I found this little nugget below in the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Services notebook Saturday from Martinsville.

Ryan Newman’s quote about his boss Tony Stewart is kind of funny. Here’s the entire item …

NEWMAN: STEWART’S NO DUMMY

Purdue alumnus Ryan Newman is regarded as one of the most intelligent drivers in the garage.

So what does the driver of the No. 39 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet think of his new owner, Tony Stewart, five races into the season?

“With all due respect, he’s a lot smarter than I thought he was,” Newman said. “I knew he was intelligent as a racecar driver, but from a business standpoint, a people standpoint — not that I never gave him any credit — I just didn’t know how (much) to give him credit.

“I’d give him a lot more credit because of the things I’ve seen him do with the people around him. That’s probably the biggest thing.”

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