DOVER, Del. -- Ryan Newman battled back from nearly two laps down and gambled on fuel late to win Sunday's MBNA America 400 at Dover. The win is the seventh of the year for Newman and also gives him a season sweep at The Monster Mile.He went the final 106 laps without stopping to get his seventh win this season, benefiting from two late caution flags that slowed the field for 12 laps. Newman didn't have to race hard to get the first lap back because of NASCAR's new rule awarding a lap to the highest-scored car off the lead lap.
Newman regained the second lap by staying on the track on lap 328. Then, on old tires, he held off hard-charging Jeremy Mayfield, who harassed him for 10 laps until Newman opened a five-car-length lead with 15 laps to go.
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