View Full Version : UPDATEl Ryan Newman's Daytona Crash
Derald Rice
02-19-2020, 07:14 PM
I will bet that everyone is surprised at this
https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2020/02/19/ryan-newman-treated-released-from-hospital/
That was a horrific crash. This is really good news!
Surprised, no. Relieved, absolutely. As bad as the crash was, I was screaming at the TV for the safety crews to get there before the fuel that was pouring out of the car right next to the open flames went up and engulfed the car with Ryan still in it. That was definitely one of the scariest crashes I've seen in a long time. That broadside impact on the driver's door …. WOW!
Wolffbone
02-20-2020, 05:13 AM
suprised he made it out
Wolffbone
02-20-2020, 05:13 AM
was even more suprised when he walked out today with his two girls
Wolffbone
02-20-2020, 05:15 AM
from looks of wreck thought the worst even more when they put up the blackout barriers usually only brought out for fatalities
mburger
02-20-2020, 01:32 PM
I’m trying to process, “Serious condition” and within 48 hours he’s walking out of the hospital. Most of all I’m glad he dodged a bullet and looks to be doing great. Even better his little girls still have their daddy.
Derald Rice
02-25-2020, 10:49 AM
As bad as the crash was, I was screaming at the TV for the safety crews to get there before the fuel that was pouring out of the car right next to the open flames went up and engulfed the car with Ryan still in it.
Apparently we were seeing oil, not fuel.
https://www.foxnews.com/auto/heres-why-ryan-newmans-nascar-car-wasnt-engulfed-in-flames
Logan
02-25-2020, 11:07 AM
Testament to modern motorsports safety equipment. HANS device, containment seats, helmets, harness, cages, fire suppression, Nomex suits/boots/gloves, etc. Not to mention the response and training of the first responders and medics involved.
JohnK
02-25-2020, 11:30 AM
I’m trying to process, “Serious condition” and within 48 hours he’s walking out of the hospital. Most of all I’m glad he dodged a bullet and looks to be doing great. Even better his little girls still have their daddy.
I had the same exact thought when I saw him walk out of the hospital with his girls. I was so relieved to see him walking out. I subsequently heard that he actually suffered a pretty serious head injury and is still dealing with the effects of the concussion, so there may still be some serious issues he's dealing with despite appearing OK. I hope he has a full and speedy recovery.
Testament to modern motorsports safety equipment. HANS device, containment seats, helmets, harness, cages, fire suppression, Nomex suits/boots/gloves, etc. Not to mention the response and training of the first responders and medics involved.
Did you know Ryan Newman worked with NASCAR to add additional bars in the cage which is known as the Newman bar?
Newman, who was taken directly to Halifax Medical Center and released from the hospital on Wednesday, may well have benefited from the so-called "Newman bar," reinforcement for the roll cage that strengthened the roof and the windshield that was implemented after a wreck involving Newman in 2013.
"So when we look at the cars and look back at what we've been able to do with the cars as an industry, we've been able to make improvements,” said Dr. John Patalak, NASCAR’s senior director of safety engineering. "The one you've referenced in 2013 with the additional roll bars and the roof and the windshield area . . . we were also able to do things with the laminate windshield in 2013 and improved window net mounting in 2013.
"All of those things really contribute and work together as an assembly to improve the overall outcomes to what we saw in Daytona."