Ryan Newman wrecks Daytona 500 video.

[dewsgirl]

Link to tweet

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[brewens]

1. They wouldn't even confirm that he was conscious and talking. The announcers were no doubt

hoping to at least be able to do that. It must be pretty bad.

[dewsgirl]

3. It looks really bad, not really a fan of NASCAR, but I have

plenty of friends and family that are, I hope he is ok.🙏

[malaise]

2. Ah well Don the Con

drove around the track - everything he touches is destroyed.
Hope Ryan Newman survives this.

[dewsgirl]

4. Oh no, I didn't even have a chance to process that. Yikes, what

a bad omen.

[Brother Buzz]

5. Getting T-boned on the drivers side is some serious shit!

[Norbert]

18. You got that right.

I hope the integrity of the inner cage held up. Hope there isn't a head injury.

That looked scary as hell.

[Brother Buzz]

26. A shit-load of engineering goes into those protective frames

And the impact absorbing door panels do an 'aqueduct' job when the car is upright and the bumper strikes low, but all bets are off when the car is upside down and the open window is ground zero for the impact.

We'll have to wait and see.

[Brother Buzz]

27. Reports are coming out today that Ryan Newman is 'awake and speaking'....

So it looks like his helmet worked as advertised, but It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to determine he's severely busted up.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

32. Agree. It's one minute at a time, I presume. But they

are not listing/describing injuries at all, which is a very bad sign.

[Brother Buzz]

35. Boy howdy, we were wrong

Ryan Newman walking around hospital after horrific Daytona 500 crash
Feb 19, 2020

NASCAR driver Ryan Newman, who was hospitalized after a horrific crash on Monday during the final lap of the Daytona 500, is continuing to improve after a horrific crash at the Daytona 500.

Roush Fenway Racing released a statement Wednesday morning saying Newman is showing "great improvement."


"The veteran driver is fully alert and walking around Halifax Medical Center. True to his jovial nature, he has also been joking with staff, friends and family while spending time playing with his two daughters.

Link to tweet

https://www.wesh.com/article/ryan-newman-condition-great-improvement-daytona-500-crash/30999018


Judging from the photo, it looks like nothing is busted. I'm now guessing 'Mother of all Concussions".

[Laura PourMeADrink]

39. I was definitely wrong - and so glad! he looks great !

still think it's odd not specific about injuries though.

[Brother Buzz]

40. Even greater news: Ryan Newman released from hospital... Walks out with his two daughters!!!

I'm still thinking 'Mother of all Concussions" and all the associated medical uncertainties. FWIW, NASCAR has a huge concussion protocol program, and I wonder if controlling medical information is part of it.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

42. May be. Will have to go back and look. Could have sworn

Every minute detail usually told. It's ok if it's privacy, but if it's too create drama..shame on them.

Non-related detail...saw a post he wrote on Feb 13th, that he and wife separated.

[Brother Buzz]

43. I think the men behind the curtain are totally cool with manly busted bones and what not....

but they are totally squirrely about concussions, and all the deep pocket ramifications that come with it.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

44. Who's your driver? I like Harvick. Then Joey. But all

changed when Logano and Boyer went crazy about Dipshit being there

[CanonRay]

6. Looks to me the car behind him bumped him

sending him spinning out of control

[Brother Buzz]

10. Getting bumped and turned is common and happens often during a race

Going airborne and flipping is not

[Ilsa]

21. There's bumping and there's jacking up, from what I've learned.

I don't think his rear end got jacked up.

His HANS device should have kept his head and neck properly aligned to prevent a broken neck. But it doesn't necessarily protect the body in a t-boning crash.

My heart goes out to him and his family. I hope he'll be okay.

[Nevilledog]

24. Newman was moving to block Blaney and got hooked.

Last lap, second car has a run, only hope you have to win is to block the car behind you. This happens routinely in NASCAR, especially on the two super speedways - Daytona and Talladega. The only variable is how the wreck unfolds... This one looked horrible, but Newman will survive. Conversely, Earnhardt Sr. didn't survive what looked to be a rather routine wreck.

