NASCAR: Ryan Newman Wins Martinsville Sunday Afternoon Madness

Racin’ with Russ—After watching the prior 495 laps of Sunday afternoon’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway, it would have appeared to most that a Hendrick car would finally land in victory lane for their 200th win.
Enter Ryan Newman and Clint Bowyer. With Jeff Gordon on the pole and Jimmie Johnson on the outside for the final restart, a Hendrick was a lock to win, right?
Wrong.Newman thought he’d give Bowyer a shot in the bumper to propel him ahead of the two Hendrick Chevy’s, only to surprise Bowyer with such a move and shove aside the top two into wild spins and utter chaos in the first turn. The final green-white-checker restart found Newman on the pole, AJ Allmendinger on the outside and...

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