Ryan Newman returned again to surprise consuming less fuel of the anticipated thing in its Dodge, to take to Banquet 400 presented by ConAgra Foods in the Kansas Speedway. For the North American this it is his eighth triumph of the year, and until the most winning moment undisputedly of the calendar.
Newman chose not to pause resupply in the last, to 65 turns of the end, when the majority of its opponents they did if it. Soon it maintained a rough duel with another Dodge, the one of Bill Elliott, finally to remain with the triumph after 267 turns.
Jeremy Mayfield, that also decided not to pause, arrived third party with another Dodge completing first the 1-2-3 of the North American mark. With this impressive mark, Dodge is placed like the manufacturing second more winner of the year, with eight triumphs, against the seven of Ford and the 14 of the Chevrolet leader. And in addition now it is placed to only 11 points of Ford in the championship of constructors.
“I believe that there are no doubts of that the best car of the race owned”, Mayfield said talking about to Elliott. “I am in favor very happy of this result and today it has been a great day for the Dodge mark”, said Jeremy.
Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Jamie McMurray, Rusty Wallace and Ricky Rudd completed the ten best ones classified.
On the other hand the triumph of Newman has been controversy object after the conclusion of the test. Several pilots have let glimpse that the consumption of the Dodge de Newman is more under the normal thing.
“I am going to begin to buy fuel where Newman does”, Tony Stewart said ironically. Meanwhile the declarations of Harvick were much more forceful. “I really do not believe that Ryan secures a yield so different from the rest of the competitors. If there were more than one than he obtained the same consumption with another car, he would be something more credible, but always it is the car of… truly makes magic…”, explained ofuscado Harvick.
The certain thing is that Newman competed 117 miles without resupplying itself. But Jeremy Mayfield, also with a Dodge, was able to extend its yield and to finish third party in identical situation that Newman.
“What says what they want… I never never made trap nor I will do it. Today we won in good faith and much people cannot understand that”, adding, “Moan that pilots of the caliber of Stewart or Gordon that of my has said, and of my equipment. He is very offensive”, commented winner Ryan Newman.
Matt Borland, group leader of the Dodge #12 of Newman, left to the crossing of the accusations. “Ryan classified fifth and today it had one of the best cars of the park. It is dissapointing when somebody accuses to you without foundations. We never made trap. We have a good strategy that sometimes works and sometimes no, like when we remained without fuel in Indianapolis”, ended up saying.
The leader of the points, Matt Kenseth, returned to obtain a disastrous result. Matt released with the reserve car after destroying the holder in an accident during Friday. In Kenseth race it tried to avoid the accident of Waltrip without success. With his severely damaged car it returned to track in turn 114, 46 returns behind the leader. Finally it arrived 36º and its advantage in the championship descended drastically from 354 to 259 points.
