Ryan Newman and the Darlington Raceway

Ryan Newman and Penske Racing's #12 Alltel Dodge NASCAR Nextel Cup Team go racing at the Darlington Raceway for the Dodge Avenger 500

Darlington Raceway is located in Darlington, SC. It is a 1.366 Mile Oval 23-25 degree banking track. Turns 1 and 2 have 25 degree banking while turns 3 and 4 have 23 degrees of banking. The frontstretch is 1229 feet long with 2 degrees of banking and the backstretch is 1229 feet long with 2 degrees banking.


Darlington Raceway has a Nextel Cup Race Record of 139.958 by Dale Earnhardt on 3/28/1993, and a top Nextel Cup qualifying record of 173.797 by Ward Burton on 3/23/1996.


Out of the last 8 races Dodge's have won 1 times, Fords 2 times, Chevrolets 4 times and Pontiacs have won 1 times.


Now lets get to what we really care about, Ryan Newman and the Darlington Raceway.Newmans record at here is good. He has raced here 8 times with 1 pole(s), 0 win(s), 4 top 5's and 5 top 10 finishes.


Newman has an AVG start here of 4.4 and an AVG finish of 11.5. Newman has also completed 98.42% of all laps he has raced here and led 210 laps out of those 8 races.


Ryan Newmans record at intermediates is good. Out of 128 races he has 11 win, 38 top 5's and 54 top 10 finishes. His intermediate average starting position is 7.9 with an average finishing position of 15.8.


Good luck to Ryan Newman and the Penske Racing's #12 Alltel Dodge NASCAR Nextel Cup Team at Darlington Raceway for the Dodge Avenger 500 this coming week and weekend!!!


Mike Pratt