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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. |
Post-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
Sources: Danica near NASCAR deal
Ryan McGee, ESPN The MagazineIndyCar Series and crossover media star Danica Patrick is nearing completion of a two-year contract with JR Motorsports, the NASCAR Nationwide Series operation owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr., according to a source close to the talks.
Story | Conversation | November 04, 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
Pearson swallows a bitter pill
Ryan McGee...Center. "Looks like today it was David Pearson, don't it?" Pearson told ESPN.com's David Newton that he knew he was out the instant that Bill France Jr.'s name was read...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2009
Danica's still NASCAR's biggest prize
Ryan McGee...Nationwide* May 30 Indianapolis IRL * I hadn't thought of this until my ESPN.com colleague David Newton talked about it with Lowe's Motor Speedway president Marcus Smith on Tuesday. In the days...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 08, 2009
No wiggle room for suspended Mayfield
Ryan McGee, ESPN The MagazineThe hidden message behind the indefinite suspension of Jeremy Mayfield for a failed drug test is crystal clear: NASCAR means business.
Story | Conversation | May 09, 2009Return of the King
Ryan McGee...seeing little or no personal benefit. Sadly, the rift is not unique to Yarborough. His old rival David Pearson and Cale's combatants from the famous Daytona 500 fight of 1979, Bobby and Donnie Allison...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 08, 2008Who will win the 2008 Chase? Who knows! But our crew likes JJ
Ryan McGee, ESPN The MagazineAsk the experts -- at least our experts -- how the Chase will come out and the answers may surprise you. Or infuriate you, writes Ryan McGee.
Story | Conversation | September 12, 2008One-time Chase contenders looking like pretenders now
Ryan McGee, ESPN The MagazineExpanding the Chase to 12 drivers would seem to make things easier for them to get in. It has, in theory, but the list of drivers likely to miss is an impressive one, writes Ryan McGee.
Story | Conversation | July 15, 2008ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT AARON FIKE
Ryan McGee...process over the winter by having his initial conversation with the league's outside drug consultant, Dr. David Black of Aegis Labs. It was Dr. Black who explained to me that the process is designed...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 15, 2008Seattle gets a date, Cali loses one … and Joey Logano is crowned in Vegas
Ryan McGee, ESPN The MagazineRyan McGee peered into his trusty crystal ball and viewed some rather shocking images for the year 2015. Seattle has a Cup race, Toyota and Honda get a home date at Twin Ring Motegi and Joey Logana wins his first crown … in Vegas!
Story | Conversation | March 05, 2008Motor homes and private jets? Old-timers raced for 10 bucks and a case of beer
Ryan McGee, ESPN The MagazineLet's put this money thing in perspective. Richard Petty earned $8.5 million over a 35-year career that produced seven Cup championships. Yet The King still trails Scott Wimmer -- yes, Scott Wimmer -- on the career earnings list.
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