Daytona 500

Anyone at the track ? Anyone watching it on tv ? Hoping for " the big one " ? or did everyone bail on nascar because there is no Mopar ? Ronnie

God Bless You Ryan Newman

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A stretcher is next to Newman’s car. Crews are using black screens to keep fans from seeing. And media has just been told to leave the pits. #DAYTONA500

That was a horrendous wreck.
Pretty somber atmosphere...

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Hopeful all ok

Activity at Halifax Health following #Daytona500


crash. We believe Ryan Newman just arrived. Rushed into trauma entrance, escorted by deputies. No word on his condition
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Yeah, it looked like his car was hit right at the window area when his car was upside down and in the air. Not good..

Car that hit him got way inside his safety area. Hope for the best.

Ryan took a pretty hard hit on the wall before going airborne and then getting hit in the air on the driver side. The whole thing didn't look good at all.
Fox said they were going to send him directly to the hospital when they got him out of the car. That was the same procedure they used with Ernhart after his crash.
I'm praying for a better outcome this time around. Gene

Even knowing Ernhart was dead in the car they still had to take him to the hospital because none of the track rescue personal can pronounce someone. Saw it happen at Texas Motorplex with a promod driver. They pulled him out of the wreck in basically two pieces and still took him to the hospital telling the crowd they had no news on his condition. Still hoping that's not the case here.

I got a little inside word of a coming press release with non life threatening injuries...

From NASCAR's Twitter feed:

Yes, there was an official report directly from NASCAR. Ryan's condition is critical but not life threatening. Of course thay are requesting that everyone give Ryan's family the privacy they deserve at this time. NASCAR will keep everyone posted on Ryan's condition information becomes available. Gene

Good news so far.

What caused the crash?

Locked bumpers and got turned.

Anyone who hopes for a wreck is scum.

You may be surprised how many have that mind set !!

I wouldn't be surprised at all. I know that many do. They are pure trash.

Havnt watched nascar in years but hope hes ok.God bless him and his family.

If you watch a few frames before the crash, you will see the Hamlin in the eleven car hit the yellow car of Blaney,and got him loose,then he pulled the classic Dale Earnhardt slingshot move,Blaney couldn't recover from Hamlin punting him,and he hit Ryan taking him out. Hamlin caused that crash,and the fans were booing him after he did his burnout!

just heard about it this morning on the news. bad, really bad.
praying for the best, and the docs say his condition is non life threatening, but that still bodes not good !
could be the end of racing for him.
praying.

I wish him well. I hope he recovers fully.

Worse spot to get hit is the roof. They can't close it off much more as it would make it harder to get drivers out.

Perhaps they can double up the roof tubes around the driver's head to increase the strength and still allow access....

Bad .... REALLY BAD ?

Why are these people being so evasive and secretive??

It must be as you said ... REALLY BAD

"these people"? You mean his family? The family has requested privacy and I don't think there is anything wrong with that. With everything else they should not have to deal with a media circus. They will go public when they are ready to.

Let's face it. As curious as we may be, it's really none of our business.

Not sure how to arrive at that synopsis.......here it is in slow mo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiV_dIfHZ-Y

By watching the video?
I saw nothing that undermines that "synopsis".

Your video shows what happened after Hamlin had already gotten Blaney loose and made the slingshot pass,go back a few frames before that,and you will see exactly what I am saying.

Well it’s not my video....obviously. Is there one that shows the lead-up?

Only video I saw showed it all from a view of the cars approaching; but I think the bump-drafting and blocking are the central issue as far as causes.
That's gonna be hard to address.
I've always been worried about an impact where Newman was hit. Also tough to address.
NASCAR either already moved the driver's location towards the center, or it's proposed for the next-gen car, I don't recall for certain.
I know from track experience that sight shields indicate something pretty grim, but hopefully somehow that wasn't the case this time.
It's ominous (to me) that there's no word on his condition other than being expected to live.
I sure hope & pray that he's able to survive 100%.
I hate big wrecks, especially stuff like that, and can't comprehend that they'd be enjoyable somehow when people are inside.

