Penske makes decision to part ways with Newman - Jul 14, 2008

Barr wrote:

It took Penske a long time to finally understand that Newman is nobodys teammate. Everyone though it was Rusty that was the problem. When Kurt showed up it became more obvious that the problem is Newman. And I can't say that I blame Newman for leaving either. Penske doesn't seem to put the effort and dollars into winning that the top 3 teams do.

Brusimm wrote:

I'm a big Newman fan, but I can't disagree with you guys.
Newman's wins came from rain and fuel mileage, and the fuel mileage was a neat little trick that his team came up with.
With that said, he can wheel a car, as noted by the number of poles he's got, but he's got to get that long race win mode going.
Not to mention, it seems that no one ever does well in the No. 12 car. What's up with that?

little-nascar12nc-redneck wrote:

<quoted text>I am a big Newman fan too and I have to agree with you. He is a great driver he has accomplished a lot in his career.He does need to have better equipment and Penske isn't providing it for him or Kurt.Roger is more worried about IRL instaed of his cup teams.Kurt hasn't done good this year either everyone seems to think it is Ryan but, you can see it isn't the problem lies with Roger.

Maro wrote:

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I live for the day when Kurt regretted leaving Roush, and I think we are almost there.