{"id":2773,"date":"2012-08-10T16:17:59","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T20:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/?p=2773"},"modified":"2012-08-10T16:17:59","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T20:17:59","slug":"opinion-where-could-ryan-newman-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2012\/08\/10\/opinion-where-could-ryan-newman-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Where could Ryan Newman Go?"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE: Ryan Newman to re-sign with SHR.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ryan Newman, driver of the No.39 ARMY Chevrolet for Stewart Haas Racing (SHR) finds himself in a little of a bind. Newman and Tony Stewart (1\/2 owner of SHR) were hit hard when it was announced that the ARMY WAS PULLING OUT OF NASCAR<\/a>. With them pulling out of NASCAR, there went Newman’s sponsorship for 2013. Nothing hits a team harder then a sponsor leaving the sport.<\/p>\n

Stewart has been adamant that he wants to resign Newman; <\/em>Newman has said many times that he is 100% focused on signing back with Stewart. The only problem is and they both have said it, only if they can find sponsorship.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>So what happens if they can’t find sponsorship? Newman and Stewart will be forced to part ways.<\/p>\n

Where in the world could Ryan Newman Go?<\/strong><\/p>\n

There were rumors that maybe he could join back up with Penske Racing.<\/a>\u00a0 The only\u00a0 issue with that is currently there are talks of Joey Logano having an offer on the table to drive for Penske next season. <\/a> If Joey Logano goes to Penske Racing to drive the No.22 Dodge Shell\/Pennzoil Charger there doesn’t leave real room for anyone else.<\/p>\n

If Joey Logano stays at Joe Gibbs Racing? Maybe. It is probably an option for Newman, even though he has said he has not talked to Penske about it.<\/p>\n

In a time that even top teams such as Roush Fenway are struggling to find sponsorship for more then a few races at a time, teams such as SHR find themselves looking for the golden egg.<\/p>\n

There are realistically not many openings on top tier teams for 2013. The only other possible option<\/em> I can see is if Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) put Newman in the No.9 of Aric Almirola. Both Almirola and Marcos Ambrose are free agents at the end of this season. I would think its a sure thing that Ambrose gets resigned, as he can give you a pretty good chance at winning in the Cup series at least twice a year. (Sonoma & Watkins Glen) plus he has improved quite a bit on an oval.<\/p>\n

Almirola, on the other hand, in his first full time Cup season thus far (which is 21 of 36 races ) has finished in the top ten only one time. His stats sure don’t scream, “keep me Richard Petty!”<\/p>\n

There have been no talks out of RPM about the contract situation between Ambrose and Almirola. But if Newman still wants to race for a team that won’t be start and parking it might end up being an only option<\/em>.<\/p>\n

We hope that SHR finds sponsorship for Newman, as I think everyone would agree him staying put would be the best option as we know Stewart is more then just a car owner to Newman, he is his friend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPDATE: Ryan Newman to re-sign with SHR. Ryan Newman, driver of the No.39 ARMY Chevrolet for Stewart Haas Racing (SHR) finds himself in a little of a bind. Newman and Tony Stewart (1\/2 owner of SHR) were hit hard when it was announced that the ARMY WAS PULLING OUT OF NASCAR. With them pulling out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[788],"tags":[564,637],"coauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2773","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-ryan-newman","9":"tag-tony-stewart"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2773"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}