THE Ryan Newman Race Preview - Atlanta

Ryan Newman and his Penske Racing #12 Mobil 1 Dodge Team will be racing here at Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend for the Pep Boys Auto 500 .

Atlanta Motor Speedway Quick Facts :
Location - Hampton, GA
completed - 1960
Distance - 1.54 miles
Shape - Quad-oval
Seating - 124,000
According to NASCAR.com Bobby Labonte has the Nextel Cup race record at Atlanta with a speed and date of 159.904 - 11/16/97. Geoffrey Bodine has the qualifying record here with a speed and date of 197.478 - 1997.

Ryan Newman's History At Atlanta Motor Speedway
STARTS - 11
POLES - 7
WINS - 0
TOP 5\'s - 1
TOP 10\'s - 4
AVG START - 3.1
AVG FINISH - 17.2

Ryan Newman's Previous Races at Atlanta
2007 - Kobalt Tools 500 - 1 - 23 - Running
2006 - Golden Corral 500 - 2 - 18 - Running
2006 - Bass Pro Shops 500 - 17 - 30 - Running
2005 - Golden Corral 500 - 1 - 14 - Running
2005 - Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 - 1 - 23 - Running
2004 - Golden Corral 500 - 1 - 5 - Running
2004 - Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 - 1 - 17 - Running
2003 - Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 - 1 - 10 - Running
2003 - Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 - 1 - 29 - Accident
2002 - MBNA America 500 - 2 - 10 - Running
2002 - NAPA 500 - 6 - 10 - Running

All but 1 of Ryan Newman's 12 wins have come from intermediate tracks. Newman has 143 starts at Intermediate tracks with 11 win(s), 41 Top 5(s) and 61 Top 10(s). He also has an average start of 8.4 and an average finish of 17.6.

Ryan Newman and his #12 team will be taking chasis PRS-108 as thier primary chasis. Thier backup chasis is PRS-082

And from PenskeRacing.com here is Ryan Newmans quote on Atlanta Motor Speedway--

Weve been having some really good runs the last few weeks, beginning with Talladega. We did really well at Charlotte until the truck arm broke with two laps to go, but I think weve improved a lot on our intermediate-track program, so were looking forward to Atlanta. Were taking a good car with us. We got the pole back in March and had to replace the engine before the race, so we started in the back and just couldnt get things going from there. Hopefully, well have some better luck this time around.