Ryan Newman and his Penske Racing #12 ALLTEL Dodge Team will be racing here at Talladega Superspeedway this weekend for the UAW-Ford 500 .

Ryan Newman and his Penske Racing #12 ALLTEL Dodge Team will be racing here at Talladega Superspeedway this weekend for the UAW-Ford 500 .

Talladega Superspeedway Quick Facts :
Location - Talladega, AL
completed - 1969
Distance - 2.66 miles
Shape - Tri-oval
Seating - 143,231

According to NASCAR.com Mark Martin has the Nextel Cup race record at Talladega with a speed and date of 188.354 - 05/10/97. Jeff Gordon has the qualifying record here with a speed and date of 192.069 - 04/28/2007.

Ryan Newman has 11 starts at Talladega Superspeedway. Out of those 11 starts, Newman and his #12 Dodge Penske Racing Team have 0 pole(s), 0 win(s), 2 Top 5(s) and 4 Top 10(s).Newman has an average starting position of 12.4 and a average finish here of 19.8.

Newman has not had that much success at Superspeedway's. Newman has 28 starts at Superspeedway's with 0 win(s), 4 Top 5(s) and 8 Top 10(s). He also has an average start of 15.9 and an average finish of 18.6.

Ryan Newman and his #12 team will be taking chasis PRS-521, as thier primary chasis. Thier backup chasis is PRS-515.

And from PenskeRacing.com here is Ryan Newman's quote on Talladega Superspeedway--
This weekend is pretty much going to be a blank slate for everyone. Its the first time any of us will really get a chance to see how the COT car works on a superspeedway and I dont think theres any one driver or any one team that has a noticeable advantage this weekend. Weve had some bad luck the last couple of weeks, so were hoping to see some improvement this weekend and get another top 10 at Talladega like we did back in April.

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