Monday, March 20, 2017

Ryan Newman's first win since 2013 paid out at 80-to-1 odds

Ryan Newman's Phoenix win was his first since 2013 (Brickyard).
Ryan Newman gambled and skipped a tire-changing pit stop to move from seventh place to the lead and held on for the final two laps and a surprise victory in Sunday's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup series race.

The 39-year-old Newman, who broke a 127-race winless streak, held off Kyle Larson, the second-place finisher for the third consecutive race.

Kyle Busch, the leader for nearly all of the final stage of the race, was third on a day when the temperature soared to 97 degrees at Phoenix International Raceway.

Like nearly all the rest of the field, Larson and Busch went to the pits on the late caution caused when Joey Logano's car blew a right tire and slammed into the wall six laps from the finish.

Read More Here....Los Angeles Times

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