Article: NEWMAN BENEFITS FROM NEW LAP RULE DRIVER PICKS UP SERIES-LEADING 7TH WIN

Nothing seems able to stop Ryan Newman from winning NASCAR Winston Cup races.

A new rule didn't.

An ever-dwindling fuel tank wouldn't.

Jeremy Mayfield's charging car couldn't.

Newman rallied from a lap down, held off Mayfield and saved enough fuel to collect his series-high seventh victory of the season Sunday - the most wins by a driver since Jeff Gordon won seven races in 1999. Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick and Gordon completed the top five.

Newman's victory in the MBNA America 400 came on a day when NASCAR ran its first Cup race with its new rules on caution flags and pit road procedures. Those rules were tested seven times in the 400-lap race, twice after major incidents. Joe Nemechek ...

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