CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If you have ever wondered how it would feel like to go to your own funeral, NASCAR driver Ryan Newman can probably fill you in.Newman returns to driving a racecar Sunday, the same day that the NASCAR Cup returns with an honest-to-goodness, real live race — but without any fans — at Darlington (Fox, 3:30 p.m.).The storybook ending would be for Newman, 42, to actually win the race. That’s unlikely, but the fact that Newman is even in the field at all at Darlington’s egg-shaped track is startling.Newman sustained one of the most ghastly “OMG” wrecks anyone has ever seen at the 2…
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Scott Fowler: Ryan Newman feels like he attended his own funeral. What if he won Darlington?
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