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David NewtonBlog | Chats | E-mailDavid Newton covers motorsports for ESPN.com after a career covering the NFL, college athletics and NASCAR. Newton spent the past year breaking stories and serving as a lead writer for NASCAR.com. He previously covered NASCAR and the Carolina Panthers for South Carolina's largest newspaper, The State, in Columbia. He has also served as a correspondent for Sports Illustrated, covered seven Super Bowls, dozens of college bowl games and every major race on the NASCAR circuit. |
At This Hour: 9pm ET Pettitte to Pitch, Danica Coming to Nascar, Ryan Improving
SportsCenter...Wednesday and monitor his status from there. Chris McGrath/Getty Images According to ESPN.com's David Newton of, Indy Car racer Danica Patrick will drive a part time schedule for the Nationwide Series...
Blog | December 07, 2009At This Hour 3p et: Detroit No Shows, Tenneessee, Hendrick Motor Sports
SportsCenter...AP Photo/Glenn Smith KNAUS TO REMAIN WITH JOHNSON, HENDRICK MOTOR SPORTS: According ESPN.com's David Newton, Chad Knaus has committedto being Jimmie Johnson's crew chief at least through the 2015 season...
Blog | November 24, 2009Post-Chase odds and ends
Ryan McGee...2001 Jimmie Johnson 4 2006-09 Darrell Waltrip 3 1981-82, 85 Cale Yarborough 3 1976-78 David Pearson 3 1966, 68-69 Lee Petty 3 1954, 58-59 Hail To The Chiefs Jimmie Johnson...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009
Junior: New Enquirer story bunk; hot tub one …
David NewtonHOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. laughed when asked on pit road Friday if recent allegations in a National Enquirer story entitled "Dale Earnhard...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 21, 2009Hamlin versus Keselowski: Let 'em race
David NewtonAVONDALE, Ariz. -- I digress to the debacle at Talladega Superspeedway and a comment made by Denny Hamlin after NASCAR president Mike Helton told driv...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 15, 2009Thank you, Carl, for the ride of my life
David NewtonAVONDALE, Ariz. -- Between the whirling wind atop Rattlesnake Hill and the roar of the trucks circling Phoenix International Raceway below, I barely c...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 14, 2009Fallen soldier, friend will be missed
David Newton...province, Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive detonated. He was assigned to Camp Lejeune, N.C. The Rev. David Kite eulogized Fowlkes at his funeral. "He gave laughter in situations that were really difficult to find...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009Petty to Danica: 'This is not as easy as it looks'
David NewtonLAS VEGAS -- Richard Petty had signed about his 300th autograph at the SEMA Show on Wednesday when I informed him that Danica Patrick was close to a d...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009Working the garage yields fun results
David NewtonTALLADEGA, Ala. -- A few sights and sounds from the Sprint Cup garage at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday as a Halloween weekend gave way to a full m...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 01, 2009Junior keeping McGrew, but lacking excitement
David NewtonTALLADEGA, Ala. -- Call me crazy, but Dale Earnhardt Jr. looked like the most unexcited excited driver in the history of NASCAR during Friday's announ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 31, 2009Here's your chance to sponsor a Cup car
David NewtonMatt Ferguson was watching a Sprint Cup race in March when he turned to his wife with what at first seemed like another one of his crazy ideas. He wa...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 29, 2009New crew chief for underachieving Busch
David NewtonCHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Kyle Busch didn't look very intimidating standing next to Big Show and Chris Jericho as a guest host of WWE's "Monday Night Raw." ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009Gordon no longer the top dog at HMS
David NewtonMARTINSVILLE, Va. -- As four-time Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon left the podium in the infield media center at Martinsville Speedway on Friday he sh...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 24, 2009Junior Nation makes some noise
Ryan McGee...transmission during Saturday night's race, leading to yet another brutal finish. That was followed by David Newton's Wednesday story that included comments from another former crew chief, Tony Gibson. Among Gibson's...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 22, 2009
Random thoughts from a recliner at Duke Hospital
David Newton...the least bit depressed, I remember Richard Petty's response when asked whether he felt sorry for David Pearson after the Silver Fox drove 90 minutes in the rain not to be selected to NASCAR...
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