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Welcome to the Official Internet Home of Tucker Motorsports. For the 2010 season, Ashley Newman from Ripley, Tennessee will be piloting the #11 Parts Plus/Valvoline/Larry Shaw Open Wheel Modified with Dynotech power.
The team plans to compete at various events throughout the Southeast. |
Latest News:
March 20th, 2010 - Tucker Motorsports entered the USCS Bootheel 40 at Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri over the weekend. After qualifying 4th fastest, Newman started 4th in the main event. Early in the event, Ashley was battling with Chris Moore for the second position, when fourth running, Ben Reed, got into the back of Newman causing him to spin. Newman was credited with the caution and had to go to the back of the pack. He would charge back to a 9th place finish over the remainder of the event.
March 6th, 2010 - Ashley Newman entered the season opener at Columbus Speedway on Saturday night. After starting third in his heat race he raced his way to the heat race win to earn the pole position for the 15 lap feature. In the main event, Ashley lined up alongside Tony Gray as the field came to the green flag. As the race got underway Newman and Gray battled for the lead with Gray taking the advantage as the field completed the first lap. For the first half of the race, Ashley battled for the lead before the handling began to go south on the #73 entry. He would fall back to the third position by the time that the checkered flag dropped as he registered a third place finish behind event winner, Tony Gray, and Jeremy Shaw.
February 28th, 2010 - The team made the last minute decision to travel to Green Valley Speedway in Glencoe, Alabama for the 13th Annual Bama Bash. In heat race action on Friday night, Ashley started in the 3rd position and charged to a second place finish. Via his heat race finish, he earned the outside front row starting spot alongside Ken Schrader for Sunday evening's main event. In the feature he would have his left front tire cut down on the first lap of the race as he and Schrader battled for the lead. Despite the left front flat, Newman would continue racing and would limp his wounded mount home to a third place finish in the $1,500 to win event behind event winner, Ken Schrader, and Chris Moore.
February 21st, 2010 - Ashley Newman and Tucker Motorsports entered their second event of the 2010 campaign on Saturday at Tennessee National Raceway in Hohenwald, Tennessee with the 1st Annual Ice Breaker. The $1,000 to win event drew 19 cars. Ashley started 5th in his heat race and would charge to a second place finish to earn the fourth starting spot for the 20 lap main event. After seeing the first two starts waved off for wrecks, the field was lined up single file for a third attempt at a start. As the race finally went green, Ashley moved into the third position behind Ken Schrader and Eddie Rhinehart. Newman would battle Rhinehart for several laps before finally taking possession of the second position by the race's midpoint as he set his sights on the leader, Schrader. Three laps later, he would catch Schrader as he began to apply heavy pressure. Over the last half of the race, Ashley would throw everything that he had at the leader and would pull even with Schrader on a few occasions, but just couldn't make the pass as he crossed the finish line with a great second place finish!
January 23rd, 2010 - Tucker Motorsports and Ashley Newman opened the 2010 season with a bang as Newman led flag-to-flag to win the team's season opener at the 10th Annual Winter Classic at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi on Saturday. With 16 Open Wheel Modifieds on hand, Ashley won his heat race to earn the outside front row starting position for the 20 lap, $750 to win feature. Newman would snag the lead at the drop of the green flag and would enjoy a comfortable lead for the first half of the event before, second place runner Eddie Rhinehart began to reel in the leader. Rhinehart would use the highline to take the lead exiting turn four on the 16th circuit before Newman used the highline to overtake Rhinehart for the top spot exiting turn two on the 17th lap. Ashley would go on to survive a daring, last-lap, last corner slide job by Rhinehart to take the win!
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