Ryan Newman: Accomplishing the Mission at New Hampshire, Again

  “Mission Accomplished.” That’'s what Ryan Newman and the U.S. Army ROTC Racing team did last July at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon when the team took a dominant racecar from the pole position to victory lane. While it was Newman’'s second victory since joining Stewart-Haas Racing in 2009, it was his first in the U.S. Army Chevy. Since sliding behind the wheel of the Soldiers’ racecar for the first time at Daytona International Speedway in February 2009, Newman had asserted his desire time and again to get the U.S. Army Chevy in victory lane and to win a race for the more than 1 million soldiers who protect and serve our country. While Newman had come close to winning in the U.S. Army Chevy on numerous occasions, he had never captured that top spot until last July. But just like the U.S. Army Strong Soldiers that Newman and his team represent, they never quit and refused to give up. Newman carries a badge of honor in the star of the U.S. Army logo that adorns the ...