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NASCAR: Ryan Newman ‘awake, speaking with family and doctors’

By Asher Fair

DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 17: Ryan Newman, driver of the #6 Koch Industries Ford, stands on the grid prior to the start of the NASCAR Cup Series 62nd Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2020 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 17: Ryan Newman, driver of the #6 Koch Industries Ford, stands on the grid prior to the start of the NASCAR Cup Series 62nd Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2020 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /
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NASCAR Cup Series driver Ryan Newman is awake and speaking with family and doctors following his horrific crash, according to Roush Fenway Racing.

The NASCAR community watched in horror on Monday evening as Roush Fenway Racing’s Ryan Newman went from leading the Daytona 500 with the checkered flag in sight to landing on his roof and skidding for several hundreds yards on along the Daytona International Speedway track.

Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney, committed to pushing his fellow Ford driver to a win over Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin, locked bumpers with the #6 Ford of Newman, and that sent Newman spinning up the track.

Newman’s car smashed into the SAFER barrier before flipping onto its roof. But the scariest part of the incident took place when the oncoming #32 Ford driven by Go Fas Racing’s Corey LaJoie was unable to avoid the airborne #6 machine and smashed into the driver’s side.

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Fortunately, the safety crew were able to flip Newman’s car over and extract him from the car. He was immediately transported to Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, Florida.

After several hours of waiting for any kind of news whatsoever, hours that seemed like an eternity to fans, NASCAR revealed that the 42-year-old South Bend, Indiana native’s injuries were “serious” but “not life threatening”.

Now a new update has been revealed by Roush Fenway Racing, stating that Newman is “awake” and “speaking with family and doctors”.

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While we still do not know the extent of Ryan Newman’s injuries, he remains in serious condition and we continue to keep him, his friends, his family and the entire NASCAR community in our thoughts and prayers as he begins the recovery process.

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