South Bend street dedicated to NASCAR's Ryan Newman
South Bend and St. Joseph County honored Daytona 500 winner and South Bend native Ryan Newman’s accomplishments with a new city sign. The county also dedicated a section of Lincoln Way between Lexington and Mayflower in his name. (WSBT photo) SOUTH BEND — We know he likes to speed. But that didn't stop a South Bend racer from slowing down for a special award. The city and county honored Daytona 500 winner Ryan Newman’s accomplishments with a new city sign. The county also dedicated a section of Lincoln Way between Lexington and Mayflower in his name. “It's an honor to be here,” Ryan Newman said. “I thank all the people for coming out and [I'm] really kinda wondering if we can up the speed limit in that section. I saw it was 45. Maybe we can just do 54, something just a little bit faster." “The amount of pride ... in this community for you Ryan, you've even converted my 70-something mother to a NASCAR fan," said County Councilman Randall Przybysz. Newman graduated from the old LaSalle High School. Friday, Jul 18 at 4:37 PM Congrats Ryan wrote ...Why didn't they name Roosevelt Rd. after him? That's where the speeding is going on. LaSalle, home of two Nascar drivers. Friday, Jul 18 at 1:22 PM Anonymous wrote ...what a cheap looking sign. Friday, Jul 18 at 1:14 PM duh wrote ...Anyone else hear the following on sunny 101 this A.M. When Ryan Newman (another proud LaSalle grad) was back in town earlier this week to have the stretch by the airport named after him, our great buffoon mayor - not once, but twice at the microphone in front of the crowd - called him "Randy" Newman. Was not on TV or in the rag, but Sunny 101.5's morning crew has been airing it. I'm told people in the crowd were yelling, "It's Ryan!" Add a comment |
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Saturday, Jul 19 at 9:16 PM Anonymous wrote ...
Who really cares. It's crazy Ryan Newman get a bigger street than Martin Luther King. Has the mayor even addressed all the violence that we have been experienceing while he was over in Germany?