Ryan Newman Wins the Camping World 500 at Phoenix International Speedway

Mar 21, 2017

Ryan Newman's crew celebrates the win at Phoenix International Speedway

Ryan Newman won the fourth Monster Energy Cup Series race of the season at Phoenix International Raceway for the Camping World 500. This was Newman’s first win in 127 races, the longest drought of his career.

“It's sweet for so many reasons. I said that when I won the Brickyard. I said that when I won at Daytona” Newman said. “This has been the longest drought I've ever been in. Even in Phoenix, the runners up suck. It's just a hard-fought race, a hard-fought battle, a hard-fought four years. I got to thank Richard and Judy, everybody at RCR, ECR, for not only giving me the opportunity to drive the racecar, but giving me a racecar that's in contention to win a race”.

This was also the first win for Newman’s crew chief Luke Lambert in 157 attempts.

“Yeah, it's really, really hard to assess the magnitude right now. I can't say enough about what it means” Lambert said. “I couldn't be prouder of everybody within the company, everybody on my race team. Ryan, you know, everybody has really worked very, very hard to get us here where we are today. I said earlier, I think Ryan really left it all on the racetrack today. He was exhausted”.

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Kyle Larson racing during the Camping World 500

Newman made a risky move at the end of the race, not going into the pits for a tire change, on a two lap overtime run, setup this overdue win. Newman led once for six laps. He won 42 points and five playoff points. He ranks 11th overall in the Monster Energy Cup Standings.

Kyle Larson once again came in second place, staying in that spot for the third race in a row and fourth time in five races this season. He led three times for a total of three laps.

“But, yeah, you know, it was a fun race for us. We ran no worse than fourth I think all race. Was really happy about that” Larson said. “Challenged for the segment win there the first stage with Joey. That was a lot of fun. Finished second, I think, the second stage, too. Second overall”.

Kyle Busch came in third place, leading twice for a total of 114 laps and the majority of the race.

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Ryan Newman and his crew celebrate his Camping World 500 win

Busch would have had an easy path to the finish line, if it had not been for Joey Logano’s blown tire, that caused a caution with five laps to go.

Joey Logano won the first stage of the race and also won 1 playoff point. Chase Elliott won the second stage of the race and 1 playoff point as well.

Larson leads the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series standings with 184 points, and no playoff points. Brad Keselowski is in second place with 178 points and 5 playoff points. Chase Elliott is in third place with 171 points and 1 playoff point.

The next race in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will be at the Auto Club Speedway for the Auto Club 400.

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