In Saturday’s first practice session, Ryan Newman’s No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet ran over debris on the track and dislodged the bead blower (the fan that cools the edge of the tire that sits on the wheel). Repairing the problem and changing the splitter, which had sustained slight damage, cost Newman approximately 10 minutes of practice time.
“We caught something on the splitter and it came underneath the car and took out one of the fans which made a pretty good racket,” Newman said. “That’s why I slowed down and came in. I didn’t know what it was.
“If it were the race, I would have kept going, but it never popped the tire or anything, it just made a racket. I could hear something metal bouncing off of the frame rails and the bars and the chassis so I knew that we hit something or something happened. Brought it in and the guys assessed it and figured out what it was.”
Newman nevertheless was 12th fastest in Saturday’s first session, an improvement in race trim over his 21st-place starting position. Newman also was 12th fastest in final practice…
Championship 4 driver Joey Logano was rim-riding throughout Happy Hour and brushed the wall with the right rear corner of his No. 22 Team Penske Ford. The damage was cosmetic, and Logano soon returned to the track…
NASCAR isn’t likely to make a penalty determination about the rear suspension parts confiscated from the No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. until Tuesday at the earliest. The car failed Sprint Cup pre-qualifying inspection on Friday…
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