I think he had a major crash at Daytona before, IIRC. He was driving for Tony Stewart at the time. Out of touch these days but I think he moved to another team.
Quit NASCAR when everything about them turned green and the Moooooch showed up after her husband runs down we rednecks about clinging to our bibles and guns.
Another great sport, IMO, that has been victimized by the PC Police.
To be honest i lost a lot of respect for Newman when purposely took another driver out a couple of years ago to make it into the chase.