On Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Ryan Newman addressed for the first time publicly the NASCAR penalty last week that stripped of him of his victory in the Whelen Modified Tour F.W. Webb 100 on July 16 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
NASCAR announced on July 20 that Newman was being stripped of the victory and disqualified from the event after it was discovered that the motor in his Kevin Manion owned Whelen Modified Tour car flagrantly skirted the rulebook.
Newman became the fourth driver since the inception of the Whelen Modified Tour in 1985 to be stripped of a victory.
"Penalty, no penalty, whatever it was, I was proud of the way our team performed up there," said Newman, who was making his eighth career Whelen Modified Tour start. "I was disappointed in what happened. Either why or how it happened I'm not sure a hundred percent."
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