See the interview of Ryan Blaney after the race. He said he was trying to pass Newman on the high and low side and it was when he decided he couldn't pass that he tried to push him to the win and it was then he said the bumper locked and he spun him out. Nothing to do with the Hamlin pass.

I thought that on this gen of NASCAR that the drivers are already kind of left of center. But still to get hit on the window net area has to be a worst case senerio. My wife and I said a prayer for him last night. Still worries me that there have been no updates yet.

Just heard he is awake and talking to docs!!!!

Exactly! SOME people have a problem RESPECTING the privacy of others!

The style of racing is to blame.

Blaney and Hamlin were locked up pushing like heck. If Blaney makes ANY move not in line with the pusher, you get loose. Hamlin was doing what he needed to in pushing, Blaney doing his thing in trying to pass and Newman his... BLOCKING like the ugly girl at the bar with the hot chick... nature of the beast at Daytona and Talladega. Hamlin didn't hook the bumpers on the 12 and 6 at the yellow line with the blocking going on. Blaming Hamlin, NOPE!

The real blame is on Nascrap.

JMHO


Good to hear that Newman was alert and talking. That was a VICIOUS hit to the worst area of the car that it could happen.

I sure would like to know the source of the information you have provided. Unconfirmed speculation is never a good thing and worse of all, it is a boarderline invasion of Ryan and his family's privacy.

At this point, any info on Ryan's condition will probably come from his race team, and will probably be broadcast from NASCAR. I'm pretty sure today was spent with the family and the Doctors discussing his condition diagnosis and reviewing options. If Ryan is participating in these conversations, that is indeed good news, but really, it really isn't my business.

I would much prefer to give Ryan and his family some privacy at this point. I'm sure they have important desissions they need to make. When they are ready, I'm sure they will share what they feel is important for us to know. Gene

Press release from Roush Racing https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2020/02/18/update-on-roush-fenway-racing-driver-ryan-newman/

I replayed it about 5 times,and Hamiln clearly got Blaney loose,and did the bump and slingshot,and Blaney hit Newman taking him out. Blaney tried to regain control but couldn't save it before hitting the 6 car. You could clearly see the back of the 12 car out of control.

Blaney and Hamlin weren't even close when Newman got turned. Almost 600+ feet from the last push from hamlin about 2 seconds in time

Blaney even said he made two attempts to get by, got blocked and decided to try and push newman. Hamlin was 2 lanes up at that point. Blaney was turning down to go under Newman as he was gonna get pinched into the wall. Yep, he got loose making that move. Sometimes the guy getting pushed causes the issue. Newman was free and clear until Blaney hooked him down near the yellow line. .

Watch Newmans hands, tells the story. He made a nice smooth move to block to the yellow line, then the bad stuff for him started. That's near the gore point of pit road which is a long ways from exit of 4 where the pushing got broken up.

Got curious enough to look, found a vid with some stop motion and did a screen grab. Ugly hit to be sure but looks like the cage is mostly intact. How much went through the window net is another issue.

Most of us pine for the days when NASCAR actually ran stock cars, but there's no doubt modern safety equipment saved Newman's life.

Hard to blame Bobby Isaac for hearing the voices.

It was all over the news, TV, web even ESPN. Just trying to report something positive.

See the Blaney interview he wasn't loose he was trying to pass Newman.

All the current safety equipment could today fit inside a stock outer sheet metal car, and it would be a lot less aero, and also negate the need for any restrictors.

Someone other then the fans and viewers must have a dog in this fight, because it makes the most sense IMO. .

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The photo is all over Facebook. Frankly this is GREAT to see.

Amazing that there isn’t a single visual mark or anything like a neck brace on him!!!

