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Car No.: 39 - Haas Automation Chevrolet Impala

Teammate: Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing

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Budweiser Shootout Car - Chassis No. 39-573:

This is a brand new chassis for the No. 39 team. The car was wind-tunnel tested in late January. It will turn its first laps on a racetrack in practice on Thursday at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.

Budweiser Shootout Notes of Interest:

• The Budweiser Shootout at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway will kick off Newman's sophomore season with Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) and the No. 39 team. Newman will pilot the No. 39 Haas Automation Chevrolet in his eighth Budweiser Shootout. In 2010, Newman's No. 39 will be sponsored by Haas Automation, U.S. Army and Tornados.
• In his first season with SHR, Newman scored two pole positions - Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway in May, and Martinsville (Va.) Speedway in October - five top-five and 15 top-10 finishes en route to a berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship and a ninth-place points finish.
• Setting the Standard - Newman, along with teammate and SHR co-owner Stewart, led all Sprint Cup drivers in laps completed in 2009 in only the team's first season. Newman and Stewart each completed 10,468 of a possible 10,492 laps over the 36-race points-paying season - an incredible 99.8 percent. They failed to complete just 24 laps and they both finished all but one race - the fall event at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
• In eight starts in the Shootout, Newman has posted two top-five finishes. The eight-year Sprint Cup Series veteran finished fourth in 2003. In 2005, he finished second, just .199 seconds behind race-winner Jimmie Johnson.
• Newman Returns to Shootout - Last year, Newman was left on the outside looking in following a change in how drivers gained entry to the Budweiser Shootout. Prior to that, the Shootout had recognized pole winners from the previous season. As a perennial pole winner - Newman has earned at least one pole in each of the past nine seasons - Newman was an annual participant in the Shootout. The 2009 race marked the first time since his rookie season in 2002 that Newman did not compete in the Shootout. Newman earned a spot in the Shootout during his rookie season thanks to his first Sprint Cup Series pole, which came at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 24, 2001, in just his third career Sprint Cup start.
• In 16 starts in points-paying races at Daytona, Newman has one win (2008), two top-five and three top-10 finishes. Newman also has one victory in an ARCA car at the 2.5-mile racetrack
• Daytona Victory Celebration: A Dream Come True - On Feb. 17 2008, Newman achieved a lifelong dream by capturing a win in the 50^th Daytona 500. Newman, who had led only a handful of laps during the 200-lap event, took the lead on the backstretch of the 2.5-mile superspeedway and was pushed to victory by then-teammate Kurt Busch, with his father, Greg, spotting. It was without a doubt the biggest moment of Newman's racing career, and it provided a huge sense of accomplishment for him, as everything that he and his family and friends had worked for throughout the years culminated in a large celebration in the sport's most famous victory lane. "After the race, I said I could hear my dad's teardrops over the radio while he spotted for me as I came to the start-finish line to win, and I think that shows the importance of this race and this place to me and my entire family," Newman said. "I always said that just competing at Daytona was an honor. When I was a kid, my dad would bring me to Daytona for the 500 and we would make fake passes with construction paper and glitter so that I could sneak into the garage and meet the drivers. Years later, being part of that was truly amazing. Winning the Daytona 500 was a dream-come-true. I still can't put it all into words, but I would love to do it again."
• Hoping for Better Luck at Speedweeks the Second Time Around with SHR - In 2009, Newman entered Speedweeks and Daytona International Speedway as the defending champion of NASCAR's crown jewel - the Daytona 500. The week also marked Newman's first outing with his new No. 39 SHR team. The team's first race weekend together was unforgettable, but for all the wrong reasons. Due to a rule change, Newman was kept out of the Budweiser Shootout - which up to that point had always recognized pole-winners from the previous season - for the first time in his career, although he had captured a pole at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz., during the 2008 Sprint Cup Series season. So the team turned its focus to the Daytona 500. A super-quick racecar helped Newman qualify third - two-thousandths of a second off the pole - for the Gatorade Duels. After qualifying, Newman and the team were thrilled with their prospects for the remainder of the week. However, things didn't go as planned. A blown engine in Wednesday practice meant Newman had to give up his second-place starting spot for his qualifying race on Thursday afternoon, and he had to start at the back of the pack. That meant little as Newman showed how strong his car was by moving to the front. However, with 13 laps remaining in the qualifying race, Newman was sent into the wall by another competitor, destroying his No. 39 racecar and forcing the team to go to a backup car for the Daytona 500. The team's backup car showed it was just as strong as the primary car in practice on Friday, but Newman's bad luck wasn't over. In Saturday's final practice for the Daytona 500, Newman cut a tire, sending his No. 39 car into the wall directly in front of teammate and car co-owner Tony Stewart, who had nowhere to go. Newman was forced to a second backup car (his third car of Speedweeks) and Stewart also had to go to a backup car. Although Speedweeks didn't go as planned for the 2008 Daytona 500 champion, it helped the fledgling No. 39 team to come together and work as a unit. The adversity taught the team the value of working in unison, communication and trust in each other - a lesson that isn't always easily learned. It was something that served the team well as it battled through its first season to earn a berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship and a ninth-place finish in the points.
• Newman has 45 career Sprint Cup poles, and he is currently tied for 11^th on the all-time career pole list with the legendary Buck Baker. Newman is third among active full-time Sprint Cup drivers behind Jeff Gordon (67) and Mark Martin (48). His last pole came on Oct. 23, 2009, at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.
• Newman has a career total of 13 wins, 45 poles, 68 top-fives and 121 top-10 finishes in 296 Sprint Cup starts. His most recent Sprint Cup win came 71 races ago in the 50^th running of the Daytona 500 in February 2008, which ended a winless streak of 81 races that dated back to the 2005 event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon.

Ryan Newman's Performance History in the Budweiser Shootout:

×Race length extended due to green-white-checker finish.