington (S.C.) Raceway (1.366-mile oval)
Start/Finish: 4th/23rd (Running, 367 of 368 laps completed)
Point Standing: 14th (307 points, 104 points out of first)
Winner: Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet) in a green-white-checkered finish
Driving the No. 39 WIX Filters Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), Ryan Newman finished 23rd the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Southern 500 on Saturday night at Darlington (S.C) Raceway.
Newman fought an ill-handling racecar for much of the evening but was still in pursuit of a top-15 result with five laps to go. However, an incident involving Newman, Kurt Busch and Aric Almirola pushed Newman back to 23rd ... FULL STORY »
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RICK HENDRICK, TEAM OWNER, HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS
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JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S/KOBALT TOOLS CHEVROLET – QUALIFIED 2ND
TELL US ABOUT THAT FIRST LAP THAT WAS SO IMPRESSIVE:
“It was just a great lap. We have been working hard on the car all day. It had a lot of comfort ... FULL STORY »
DANICA PATRICK., NO. 10 GODADDY.COM CHEVROLET met with members of the media at Darlington Raceway and discussed her first laps at Darlington and other topics.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (May 10, 2012) -- After an eventful weekend at Talladega in the Nationwide Series, Go Daddy's Danica Patrick is ready to take on a new challenge at Darlington Raceway. Go ... FULL STORY »
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Darlington is an ... FULL STORY »
