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Edition 2005 of the “for Chase the NEXTEL Cup” could not have begun of better form for Ryan Newman in the track of New Hampshire International Speedway.
Newman prevailed over the leader of the match, Tony Stewart, in a duel side to side to gain his first race of the season, Sylvania 300, disputed east Sunday to afternoon before a multitude in the track of races of New Hampshire.
Newman, leading its ALLTEL/Mobil 1 Dodge, surpassed to Tony Stewart to two turns of the end, to mark his 12º victory of series NASCAR, and first of season 2005.
For Ryan this it was his first triumph from Dover in last September, breaking a drought of 33 races without triumphs of the equipment Penske South Racing.
“We did not know what was going to happen with us entering pits before all”, said Newman. “Luckily, our cycle of resupplies worked well and we could celebrate ours first victory.”
Newman was aircraft commander between the leaders of the race in realizing its final shutdown when the last flag of precaution was shaken. With 16 turns ahead, Ryan already was in the leadership, but to 8 of the end, it exceeded to Stewart in one fit it maneuver.
Ryan did not surrender and attacked Stewart in the final turns, returning to exceed it after an exciting battle side to side enters both pilots contenders title 2005.
Stewart most of led day, dominating 173 of the 300 turns, but simply it could not with Newman.
“It knew that its car was not so well balanced in the last turns, but it surpassed to me in the same way that I before made a pair of turns”, said Tony. “I did all the possible one to maintain the leadership, but it did not reach.”
Matt Kenseth, that recovered of pinchazo, concluded second, followed of its companion of Roush Racing, Greg Biffle.
Recovered a Dale Earnhardt Jr arrived fifth, followed of Rusty Wallace, Mark Martin, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Burton and Kevin Harvick.
The victory of Ryan made it to Newman scale nothing less than 8 positions in the table, to only 40 points of the leader Tony Stewart. The three participant marks, Chevrolet, Ford and Dodge, occupy the three first positions of the championship of pilots.
The champion of the series Kurt Busch behind schedule underwent a hard reverse this, after hitting Scott Riggs when three turns of race had only been completed. Busch damaged the radiator of its Ford, and returned to the competition very delayed, to culminate 35º.
I feel “It by Kurt, but it was a race accident. It removed to us from competition in Indianapolis, and without intention he did it here to Scott. I hope that it accepts our excuses”, explained Rodney Childers, first engineer of Scott Riggs.
But the accident and later controversy of the day, it happened in turn 191, an incident that surely much will give that to speak this week. Joe Nemechek and Mike Bliss were touched involving to Michael Waltrip and Robby Gordon in the incident.
According to Gordon, Waltrip took advantage of the confusion to hit it and to remove it from race, situation that obtained. Gordon, helmet in hand, hoped to that Waltrip completed the return to throw the helmet to him against its Chevy #15, that nearly it enters the cockpit of the car.
“All think that Michael Waltrip is a great type”, he began saying Gordon at the end of the test. “Then, it is not a good type, is a piece of m ”
Gordon and Waltrip were called by the NASCAR authorities to clarify the incident after the race. Both pilots could be suspended this week.
The series now will move until the track of races of Dover, to compete the next Sunday in the evening.

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