| The top Dodge performance in Saturday's NASCAR | | | | was waved to start the fourth and final segment. |
| NEXTEL All-Star Challenge was produced by Ryan | | | | Good thing, it only took him two laps to get back to the |
| Newman who placed eighth. His team mate Kurt | | | | top 10. |
| Busch ranked 19th. The latter had a crash with his | | | | In a slow manner, Newman started to climb toward |
| younger brother at Lowe's Motor Speedway. This | | | | the front. However, there were no enough laps to |
| accident ended his victory. | | | | catch some of those which are ahead of him. He was |
| Newman started eight on the 1.5-mile track in the four | | | | struggling with his race cars' tight condition when the |
| 20-lap segment race. He said his Alltel Dodge was | | | | checkered flag waved on lap 80. This made him the |
| way too tight in the first segment of the race and in | | | | eighth. |
| the second one, it was too loose. But despite this, he | | | | Newman commented that they had a good car which |
| finished as the 6th placer in the first 20-lap segment | | | | was fast. However, the strategy did not work for |
| and as the 10th in the second one. He also managed | | | | them. He added that they were pretty much too tight |
| to be the 7th-placer in the third 20-lap segment though | | | | during the duration of the whole race. Despite this, he |
| he found his car too tight again. | | | | still thought they were very competitive. |
| The teams were obliged to make only one | | | | Meanwhile, the Busch accident happened because |
| stop-and-go pit stop in their respective stalls during the | | | | Kurt's Miller Lite Dodge was charging towards the |
| end of the third segment. Crew Chief Mike Nelson, | | | | front at the beginning of the final 20-lap segment. |
| however, decided to give Newman's car a fuel and a | | | | Unexpectedly, his brother Kyle dove to the inside as |
| wedge adjustment by freeing up the car. | | | | they headed into turn one. The two race cars clashed |
| Unfortunately, a miscommunication occurred. That | | | | together twice before the car of the younger Busch |
| caused Trent Cherry, the rear-tire carrier, to complete | | | | turned sideways and slid up the track. Kurt's Dodge |
| only part of the wedge adjustment. And then Newman | | | | almost cleared the incident, but his brother's race car |
| took off. | | | | clipped the left rear of his gold-colored Dodge Charger. |
| On the track were only two cars behind Newman. | | | | This sent the vehicle into the second-turn wall. |
| Seeing this, Nelson called him back onto pit road in | | | | Dodge brand is the maker of quality Dodge Durango |
| order to complete the adjustment and get four tires. | | | | parts. |
| Newman was in the 16th place when the green flag | | | | |