Newman a quick learner in Truck Series

Ryan Newman won his first race in the Truck Series on Saturday. Wherever he has raced, it hasn't taken Ryan Newman long to become a winner. On Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Newman added that circuit to the list of those in which he has won a race.

In his first start in the Craftsman Truck Series, Newman drove past Kevin Harvick Inc. teammate Ron Hornaday on the last lap to win the E-Z-GO 200.

He becomes the fourth driver to win his first Truck Series race, joining Mike Skinner, Robert Pressley and Kasey Kahne.

And he becomes the 19th driver to win in

all three of NASCAR's top series, Sprint

Cup, Nationwide and Craftsman Truck series.

It also was Newman's first victory at AMS, his first in a Chevrolet, and the first victory for crew chief Ernie Cope and for many of the members of the crew of the No. 2 Chevrolet.

Newman said afterward that he's especially proud to have won in all three series and to have done it in relatively quick fashion. He won in his ninth start in Nationwide and in his 18th Cup start.