OT: Again, Ryan Newman released from hospital days after Daytona 500 crash
February 19th, 2020 at 3:40 PM ^
This is tremendous news. I started getting an eerie feeling about this soon after the accident happened, just judging by the look on Jeff Gordon's face up in the booth. And the longer it went on without any good word (they said yesterday his life was not in danger, but I was still afraid if there was brain or spinal injuries), it just wasn't looking good.
Amazingly, a co-worker who is familiar with racing told me today that Newman had been very outspoken about the integrity of the car's roll cage, and that an extra "Newman's bar" had been added based on his recommendation. They are saying the change may have saved Newman's life.
February 19th, 2020 at 4:02 PM ^
agreed... when Cory LaJoie hit the driver's side door.... i got that sick to my stomach feeling.....
Absolute miracle he walked out of the hospital two days later!
February 19th, 2020 at 3:40 PM ^
February 19th, 2020 at 3:42 PM ^
serious response: God bless him for that good news.
not-so-serious response: he got hit so hard it knocked his shoes off!
February 19th, 2020 at 4:06 PM ^
I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up some where in the grandstands!
February 19th, 2020 at 4:28 PM ^
I can't tell if those are slippers, or socks, or what the hell they are. Glad this wreck resulted in a simple "WHAT ARE THOOOSSSSEEE?!"
February 19th, 2020 at 9:11 PM ^
This picture...is just everything.
#girldad
February 19th, 2020 at 10:37 PM ^
Literally . . . walking away from that accident.
Wow.
February 19th, 2020 at 3:44 PM ^
flat out impressed with the nascar roll cage. how he got out of that accident without any broken limbs in amazing.
February 19th, 2020 at 3:57 PM ^
God bless.
For him, his girls and his family.
The last Daytona fatality has saved many lives for sure. RIP 3 always.
Plate racing will continue to have these crazy wrecks unless NASCAR allows teams XYZ ways of creating real separation during a race.
February 19th, 2020 at 4:28 PM ^
Was very lucky all that gas that spilled onto the track didn’t ignite, crazy crash...was wondering why the safety crew didn’t have younger more fit guys on hand, the safety crew looked old and slow to me
February 19th, 2020 at 10:38 PM ^
It was coolant. But the crew did look complacent and lethargic. No urgency.
They should have fire extinguishers in hand, ready to go.
February 19th, 2020 at 4:33 PM ^
I will never again question the engineering of those cars. If that can be survived, I don't know what can't -- that crash looked like the killing of a villain in a movie -- it was that intense.
February 19th, 2020 at 4:55 PM ^
He hit the boards full speed. Got hit full speed driver side and went airborne. The car even caught fire and he walks out of the hospital a few days later. Happy for him, his crew, his family. I’ll have someone to root for the next time he races.
February 20th, 2020 at 1:34 AM ^
He has been "my driver" ever since he started cup races. Got to meet him once in 2003 or 2004. Top notch guy.
February 20th, 2020 at 1:23 PM ^
I don't follow Nascar very closely but a lot of people love it and that's good enough for me. The drivers all seem very classy and the sport is very well-run and marketed. Anyway I've never had a driver I followed but I do now.
February 19th, 2020 at 5:30 PM ^
This is good news. Back when I followed nascar he was my favorite, when he drove the Alltell #12.
February 19th, 2020 at 8:25 PM ^
Glad he is okay.
restrictor plate racing sucks. Always has.
February 20th, 2020 at 1:35 AM ^
I dont know what the answer is. You take off the plates and the cars go so fast they may go airborne. But super speedway are the oldest nascar tradition...it would be like trying to take the running game out of football.
February 19th, 2020 at 8:46 PM ^
This is frickin pretty cool. There was a weird feeling all around with this one. Definitely felt different.
February 19th, 2020 at 10:43 PM ^
Definitely. The way the emergency crews were operating felt like the Wheldon Indy car crash in Vegas. I expected the worst.