Posted on 02/18/2020 1:39:09 PM PST by rdl6989
NASCAR driver Ryan Newman is awake and speaking with family and doctors, a day after a fiery crash near the finish line of Daytona 500. Newman's racing team, Roush Fenway Racing, offered up the update Tuesday and said it will continue to provide details as they become available. "Ryan Newman remains under the care of doctors at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. He is awake and speaking with family and doctors," the statement read.
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Wow. Awesome!
Oh, thank goodness! Firey is the word, all right. I Hope those burns aren’t as bad as it looked. Broken bones and cuts heal with less pain, and faster, I think.
So this is how you knock off the winning driver in the last lap? Basically do a Pitt maneuver on him and then you get to win because with him out of control he causes the field behind you to have accidents?
What a waste of a race.
Siht happens at 200 mph.
Ryan Newman update ping.
Did you mean ihSt happens at 002 hmp.
Thank God!!!
apparently.
The crash https://youtu.be/p11IUYaf4XM
Can he move his arms and legs?
No word on that yet so far as I know.
I think the guy who won was in third at the time of the accident.
They were all racing bumper to bumper.
And if anything, Newman was aggressively blocking the car behind him. Some may be of the opinion that he caused the wreck.
As a T12 para, that’s also my question. He took a helluva hit.
add me please
Its a miracle for sure, honestly watching that crash yesterday I was certain he was dead..Thank God he is going to be OK an absolute miracle for sure..prayers sent for a speedy recovery!!
Miracle is right...
I remember when Dale E did that at Bristol in the last lap...they boi’ed that “winner” too.
Geoff Bodine's Miraculous Survival at Daytona
It's hard to believe there weren't at least a dozen fatalities in the stands with that one.
The news seems oddly truncated on details.
One reads between the lines.
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