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Ryan Newman Starting 10th At Richmond

Ryan Newman will be starting 10th for the Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400 at Richmond International Raceway.

Newman posted a speed of 125.348 / 21.540 trailing behind the pole setter Denny Hamlin by -0.145.

Today, in the only practice the cup series has for this race, Newman also posted a 10th fastest time of 121.946 / 22.141 and -0.263 behind the leader. Dale Earnhardt JR turned out the fastest lap of that practice.

Mike over at Trouble In Turn 2 points out today that you really shouldn’t be to concerned with practice times. I have to agree, although I have to admit that I am always curious to see how Newman and the other drivers did in practice.

You should read Mike’s post HERE. His post is about how to pick your fantasy drivers for the week, but the info in his post applies elsewhere as well.

In the videos that I have posted it amazes me that Newman is being asked about what it’s like in a loosing drought. I don’t think it was asked specifically of him, but still, he just won 9 races ago. And it was the Daytona 500. So why is he even fielding questions about being in a drought. Amazes me.

Here are you top ten qualifiers and the ones going home.

Richmond 0508 Qualifying

POS	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	SPEED	TIME	BEHIND
1	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Express	126.198	21.395	Leader
2	8	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	126.033	21.423	-0.028
3	1	Martin Truex Jr.	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker	125.839	21.456	-0.061
4	10	Patrick Carpentier*	Dodge	LifeLock	125.827	21.458	-0.063
5	41	Reed Sorenson	Dodge	Target	125.722	21.476	-0.081
6	42	Juan Montoya	Dodge	Texaco / Havoline	125.587	21.499	-0.104
7	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	Pedigree	125.494	21.515	-0.12
8	19	Elliott Sadler	Dodge	Stanley Tools	125.488	21.516	-0.121
9	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Budweiser	125.441	21.524	-0.129
10	12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	Alltel	125.348	21.54	-0.145
		DID	NOT	QUALIFY
44	40	Ken Schrader	Dodge	Kennametal	123.344	21.89	-0.495
45	33	Scott Wimmer	Chevrolet	Camping World/ RVs.com	123.316	21.895	-0.5
46	34	John Andretti	Chevrolet	Camping World	123.316	21.895	-0.500
47	21	Jon Wood	Ford	U.S. Air Force	121.578	22.208	-0.813

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