NASCAR: Ryan Newman treated and released from hospital

Roush Fenway Racing have confirmed that NASCAR Cup Series driver Ryan Newman has been treated and released from the hospital.

Ryan Newman had been at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, Florida since his horrific last-lap crash in Monday evening’s 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season-opening Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.

Not even 48 hours after he was admitted, the driver of the #6 Ford for Roush Fenway Racing has miraculously been treated and released.

Roush Fenway Racing released another update earlier today, stating that he had been continuing his “great improvement”.

They also posted a picture of him with his two daughters.

Under two hours later, they confirmed that Newman had been treated and released from the hospital, posting another picture of him and his two daughters leaving the building.

His wife Krissie posted a video.

The last-lap wreck took place when Newman was leading the race coming to the checkered flag with Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney right behind him. Blaney, who later said he was committed to pushing his fellow Ford driver to the win over Toyota driver Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs Racing, made contact with the rear of the #6 Ford, and that sent him spinning.

Newman’s car spun up the track, barely missing the eventual winning #11 Toyota of Hamlin, before slamming into the SAFER barrier and flipping over onto its roof.

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But perhaps the scariest moment of all took place when the oncoming #32 Ford, driven by Go Fas Racing’s Corey LaJoie, was unable to avoid the airborne #6 Ford. LaJoie was unable to go anywhere, and he ended up running into the driver’s side of Newman’s car.

The safety crew flipped Newman’s car back over after it had come to rest on its roof, following an additional skid of several hundred yards down the track. They worked to extract him from the car, and the NASCAR community looked on in horror.

There was no news of any kind for a few hours, but it was then reported that his injuries were not life threatening, although he was will reported to be in serious condition.

Not even two days later, following the incredible work by the safety crew and doctors in addition to the millions of prayers from his friends, family, fans and the entire NASCAR community, he is completely out of the hospital.