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NASCAR Sprint-Cup Series
NEWMAN: Rainy Day At Indy
There’s nothing worse than watching it rain at a racetrack. At least that’s what I’m thinking right now...
Ryan Newman  |  Posted April 22, 2009   Charlotte, NC
Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 U.S. Army/Haas Automation Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing writes Voices of SPEED on SPEEDtv.com. (Photo: Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR)

There’s nothing worse than watching it rain at a racetrack. At least that’s what I’m thinking right now. My No. 39 Haas Automation/U.S. Army team and I have been at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the past two days for a Goodyear tire test. Unfortunately, there’s been a whole lot more time spent watching the rain than turning laps and testing tires on the racetrack.

I guess things could be worse, though. At least the rain delay has given me time to think about what I wanted to tell you in this first column.

Now, I’m sure you all have a lot of questions that you would like for me to answer in this column. Questions like: “What are your team’s goals this year?” (To make the Chase) or “How’s Tony Stewart as a boss?” (I would say so far, so good) or “What do you do if you have to go to the bathroom during a race?” (That’s my favorite question – and I get it at least once a week. My answer is that I don’t have to go to the bathroom during the race, and if I did, I would hold it.)

Over the course of the season, I will probably answer all of your questions and more. But today, I’m thinking about this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway.

Talladega is the biggest, fastest track that the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series visits all year, and I can’t wait for this weekend to start. It’s not all about the racing, for me, when I go down to Talladega. And before you even think it, no, I don’t go out and party in the infamous Talladega infield, either. That’s just not my scene.

My scene is the lakes and the woods and the natural beauty that surrounds Talladega. I love the outdoors. My favorite thing to do when I’m not racing is fishing. I live on an eight-acre pond, so if I were at home right now, where I hear the weather is beautiful, I would more than likely be fishing with my dogs.

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