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[[Image:RyanNewman.jpg|right|250px|thumb|They would have gotten Tony Stewart, but nobody wanted to see another fat guy in an Optimus Prime costume.]]
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'''Ryan Newman''' is an American race-car driver born [[December 8]], 1977 in [[Indiana]].  He is the 2002 NASCAR Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year and the 2008 Daytona 500 winner.  He is currently the driver of the Stewart/Hass Racing #39 [[General Motors|Chevy Impala]] in NASCAR's Sprint Cup series.  On [[October 17]], 2009, he drove a car with a special [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]-themed [[Paint operation|paint scheme]] to promote the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' DVD release, finishing in eleventh place.  Hendrick Motorsports's [[Jeff Gordon]] ran with an opposing [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] scheme, finishing in fourth.
'''Ryan Newman''' is an American race-car driver born [[December 8]], [[1977]] in [[Indiana]].  He is the 2002 NASCAR Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year and the 2008 Daytona 500 winner.  He was formerly the driver of the Stewart/Haas Racing #39 [[General Motors|Chevy Impala]] in NASCAR's Sprint Cup series.  On [[October 17]], 2009, he drove a car with a special [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]-themed [[Paint operation|paint scheme]] to promote the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' DVD release, finishing in eleventh place.  Hendrick Motorsports's [[Jeff Gordon]] ran with an opposing [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] scheme, finishing in fourth.


==Notes==
==Notes==
* Newman is currently the only active driver in NASCAR with a college degree, a B.S. in vehicle structural engineering from South Bend University.
* Newman was the only active driver in NASCAR with a college degree at the time, a B.S. in vehicle structural engineering from Purdue University.
 
** I believe he graduated from Purdue University.


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://promo.espn.go.com/espn/contests/transformers/index ESPN's NASCAR/''Revenge of the Fallen'' promotional site.]
* [http://airgid.com/portfolio/ESPN_Transformers/ ESPN's NASCAR/''Revenge of the Fallen'' promotional site.]
* [http://www.ryannewmanfoundation.org The Ryan Newman Foundation's official site.]
* [http://www.ryannewmanfoundation.org The Ryan Newman Foundation's official site.]
* [http://www.stewarthaasracing.com Stewart/Haas Racing's official site]
* [http://www.stewarthaasracing.com Stewart/Haas Racing's official site]

Latest revision as of 08:04, 8 November 2025

Ryan Newman is an American race-car driver born December 8, 1977 in Indiana. He is the 2002 NASCAR Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year and the 2008 Daytona 500 winner. He was formerly the driver of the Stewart/Haas Racing #39 Chevy Impala in NASCAR's Sprint Cup series. On October 17, 2009, he drove a car with a special Optimus Prime-themed paint scheme to promote the Revenge of the Fallen DVD release, finishing in eleventh place. Hendrick Motorsports's Jeff Gordon ran with an opposing Megatron scheme, finishing in fourth.

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  • Newman was the only active driver in NASCAR with a college degree at the time, a B.S. in vehicle structural engineering from Purdue University.

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