Just saw a message from Roush-Fenway saying he was fully up & walking around, joking with hospital staff, and playing with his daughters.
That's such a relief.
That is one tough guy.

Word is that he has now been released from the hospital. Tough guy indeed!

Watch the actual footage, and you will see exactly what I said,the back end of the 12 car was all over the place after Hamlin punted him,you can see the bumper of Hamlins car compress,and the hood bulge up after that hit the 12 car got loose and stayed loose until he contacted the 6 car. There is no locking bumpers with flat facia's,never happened. The incident happened at 200 mph,in a split second, I doubt Blaney even really knows what really happened!

Another fantastic photo! How cool is this?

http://www.startribune.com/newman-alert-walking-around-hospital-after-crash-at-daytona/568011032/ This covers it.

Great shot and how awesome! Walking out in just his socks none the less!! Like get me outa here!

Glad to hear Ryan is ok! I have a Charger Daytona stock car clone that has a Nascar chassis under it,and after seeing that crash, I am going to feel pretty safe driving it hard!

Good to see him smiling

I completely agree. Id even go one step further and say I'd like to see them run production based engines. No restrictions needed as you'd be restricted by general designs and capabilities. You see a common theme in Motorsports...the equipment becomes so refined you fall too far to the side of the bellcurve. Dragracing is no different to me.

Amazing to see Newman walk out of the hospital today, lucky indeed.

That photo is one of the moments in time that is so perfect you want to save it forever.

Take a look at european sedan racing. Can't think of the series name and it's mostly Audis and Mercs on road courses but pretty sure it's production bodies with roll cages. Australian Supercars is another one and those things are crazy fast. World Rally cars are also stock bodied based, crazy fast and no safe walls - just big trees and rocks. Nascar took a left in to tube chassis in the 80s and it's been downhill from there. Can't imagine it changing anytime soon.

I'm sorry but I don't understand how he went from "very serious but non life threatening injuries" to walking out of the hospital in two days?

You ever heard the term "shell shocked"? There is a good chance he might not of known which way was up for a bit. Look at the hits he took, that would rattle anyones brain. Probably kept him the couple days to be sure his brain was ok. Im sure there will be alot of aftercare MRI-s.

I`m not going question why or how. I`m just glad he is doing better.

Amen. You said it far better than I...

i thought this as well when i saw that on the news last night !
well said guys !

I thought about that. I think it was a calculated move coordinated with his team and NASCAR. Obviously on the track they had no idea how severe this was and given the severity of the impacts, made every effort to keep the scene isolated to keep stray photos of the effort from popping up. For all they knew pulling up to the wreck, he was expired and he was probably unconscious for most or all of the extraction process. Once out of the car and at the hospital, they ran with it in the hope that requesting time and privacy would be well accepted by everyone who saw it.

Now, what we don't know are longer term effects of this.

Logical, but still unclear on the ""very serious but non life threatening injuries" blurb, does that mean for instance "both legs are amputated but we have stopped the blood loss"?

Maybe in hindsight it should been released "potentially very serious but so far non life threatening injuries"?

No matter what, it only matters Ryan is recovering and in good care.

We all got lucky IMO.

He had a pretty rough week, first it was announced that he and his wife were divorcing, then four days later he goes from leading the Daytona 500 on the last lap to the hospital for a few days.

I hope better days are coming.

If he's getting divorced they should be...

I Agree

And then all the secrecy for about 36 hours

I get the fact of family first - Not disputing that at all

But nothing , absolutely nothing of his condition , and then all of a sudden he is talking and walking home


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You guys do know about HIPAA and on top of that, RW or Family or Nascar are not obligated to release anything just like if one of us was in the hospital and someone inquired.

I think some would be all wrapped up in it more, if he lost an eye and was still in a coma, drama, drams, drama.

The one plus is its brought alot of good light on nascar and there safety program, although I maybe some luck and possibly some intervention from above might of been in the mix.