[CanonRay]

7. Just noticed that Koch Industries was his Daytona sponsor....

[El Supremo]

8. Watching for someone to die is just like Romans at the Circus Maximus.

Hell, dog or cock fighting is more civilized!

[madinmaryland]

12. Hi Elway.

[El Supremo]

15. Hey Mad, there's a post about the Hail Mary Pass in the Sports Forum.

Since you became a Cowboys fan long after, I thought you'd like to know.

[alittlelark]

9. Everything tRump touches.............................................................

Let's hope this is an aberration in that not ALL he touches Dies.

[dewsgirl]

11. I hope not, I hadn't even thought of that, until Malaise pointed it out.

[Baclava]

13. He was hit right in his drivers side window by another car while upside down

Link to tweet

[2naSalit]

14. The only thing that could have been worse, IMO

would be if he had been outside the vehicle somehow. If he survives this, he's going to be messed up.

[Dennis Donovan]

16. *** NASCAR just announced he's being treated for NON-LIFE THREATENING injuries***

Link to tweet

[demtenjeep]

17. I worry bout how burned he is

there was fire in the cockpit while he was upside down unable to do anything about it

[bullwinkle428]

19. The fire and the sparks inside the cabin were the most terrifying things to witness as

it was taking place. I know the fire-suits are pretty incredible in their ability to protect the drivers, but I've watched too many die on TV in front of me. Probably the main reason why I'm not nearly as into it as I used to be.

[Nevilledog]

23. There are in-car fire suppression units.

I was more concerned about the gas plotting out of the car onto the fire and posed the fuck off the camera zoomed and fixed on that..... Wanting a front row to an explosion.

[dewsgirl]

20. Thank goodness.

[Ilsa]

22. Sounds like he might have broken

some bones or cracked ribs.

The safety features in these cars are incredibly well thought out.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

25. I don't know. The briefing was very vague. It wasn't like

" he has three cracked ribs, a broken leg, and a lacerated finger..". It was NO description at all. This to me means he's got something worse .. paralysis or brain damage? Something they hope might be temporary.

Lajoie, who clipped him:

Blaney turned him hard right and into the outside wall. His car immediately flipped and was sliding on its side when LaJoie rammed into it.

"I got a big push there that last coming to the white," LaJoie said after the race. "I don't know who was pushing me and I kind of stalled out and I don't know who hooked Newman. I was hoping he would kind of bounce off the fence to the left, but he didn't and I hit him ... it was some scary stuff. Don't' get me wrong. My car was on fire. My seat belts grabbed all sorts of areas, but it was a good day for us. I hope Ryan is OK."

[cwydro]

29. They have no reason to give a "description."

He has HIPAA rights just like all of us.

It’s no one’s business what his injuries are.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

30. Oh I know...it's just very atypical for Nascar. Another

statement today..just that he was awake and talking. Still think he's got paralysis that they are hoping improves.

[cwydro]

33. No doubt he doesn't want his sponsors to hear anything discouraging.

It sure looked like a bad one.

And exactly 19 years after Earnhardt died on the same track. Scary stuff.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

34. My brother was just telling me he was there when

Earnhardt got killed. They had already left, thinking no big deal, justa wreck ( like Hamlin did the other day when celebrating). They were on 95 and when his friend called from CT and told him he died...others must have heard it at the same time. He said everyone on the highway slowed down to a crawl.

[Blue_Tires]

28. As long as NASCAR is addicted to pack racing and keeping everyone bunched together

fiascos like this will happen.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

31. Well not sure. Long track, they will go too fast, which

causes danger. On the other hand, bunched up at high speed is dangerous too. I am sure they will be trying to coming up with some solution but it's hard to see what they can do. These plate tracks are just too damn fast.

[scarytomcat]

36. Was he leading the race when he was spun into the wall?

It was the final lap and it looks like he was taken out.

[dewsgirl]

37. I haven't really followed these races, since Dale Earnhardt died,

but I believe he was. Not positive though.

[scarytomcat]

38. thanks I don't follow it either

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

41. He seemed to be leading, then went to block somebody trying to pass.

He got rear-ended, off-center, which turned him sideways. Then he got t-boned by someone who could do nothing to avoid it - another victim of the accident.

I hope the injuries are not career-ending. It sounds like they're not life-threatening.