It just wasn’t Ryan Newman’s weekend at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway.
Newman had to forfeit his third-place starting spot and drop to the back of the field before the start of the Charlotte 500 on Saturday night due to an engine change. Then he never could get the No. 39 Quicken Loans Chevrolet to handle to his liking during the race. Newman was forced to settle for a disappointing 20th-place finish at the 1.5-mile oval.
“We definitely took a hit with the engine change,” Newman said. “We had a really fast Quicken Loans Chevrolet in practice and in qualifying here at Charlotte, and it wasn’t the same in the race. Losing that practice on Friday night because of the engine hurt us, too, because we never quite got the car to handle the way I needed it to so that I could make up the ground that we had lost having to start in the back. It was a tough night for us. We had the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the car this weekend, and it would have been nice to get them and Quicken Loans ...
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October 13, 2012
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