Three in a row for the "Rocket Man". He led the most laps in the Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway despite not having a dominate car. There was some speculation among the drivers that Newman was "brake checking" on the restarts, but that simply wasn't the case. Newman made sure that he cleared the restart line to avoid a penalty for jumping the restart. Thanks to Newman's win, Dodge is now one win behind Ford in the Manufactures standings. Newman is "The Man!"

 

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He is on a role in the Busch Series, not the Nextel cups series. His 3 wins in a row do not compare to Tony's. I'm not coming down on him, everyone here knows I am the biggest Newman fan alive. But I don't see all the fuss about ANY Nextel Cup driver winning 3-in-row in the Busch Series. I mean sure, it's a great thing. He beat a lot of good drivers to win those 3 times. But I just wish he would do that in the Nextel Cup instead of Busch. BTW, He is known for his talent at Bristol and short tracks in general. Let's hope he can pull it off on at the 500!

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Ryan Newman led the final 113 laps of the Food City 250. Credit: Autostock

Newman perseveres for third consecutive victory
Long night results in No. 39 giving Dodge first Busch win at Bristol
The Associated Press
August 27, 2005
01:18 AM EDT (05:18 GMT)

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Ryan Newman outlasted two long rain delays, 12 cautions and overtime to stretch his winning streak to three consecutive races in the Busch Series with a victory Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Newman inherited the lead in the Food City 250 under caution when the cars in front of him had to make scheduled pit stops on Lap 139. He was still there when the second rain stoppage of the night was called, and resumed the race as the leader after delays totaling almost two hours.


Ryan Newman is the winner again. Credit: Autostock

He then had to hold off several charges from Kasey Kahne, especially on the numerous restarts in the waning laps. Kahne made several attempts to pass him, but spun himself out with 30 laps to go as he raced for the lead.

With Kahne out of the way, it left fellow Nextel Cup stars Greg Biffle and Kevin Harvick as the only two challengers to Newman. Biffle was attempting to pass Newman with 17 laps to go when Newman was saved by a spin by Carl Edwards that brought out the 11th caution.

Racing resumed with 11 laps to go, and Newman was again aided by another caution just when it looked as if Harvick and Biffle were making another run at him with five laps left. It set up a two-lap sprint to the finish under NASCAR's green-white-checkered flag finish policy that Newman won by building a huge lead in his Dodge on the restart.

"Obviously the cautions played to our benefit," Newman said.

Biffle finished second and Harvick was third.

"We definitely had the faster car," Biffle said. "I just didn't want to see those cautions in the end. I could have got Ryan so easily in the end."

Clint Bowyer was fourth -- the best finish by a full-time Busch drivers. He was followed by Johnny Sauter and series points leader Martin Truex Jr., who finished sixth.

Newman, a Cup regular who has only entered four Busch races this season, started his winning streak Aug. 13 at Watkins Glen then won last week in Michigan. This victory in the Food City 250 made him the first driver since Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 1999 to win three in a row.

The Busch Series record is four consecutive victories, set by former series champion Sam Ard in 1983.

"That's definitely cool,' Newman said. "I read some of the stats of what the history was with Sam Ard doing it, and it's pretty cool.'

Kyle Busch started from the pole and led the first 63 laps. But he erred under caution one lap later when he tried to pit before the service road was opened. Earnhardt, Truex and Paul Menard all followed him and all were penalized by NASCAR.

Reed Sorenson started the day ranked third in the points standings, but wasn't allowed to qualify for the race after NASCAR caught a crew member rubbing an unauthorized substance on one of his tires after practice. The team member and crew chief Brian Pattie were ejected from competition and NASCAR said additional penalties would be announced next week.

Sorenson was able to salvage the day with an 11th-place finish and is still third in the standings.

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Unofficial Race Results

Food City 250 | Bristol Motor Speedway

August 26, 2005 | Race 26 of 35

Fin St Car Driver Make Sponsor Pts/Bonus Laps Status
1 3 #139 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 190/10 252 Running
2 4 #66 Greg Biffle Ford Duraflame 175/5 252 Running
3 20 #21 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Reese's 165/0 252 Running
4 14 #2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet ACDelco 160/0 252 Running
5 15 #1 Johnny Sauter Dodge Yellow Transportation 155/0 252 Running
6 2 #8 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops/Tracker 150/0 252 Running
7 6 #81 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Menards 146/0 252 Running
8 24 #64 Jamie McMurray Dodge Top-Flite Golf 142/0 252 Running
9 26 #33 Tony Raines Chevrolet Outdoor Channel 138/0 252 Running
10 22 #19 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet ConAgra/Hunt's Ketchup 134/0 252 Running
11 42 #41 Reed Sorenson* Dodge Home123 Corp. 130/0 252 Running
12 9 #35 Jason Keller Ford McDonald's/Snap-On 127/0 252 Running
13 16 #20 Denny Hamlin* Chevrolet Rockwell Automation 129/5 252 Running
14 31 #38 Mike Wallace Dodge Great Clips 121/0 252 Running
15 19 #59 Stacy Compton Ford Kingsford/Bush's/Food City 118/0 252 Running
16 13 #146 Robert Pressley Ford Tempstar Heating & Cooling 115/0 252 Running
17 27 #184 Randy LaJoie Chevrolet Dexter's Laboratory 112/0 252 Running
18 10 #143 Jeff Green Dodge Channellock/Curb Records 109/0 252 Running
19 8 #6 Kasey Kahne Dodge Hellmann's 106/0 252 Running
20 23 #32 Jason Leffler Chevrolet Win Fuel 103/0 252 Running
21 25 #34 Todd Bodine Chevrolet Dollar General 100/0 252 Running
22 30 #4 Kevin Hamlin Dodge GEICO 97/0 252 Running
23 40 #44 Justin Labonte Chevrolet U.S. Coast Guard 94/0 252 Running
24 17 #99 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet Aaron's 91/0 252 Running
25 12 #40 Sterling Marlin Dodge Family Dollar 88/0 252 Running
26 18 #14 David Stremme Dodge Navy "Accelerate Your Life" 90/5 252 Running
27 35 #27 David Green Ford Kleenex/Food City 82/0 252 Running
28 33 #23 Mark Green Chevrolet BMAR 79/0 252 Running
29 7 #60 Carl Edwards* Ford Charter Communications 76/0 252 Running
30 29 #18 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Vigoro/The Home Depot 73/0 252 Running
31 21 #25 Ashton Lewis Ford U.S. Marines 70/0 251 Running
32 38 #58 Regan Smith Dodge Samson Stone 67/0 248 Running
33 36 #0 Kertus Davis* Chevrolet RaceGirl 64/0 248 Running
34 28 #12 Joel Kauffman Dodge Kaleidocolors by Supercuts 61/0 248 Running
35 11 #22 Kenny Wallace Ford AutoZone 58/0 235 Running
36 43 #49 Steve Grissom Ford Advil Liqui-Gels 55/0 229 Running
37 41 #47 Jon Wood* Ford Clorox/Wisk/Food City 52/0 203 Running
38 1 #5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Lowe's/Spectrum Spectracide 54/5 177 Out of Race
39 37 #28 Derrike Cope Ford Mighty EZY 46/0 159 Out of Race
40 39 #75 Jay Sauter Chevrolet Food Country USA/Lays 43/0 147 Out of Race
41 5 #11 Paul Menard Chevrolet Menards/Marvel Mystery Oil 40/0 137 Out of Race
42 34 #36 Stanton Barrett Pontiac The Darden Company 37/0 95 Out of Race

* Denotes Rookie