This is the legacy of Earnhardt. And Engineering. And God.
The Newman Bar..named after the driver...probably saved his life.
The Earnhardt bar?
I seriously can’t believe he’s alive.
Haven’t heard much about the guy weaving behind him and then pushing him into the spin. It appeared reckless to me, a non-expert.
I don't recall any other outlet reporting full recovery.
I wasn’t too worried about him being upside down until the car spun so that the driver’s side of the car was turned to oncoming race traffic... and then immediately t-boned.
Upside down, it didn’t appear like there was much of the car to absorb the impact or protect Ryan Newman’s head ... and at that speed, too ... the front of that car just crumpled with the impact into the #6 car.
It is amazing that anyone could survive any of the “Big Ones”, but they usually just climb out and walk away.
I was very relieved to hear he was in serious but stable condition last night and am I very hopeful for Ryan Newman’s recovery. He has a lot recovering to do.
Tragic. And I see from the article that he is going through a recent divorce, too, with two beautiful little daughters in the mix. Uffda.
Technology, safety measures have come a long way
I remember watching the fatal Daytona/Earnhardt race almost 20 years ago..
Imagine this crash back then
Did not see the rearward tap from the guy behind him, but if there was one and it caused the flip, perhaps the move should be outlawed
He was right behind him... how could he not know who he hit?
He was right behind the leader, in the last lap, and bumped him out of the way, almost killing him.
I am not buying it- he should shut up.
bump
Folks...lots of Democrat Party low life, scum & vermin are howling that POTUS, Trump coming to be the Grand Marshall of the 2020 Daytona 500 Race, jinxed Ryan Newman, who is a big Trump supporter.
I think differently. I know a little bit about airplanes and when the flight crew on Air Force One buzzed the race track at 800 feet altitude, I knew that was quite a feat that crew commanded.
Trump loves NASCAR...always has!!! IMHO.....God was traveling with the Trumps to protect them and God blessed the track, the drivers, their families, their loved ones. And with our Lord, was the one and only Dale Earnhardt, Sr whose death insured the life of Ryan Newman with the installation of the Earnhardt/Newman Safety Bar. NASCAR lives, Newman lives, Glory unto God and Dale Earnhardt, Sr!!! May God bless NASCAR its drivers, its teams and its fans...forever Amen!!!
Go...Trumpie!!! NASCAR luvs ya!!!
As someone who did race at Stafford, Plainville, Thompson and Waterford, when I was much younger, it is amazing that he is alive. Today’s race cars are engineered to be as safe as possible.
I watched a little and it reminded me why I stopped watching a decade ago. The dick moves of bumping the car in front of you and either spinning it into a wreck or pushing it into the car in front of it and causing the same was seen again and again. The guys “ooh, don’t you know how fast 200 mph is? we can’t control everything” should be DQ’d for it. That would greatly reduce it and stop 1: putting people in hospital and 2: make the douchebags known for it stop doing it.
to all gloomers out there;... it is racing, all drivers know and understand the risk they are taking when strapping into the driver’s seat... what happened is unfortunate but it is a part of racing... daytona is a 2.5 mile track... when the wreck happened it was caused by “drafting” which is one or more race cars pushing each other to gain speed due to tapered spacers placed between the fuel injection throttle body and intake manifold to intentionally slow the throttle response down and maintain top speeds around 200 miles per hour... with the large track combined with traveling at almost 200 mph denny hamlin couldn’t see the severity of the crash that injured ryan newman... i suggest everyone goes to joe gibbs racing and denny hamlins twitter pages to see first hand the condolences and prayers offered before continuing to discuss something you people obviously know nothing about...
That first picture at the link of the car in mid air after being struck on Newmans side looks doctored. That same pic on last nights thread sure looks like you can see his head / Face “something” where is just a blacked out area in the cockpit of this pic.