Newman shakes off early-season woes to close strong

After eight victories and nearly every pole position that was up for grabs -- it was really 14, but it seemed like every one -- in the 2003 season, Ryan Newman was one of the four or five drivers everyone figured would be in the catbird's seat for 2004.

It didn't quite work out like that, but Newman is in the Chase for the Championship nonetheless. More

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Headlines

•	Drafting speeds difficult to determine who's really fast

•	Offseason agendas varied among drivers in garage

•	Teamwork more important with COT going full time

•	Miller to retire as president of Penske in reorganization

•	Sunoco Pit Move: M'ville

•	Notes: Newman had win, then lost it just as quick




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Date	Track	Rank	Start	Finish	Career Poles	Career Wins	Career Avg. Finish
09/18/2005	New Hampshire International Speedway	3	13	1	3	2	7.9
09/25/2005	Dover International Speedway	3	1	5	2	3	6.5
10/02/2005	Talladega Superspeedway	2	3	4	0	0	20.4
10/09/2005	Kansas Speedway	2	11	23	0	1	12.2
10/15/2005	Lowe's Motor Speedway	4	2	7	6	0	17.9
10/23/2005	Martinsville Speedway	3	4	10	2	0	15.1
10/30/2005	Atlanta Motor Speedway	5	1	23	6	0	14.8
11/06/2005	Texas Motor Speedway	7	1	25	2	1	24.2
11/13/2005	Phoenix International Raceway	6	11	12	3	0	18.6
11/20/2005	Homestead-Miami Speedway	6	2	7	0	0	20.0