How did Newman end up in 4th?

May be...

There were only 10 cars on the lead lap at the last caution. 6th thru 10th came in for tires. He was able to pass some cars in those 10 laps and finished 4th. Simple.

Newman was 11th when the yellow came out and restarted 7th behind Clint Bowyer... I believe he got 2 tires. He followed Bowyer to the bottom and was running about 6th when Bowyer and Hamlin got together and took both positions.

Stolen parts?

He stole positions from Jack Roush

Beats me I still cabt figure out how Jr. ended up as far back as he did.

They guys that took four tires (6th on) were able to do some passing. Could it have been something to do with Bowyer's crash on the last lap? Those guys were racing eachother pretty hard, and it got pretty dicey there for a bit. I know Bowyer collected a car or two and though they all crossed the line, they didn't finish where they would have. Maybe Newman was one of the lucky ones to get around that crash and finish in a better position.

I need someone to clarify the chain of events that led to him coming in 4th. From my point of view, it looks like this is what happened...
Newman was in 11th, I believe.
Newman pitted under the caution with Stewart and a few other guys, none of which were in the top 5.
Newman magically came out of the pits in 4th.

Now correct me if Im wrong, but isn't that what happened? If it is, what the hell am I missing here? Me and my friend spent a good 1/2 hour trying to figure it out. He's a Newman fan, and even HE came to the conclusion that this was some sort of NASCAR chicanery.

New man was running 11 th when the caution came out, the top 5 or 6 cars didn't come to pit for new tires. newman was one of them that did, during the restart newman and a couple of the other guys accelerated faster to the front of new tires. Newman was running 6 when bowyer(being the idiot that he is) hit hamlin and both went to the wall and newman just sled past them. Hamlin finished 5th and bowyer fell back and got what he deserved