Spinning my wheels: Newman loves Dover

Mike Harmon - FoxSports

The Contenders

Ryan Newman -
Newman closed the regular season with a series of strong qualifying efforts, as you'd expect, and parlayed them into six top-16 finishes in the final eight events. He then qualified fifth in the Chase opener and raced to a strong ninth-place finish. He's one of the favorites at Dover, where he's raced to eight top-10 finishes in 11 career starts while leading an amazing 18.34 percent of all laps run. He's won the pole in three of his last four starts here (four overall) and has raced to three wins (six top fives).


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