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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. |
NASCAR eyes more 2-day weekends
David Newton, ESPN.comNASCAR is exploring the possibility of more two-day weekends for 2010 in an effort to help organizations save money.
Story | Conversation | September 25, 2009Others don't force separate test sites
David Newton, ESPN.comOne of the primary issues Jeremy Mayfield's attorneys are using to get their suspended client back on the track would not hold up in the National Football League or the Olympics.
Story | Conversation | June 01, 2009Expert: NASCAR lacks banned-drugs list
David Newton, ESPN.comA prominent authority on drug testing says the suspension of Jeremy Mayfield further enhances his belief that the sport needs to provide a public list of banned substances to protect itself legally.
Story | Conversation | May 11, 2009Super Bowl and 500 would not mix well
David NewtonCHARLOTTE, N.C. -- If you don't understand the power of the NFL, you will after you read this piece. Owners at the NFL's league meetings this past we...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 27, 2009France: Earlier remarks 'misunderstood'
David Newton, ESPN.comNASCAR chairman Brian France doesn't plan to leave the sport, which has been run by a member of his family since it began in 1949, anytime soon.
Story | Conversation | January 22, 2009There are some NASCAR fans in New York, but you have to look for them
David Newton, ESPN.comA check around town will quickly tell you NASCAR is not on the front burner -- or any burner -- of New York sports. But there are fans to be found and though they might be troubled by the sport's status here, champion Jimmie Johnson takes it all in stride, writes David Newton.
Story | Conversation | December 05, 2008Don't bet on it? Vegas has spoken, and JJ will be your champion
David Newton, ESPN.comJimmie Johnson is the Sprint Cup champion. OK, it hasn't actually happened yet, but Las Vegas oddsmakers are so confident, they've taken the championship proposition off the board, writes David Newton.
Story | Conversation | November 05, 2008Busch's 2008 accomplishments overshadowed by postseason fade route
David Newton, ESPN.comThink folks will remember what Kyle Busch accomplished in 2008? Without a doubt … but for all the wrong reasons, writes David Newton.
Story | Conversation | October 23, 2008With the NFL in his rearview, Gibbs turns focus to race teams and family
David Newton, ESPN.comThink Joe Gibbs has less to worry about since leaving the Washington Redskins? Uh, no. Coach still has plenty on his mind these days, trying to keep up with Tony, Kyle, Denny and Joey.
Story | Conversation | September 05, 2008Will Fike's revelation about drug use prompt NASCAR to take action?
David Newton, ESPN.comWill Aaron Fike's revelation that he used heroin on race days prompt NASCAR to reexamine its drug-testing policy? It should, writes David Newton.
Story | Conversation | April 09, 2008With NFL coaching days behind him, Gibbs joins JGR full time
David Newton, ESPN.comCoach Joe is back, but he's not calling the shots in NASCAR anymore.
Story | Conversation | January 22, 2008NASCAR playing catch-up when it comes to driver compensation
David Newton, ESPN.comStock car drivers raced for 10 bucks and a case of beer in the old days. Today they have million-dollar motor homes and private jets. What happened?
Story | Conversation | November 06, 2007Should drivers face random testing? NASCAR says no
David Newton, ESPN.comThere's nothing wrong with NASCAR's drug-testing policy, spokesman Jim Hunter says. Others disagree, saying NASCAR needs to get tough before someone gets killed, writes David Newton.
Story | Conversation | July 20, 2007NASCAR's free-market system unlike any other
David Newton, ESPN.comNASCAR calls it free enterprise at its best. Ray Evernham's not so sure. Free agency for drivers and other team members has no checks and balances, he says. And sooner or later, NASCAR will be forced to take a stand.
Story | Conversation | June 22, 2007Grandson's leukemia gives Gibbs new perspective
David Newton, ESPN.comJoe Gibbs has faced adversity, but the emotion in his voice as he talks about his 2-year-old grandson fighting leukemia is something else, writes David Newton.
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