Ryan Newman and the Quicken Loans race team produced an impressive comeback in the TUMS Fast Relief 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Sunday at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. In the final 120 laps of the 500-lap event, Newman rallied from two laps down in 28th-place to finish 11th and on the lead lap. It was Newman’s 20th top-15 finish this season.
The effort was even more impressive because Martinsville marked the first race for Newman and new crew chief Matt Borland, who were reunited this weekend for the first time since 2006, in preparation for the 2013 season. Newman also had a new supporting crew of engineers and mechanics this weekend at the Virginia short track.
“It was a good rebound by our Quicken Loans team,” said Newman, who won the spring race at Martinsville. “Our car was entirely too tight, and it wasn’t working from about the second run of the race on. We made wedge and track bar changes, and it didn’t help. We made air-pressure changes, and it didn’t change anything. ...
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