Ryan Newman: Engineering Speed (Harlequin NASCAR) [Hardcover]

Deb Williams (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin NASCAR | Publication Date: September 1, 2004

Ryan Newman grew up in South Bend, Indiana, and, with encouragement from his parents, has been racing since the age of four and a half. He started with quarter midgets, which he describes as "go-carts with roll cages," moved up into Midgets, and later, Sprint cars. Despite his youth, Newman has a remarkable record so far in his racing career, including over 100 quarter-midget victories. The year 2000 marked the successful debut of Newman's career with Penske Racing. That year he had six starts: five in the 2000 ARCA Bondo Mar/Hyde Series and one in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. In the five ARCA starts Newman earned two wins and three poles. In 2001 Newman drove a blended "ABC" season -- ARCA Re/Max Series, Busch Grand National Series, and Winston Cup. In 26 starts he finished in the top-ten on 11 occasions. In addition, he had one ARCA win and pole, one Busch Series win and six poles, and the Winston Cup pole at the All-Star race in Charlotte. In 2002 Newman drove the newly-numbered #12 ALLTEL Penske Racing Ford Taurus full-time in the Winston Cup Series. He finished the season as the Raybestos Rookie of the Year, with 22 top-10 finishes, six poles, and one regular-season win. In addition, he won the Winston All-Star race. Newman has the brains to go along with his talent at driving race cars. He completed his degree program in vehicle structure engineering at Purdue University, where he was the recipient of the Rich Vogler Memorial Scholarship.

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About the Author

Deb Williams has been with NASCAR Winston Cup Scene since January 1986 and has been the publication's editor since January 1, 1993. Prior to joining Scene, she was with United Press International for six years, sports editor of The Mountaineer newspaper in Waynesville, NC, for 1 1/2 years, and with Sunbelt Video during the inaugural season of the TV show "Inside NASCAR." She is secretary-treasurer of the National Motorsports Press Association, a member of the board of trustees of the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame and Museum, assists with Stocks for Tots, an annual event at Christmas in which racers come together to raise money and toys for abused and neglected children in North Carolina, and a member of the advisory board for the motorsports management program at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. She is the author of a book on Ray Evernham entitled. Evernham: Racer, Innovator, Leader, and has two other books scheduled for release in 2004. One is on Alan Kulwicki and the other is on Holman-Moody.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 191 pages
• Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC; First Edition edition (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 158261783X
• ISBN-13: 978-1582617831
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 9.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,366,001 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Great Great !!, November 3, 2004

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This review is from: Ryan Newman: Engineering Speed (Harlequin NASCAR) (Hardcover)

This is a really good book, I`m a Ryan Newman fan since his beginning in the Nascar Cup debut, i thought i knew a lot about him, but this book proove me wrong...NOW i Know everything about him!!! If you a Ryan fan, don`t miss this one !!!