Ryan Newman's honeymoon is over

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A week and a day after winning the Daytona 500, Ryan Newman finished 10th in the Auto Club 500 at the newly named Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. It was a race that took two days to complete and was delayed by rain twice.
“The car was just OK," said Newman, driver of the No. 12 Dodge for Penske Racing. "At times we were a seventh-place car and at other times we were a 15th-place car. If you average it out I think we did a little bit better than we could have."
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race started on Sunday, but only 87 laps were completed before NASCAR officials stopped the race because of rain. They tried to restart the race on Sunday night, but decided to postpone it until the following day.
Newman was in 10th place when the race was stopped Sunday night. When the race resumed Monday, he maintained his spot and finished 10th.
"The Alltel/Samsung Dodge just held its own," Newman said. "We spent and extra day and an extra 168 laps and ended up in the same spot, so it’s alright.”

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