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Ryan Newman to leave Penske Racing
By Reid Spencer,Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service, July 15

The 2008 Daytona 500 winner won't be defending his title with Penske Racing next year.

Newman's Career at Penske

Year	Races	Win	T5	T10	Pole	Rank
2000	1 of 34	0	0	0	0	70
2001	7 of 36	0	2	2	1	49
2002	36 of 36	1	14	22	6	6
2003	36 of 36	8	17	22	11	6
2004	36 of 36	2	11	14	9	7
2005	36 of 36	1	8	16	8	6
2006	36 of 36	0	2	7	2	18
2007	36 of 36	0	7	15	5	13
2008	19 of 19	1	2	7	1	16

9 years

243

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According to team owner Roger Penske, Ryan Newman will leave the organization at the end of the season in a parting described as a mutual decision.

The departure paves the way for Newman to sign with newly formed Stewart-Haas Racing, in which driver Tony Stewart recently acquired 50 percent ownership. Newman, 30, is the leading candidate to team with the two-time champion at Stewart-Haas next year.

"We want to thank Ryan for his hard work and contributions to Penske Racing over the past nine years," Penske said in a statement. "We wish Ryan all the best for the future, and we'll continue to focus our efforts on making the Chase (for the NASCAR Sprint Cup) with Ryan and the Alltel Dodge team this season."

Newman is 16th in the championship standings, 189 points behind 12th-place Denny Hamlin, who currently holds the last Chase-eligible position. Newman, who debuted with Penske in 2000 but didn't run his first full Cup season until 2002, has 13 victories and 43 poles in 243 races. He has one win (Daytona 500) and one pole (Phoenix) this season. The victory ended an 81-race winless drought.

Next Sprint Cup Race:

What:ALLSTATE 400 AT THE BRICKYARD
Where: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
GREEN FLAG: 2:00 p.m. ET July 27
TV: ESPN,1:00PM . ET
Radio: IMS/Sirius Satellite Ch. 128.
Distance:160 Laps 400 Miles
Track layout:2.5 paved track
2007 Winner:Tony Stewart

Todays Headlines:

--Kobalt the leader to replace Craftsman

-- Busch to test in Newton

--Huffman Returns to Racing

--A stock losing speed

--NASCAR star bikes for charity

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Kobalt the leader to replace Craftsman
By Michael Smith, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service, July 15

The races for title sponsorships on two motorsports properties, NASCAR’s truck series and the IndyCar Series, are heating up.

Busch to test in Newton
CSD Staff, July 15

Kyle Busch plans to run a test session Thursday at the Iowa Speedway. Busch is running in Sunday's ASA late model series race in Newton. Fellow NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth also plans to run on Sunday. He is scheduled to test this weekend prior to the race.

Huffman Returns to Racing
CSD Staff, July 15

Former JR Motorsports driver Shane Huffman will climb back behind the wheel this weekend for a one-race deal in the ARCA Series.

A stock losing speed
By Jefferson George, Charlotte Observer, July 15

No matter whose side you take in the tiff between Bruton Smith and H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler over Wheeler's departure from Speedway Motorsports, one thing is clear: Wall Street isn't happy with the company's performance of late.

NASCAR star bikes for charity
By Kathryn Grondin, Daily Herald Staff, July 15

Dozens of suburban NASCAR racing fans got a rare chance Monday to give a little bump - though more often a hug - to driver Kyle Petty himself during his pit stop in Lombard Illinois.

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,July 15

3: Two-time winners of the Nationwide Series race at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Ill. Dale Earnhardt Jr. won in 1998 and '99, Kevin Harvick won the next two years, and defending champion Reed Sorenson also won in 2005. The 12th Nationwide race at Gateway is Saturday night.

This Day in NASCAR History
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,July 15

1971: Richard Petty wins the seventh and final NASCAR race at Islip (N.Y.) Speedway. The Islip 250 -- a 250-lap race on the two-tenths of a mile track -- was shortened to 230 laps because of a scoring error. Petty wins by more than two laps over Friday Hassler, and Elmo Langley finishes third, six laps behind Petty

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