Very underrated comment

if it wasn't for the dodge engines being unreliable he would have dominated Kenseth in the points.

Not to mention his 8 wins

Fuel mileage was a big deal that year

@@mistertheking he also probably would've won the spring darlington race if not for hitting the kill switch on pit road and not realizing it until he was 8 laps down.

That was Newman in his prime. I wish he could have stayed like that in the 2010’s.

Any higher and they would sound like F1 engines

MrCopter let’s not go that far and say all that haha

Zero viscosity oil

RIP

they had a u shaped x pipe. look up "dr gas nascar exhaust" on youtube. Its purely the exhaust layout, (and the high rpm was a result of no tapered spacer, so they had about 950hp)

Exact same here although I was in high school.

sameeeeee

Yesss middle and high school for me but loved watching qualifying on Speed

Same but middle school. Friends wouldn't want to watch but I'd be like SHUTUP WE'RE WATCHING.

Literally same lol it’s how I knew the weekend started! Probably why I became a Newman fan

i do miss getting home from 8th grade back then, turning on speed, and watching cup qualifying, then trackside, and hopefully a truck race to cap off a friday night. if i knew it was the golden era of nascar, i would've cared more at the time.

Qualifying and practice used to be an event on its on. Once they took away the ability to change motors and started worrying about cost it lost its cool. I miss the higher horsepower.

Man qualifying was awesome back in the day. The way it was presented I think had a lot to do with it. Plus the go or go home cars

@@ashketchumsdad plus cars had the tech at the time and HP to break track records. Nothing could be more exciting at a qualifying session than seeing a driver break a track record.

@@250R1983lover absolutely. There was a lot of hype for it because it could happen anywhere besides the plate races and Atlanta. Especially when Newman qualified.

@Mike North Late to the conversation, but every team was put in the spotlight for qualifying. I'd imagine that helped smaller teams get sponsors

You ain't lying. That car was flying through the corners.

“FOURTEEN NINETY!!!!!! I can’t BELIEVE that!!”

Likewise. A guy that came out of no where and lit up the charts was definitely and attention getter.

@@BrettMKW One could argue Newman being the greatest or at least one of the greatest, qualifier of all time, given his insane speed. To be honest, I think he would have kept that speed going, if the gen 4 car lasted longer

@@BrettMKW I'm talking in pure dominance over an era. I mean it was like 1 every 4 races. Was incredible. Isaac, Pearson and Petty are others that come to mind. Granted i wasn't able to watch those other guys race. Not saying he is the greatest qualifier ever, but I'd definitely mention his name before I make that list. And he would be a finalist too

2017 Dover: *Hello*

@Caleb J. Reed Good

@Caleb J. Reed This is the meme. images.app.goo.gl/JsfUg8ayDKQrJ2DX8

I actually defended him after that, so I'm exempt from such criticism.

@@gabemarques9073 Same. People shouldnt get mad. Newman races that way with every single driver, his entire career. And you know what? It clearly works for him. Most of his wins came from some pit road strategy with old tires I believe Dale Jarrett even said when Newman was in the hunt for the title in '14, "he's the best I've ever seen on two tires". There is no way that 31 car gets to homestead in 2014 without him in it. And certainly it put him in the playoffs last year, giving life to a team that so desperately needed it. I doubt anyone will look at that team and predict he'd make the playoffs. Most scoffed at it, barring an unforeseen win. A format that doesn't favor overachievers as much as raw speed thanks to stage racing. But Newman did it man. By 3 points. And those 3 points were in large part to him racing someone's favorite driver on lap 83.

Imagine if he was driving for Penske now...

Imagine if we still had qualifying

TheMW2informer Yes yes yes!

They did 🤣

@@gagemeyer363 when?! I can’t find it.

@@TheMW2informer I just typed in 2000 qualifying sessions for nascar. You can look through and find the truck you want

Agreed. This year's Daytona 500 in general was one of the craziest I ever saw, and as pumped as I was when Denny Hamlin(3rd favorite Cup Series driver)won, I was concerned for Newman. Although, I knew he would have some injuries from the wreck, I didn't think it was fatal.

@@kjprodouctions9050 me to

@@marcisawesome0469 Fyi, I initially wanted Jimmie Johnson to win his 3rd Daytona 500, but he was involved in that big crash late in the race.

@@kjprodouctions9050 yeah I watched the whole onboard he's still planning to retire after the 2020 season 😭😢😫

@@marcisawesome0469 Full time anyway. He could run some races in 2021.

Yes and hes also a good driver cause hes driving for a 4 star team and finishing top 10 and top 15

Not on short tracks and road courses. Its low downforce.

@@Fastcat4242 Fair enough. However, why have a rule package where driver skill is unnecessary on any circuit in the first place?

9:10 is way better.

uhh, did you forget about 2005?

He single handily improved safety

Kyle Busch won his first race back after breaking his leg and won the championship in 2015 so I think it’s possible

Merety_ 91 I know but Ryan Newman don’t have the best equipment

Yeah, bc the crash at Daytona.

Mike S thanks

How did he run top 10 like a third of the time doe

headass

Im ok the way they look now. Because if NASCAR kept the same car in 2002 and raced it today Newman would be dead

Might want to take those rose tinted glasses off... the cars look and sound as great as they ever have

@@steve-o1012 facts

@@Gage_Brumley lmfao... wrong