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1977–2013 · SOUTH BEND (BOUNDARY) · NO OSCEOLA TIE IN EITHER NAME
Two national names come out of this valley in one generation, and their ties are South Bend ties, printed exactly. Ryan Newman (born 8 December 1977, South Bend) is the speedway builder's grandson in the direct line the row asks for: Newman himself states it — "My grandfather … helped build South Bend Motor Speedway, so racing's been in my blood for a long time" (NBC Sports, August 2017) — the grandfather standing in the line of the driver-builders of 1946 (art-61-3), his father Greg Newman his spotter for the 2008 Daytona 500 and the 2013 Brickyard 400 wins, the latter making Ryan Newman one of only two Indiana-born winners of the Brickyard race. David Stremme (born 19 June 1977, South Bend) is the other home name of the same year: a South Bend native of a racing family — a great-uncle racing in the 1950s, his father Lou and mother Cindy both local champions — who won his first race in 1993 at New Paris Speedway, aged 15, in his mother's street stock, and reached the NASCAR Cup Series, succeeding Newman himself in Penske Racing's No. 12 in 2009. Neither man was born, raised or resident in Osceola, and no Osceola tie is claimed for either; they are the county seat's exports, printed at boundary size. One same-name trap is closed on the record, carrying DELTA disposition DF-1's caution in racing form: the Newman of this build's Awards & Honors and Notable People is Don M. Newman, a pharmacist of Osceola — a different man from Ryan Newman, and no racing succession runs through him.
Sources: NBC Sports, "Ryan Newman passion for racing began with father, grandfather" (August 2017) — the grandfather / South Bend Motor Speedway statement in Newman's own words; Greg Newman as spotter, Daytona 2008 and Brickyard 2013. Indianapolis Motor Speedway news account (30 July 2013) — Newman born and raised in South Bend, Purdue graduate, second Indiana-born Brickyard winner. David Stremme driver record and South Bend Tribune ASA profile (2002, via the Michiana memory record) — born South Bend 19 June 1977; family racing roots; first win 1993, New Paris; Penske No. 12 succession, 2009. Banked Awards & Honors (Don M. Newman — a different man).