Newman had to drive without power steering for nearly the entire second half of the race Sunday at the tough, high-banked 1-mile concrete oval.

But Newman is a tough kid, too, born of the Indiana short-track clay. He overcame the power-steering problem and powered away from Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart on a late restart to win for the second time this season.

"I'm definitely tired," Newman said. "My arms hurt, my back hurts, and I'll be really sore tomorrow and probably Tuesday. But it pays good money to win, you know?" More