THE Ryan Newman Race Preview - Texas

Ryan Newman and his Penske Racing #12 ALLTEL Dodge Team will be racing here at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend for the Dickies 500 .

Texas Motor Speedway Quick Facts :
Location - Fort Worth, TX
completed - 1996
Distance - 1.5 miles
Shape - Quad-oval
Seating - 159,585
According to NASCAR.com Carl Edwards has the Nextel Cup race record at Texas with a speed and date of 151.055 - 11/06/05. Terry Labonte has the qualifying record here with a speed and date of 192.137 - 2000.

Ryan Newman's History At Texas Motor Speedway
STARTS - 7
POLES - 2
WINS - 1
TOP 5's - 1
TOP 10's - 1
AVG START - 12.9
AVG FINISH - 27.6

Ryan Newman's Previous Races at Texas
2007 - Samsung 500 - 20 - 32 - Running
2006 - Samsung/RadioShack 500 - 14 - 40 - Accident
2006 - Dickies 500 - 24 - 34 - Running
2005 - Samsung/RadioShack 500 - 1 - 16 - Running
2005 - Dickies 500 - 1 - 25 - Running
2004 - Samsung/Radio Shack 500 - 15 - 39 - Accident
2003 - Samsung/RadioShack 500 - 3 - 1 - Running
2002 - Samsung/RadioShack 500 - 36 - 40 - Engine

Ryan Newman and Intermediate Track Racing -
Newman has 144 starts at Intermediate\'s 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 17.7.

Ryan Newman and his #12 team will be taking chasis PRS-110 as thier primary chasis. Thier backup chasis is PRS-108

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

Were taking a brand-new car to Texas this week. We tested it at Kentucky, but thats the only time its been on the track, so well see how it goes.

Last week, we had problems with our car all weekend. It didnt qualify the way it usually does and then it just got worse as the weekend went on. We had some great momentum going into Atlanta, but well be able to get that back during these last three weeks and hopefully, we can win a second time at Texas.