David Newton

National Motorsports Columnist, ESPN.com 

David Newton, an award-winning NASCAR writer, began as a national motorsports columnist at ESPN.com in December 2006. Prior to joining ESPN.com, Newton served as the lead writer for NASCAR.com. 

Newton previously covered NASCAR, the Carolina Panthers, Clemson University and University of South Carolina athletics for The State in Columbia, S.C., from 1984 to 2006. He also served as a correspondent for Sports Illustrated, and covered seven Super Bowls, dozens of college bowl games, five Masters, two U.S. Opens, two men's Final Fours, one women's Final Four and every major race on the NASCAR circuit.

The 1981 Wofford College graduate has won numerous state and national press association awards including second-place national honors for his coverage of University of South Carolina football from the Associated Press of Sports Editors (APSE) in 1992 and the award for excellence in news reporting from the South Carolina State Press Association in 2002. He has also broken major national stories, including the Carolina Panthers' steroid scandal in 2004.

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