Ryan Newman would have liked one more restart in the rain-shortened Pennsylvania 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Sunday at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway. Newman, who was sixth when the race was called due to heavy rain and thunderstorms at lap 98, thought he could drive his No. 39 Haas Automation Chevrolet to the front of the field or – at the very least – reach the top-five with one more chance.“Our car was pretty good today. One more restart, and I think we would have been in really good shape with the Haas Automation Chevrolet,” said Newman, who notched his seventh top-10 finish of 2012 and his 10th top-10 in 22 career Sprint Cup starts at Pocono. “I really wish we would have gotten one more chance. Nevertheless, the guys did a good job. They fought hard, had decent pit stops.”The strong result continued Newman’s string of top-10 finishes dating back four races, starting with his fifth-place effort at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.“It was a good, solid day,” Newman said. “We nee...
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