Ryan Newman (racing driver)
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Ryan Joseph Newman, nicknamed "Rocket Man", is an American professional stock car racing driver that competed in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2000 to 2023. He claimed 18 official wins including the 2008
Newman at Daytona International Speedway in 2020
Newman's 2008 Daytona 500 car, on display at the Daytona 500 Experience
Newman pits his No. 39 Impala
Newman tandem racing with Dale Earnhardt Jr. during the 2011 Gatorade Duels at Daytona
2020 Daytona 500
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The 2020 Daytona 500, the 62nd running of the event, was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on February 16–17, 2020. It was contested over 209 laps—extended from 200 laps due to an overtime finish, on the
Ryan Newman (racing driver)
…photo-finish by .007 seconds, the sixth closest finish in NASCAR history. On February 17, 2020, when leading on the final corner of the final lap of the 2020 Daytona 500, Newman's car was tapped in the rear by Ryan Blaney, who was running second. Newman's car veered across the track and bounced off the outside wall…
Daytona International Speedway, the circuit where the 62nd annual Daytona 500 took place. The first twenty laps were raced on Sunday afternoon and the remaining laps (including the green-white-checkered finish) were completed on Monday evening.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. scored the pole position.
Ryan Newman crashed on the final lap as Denny Hamlin (#11) and Ryan Blaney (#12) raced to the finish line
Denny Hamlin won the race.