Newman scores last-place finish following early wreck at Bristol
Ryan Newman’s tough season continued in Saturday’s Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race as Newman fell out of the race following a Lap 169 wreck.
Newman hit the wall on Lap 169 in a wreck involving Cole Custer and Daniel Suarez. Custer and Suarez continued – with damage – but Newman failed to reach minimum speed and was forced to retire from the race, per the Damaged Vehicle Policy.
“I don’t know. I got turned into the fence,” Newman stated. “I’m not sure if it was my fault or if I got hooked or what, but it ended our day for our Kohler Generators Ford.”
The wreck led to Newman’s third DNF of the 2021 season.
Newman sits 25th in NASCAR Cup Series points, five points behind Daniel Suarez and six points ahead of Erik Jones.
Newman has earned two Top-5 finishes and five Top-10 finishes this season, an improvement from only two Top-10s in 2020.
SOURCES:
NASCAR
Racing-Reference.Info
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
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