VIDEO: Ryan Newman Has Bad Crash At Talladega – Finishes 36th
Ryan Newman went on a pretty wild ride today at Talladega with only a handful of laps left. Thankfully he was ok even though it took quite awhile to get him extracted out of the vehicle.
Once they knew Ryan was OK, they along with Ryan decided to flip the car over to get him out. Once the car was flipped they decided that they still had to cut the roof off to get him out.
Crazy stuff.
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Newman Escapes Serious Injury in Harrowing Accident at Talladega
TALLADEGA, Ala. (Nov. 1, 2009) — Ryan Newman was evaluated and released from the infield medical center following a spectacular crash in the late stages of Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway. The incident relegated Newman to a 36th-place finish in the AMP Energy 500.
Newman, who was running with the lead pack of cars and challenging for the win, was involved in a multicar wreck with five laps remaining in regulation. His No. 39 U.S. Army/Haas Automation Chevrolet Impala SS was sent airborne after getting hit from behind while traveling in excess of 190 miles per hour on the ultra-fast 2.66-mile oval.
As Newman’s flying stock car was descending to earth, the back-half smashed into the hood of Kevin Harvick’s car and then proceeded to twirl and barrel roll a number of times before coming to a stop upside down on the infield grass. Though it took a brief time before it was known that Newman was okay, it did take a while for him to be extricated.
After the NASCAR safety crew flipped the car right-side up, Newman was unable to exit the car. The roll cage blocked his exit, which forced the safety team to cut the roof. When Newman emerged from the car he walked to the waiting ambulance, which transported him to the infield medical center.
“Pretty sore — just really disappointed,” said Newman, who conducted an informal news conference outside of the infield care center. “We had this race back here in the spring and complained about cars getting airborne and now ironically I’m the guy that gets upside down.”
Newman added, “Just a by-product of Talladega racing. Unfortunately, we got hit from behind that turned me sideways then I got up in the air and just kept flipping and flopping. Unfortunately, the (roll) cage came down on top of my head and I couldn’t get out. Tough situation with the U.S. Army Chevrolet.”
When asked why it took a while to respond to his crew after the accident Newman said, “It knocked the antennae off the car. When they rolled the car back over, the antennae wire connected. I just got to thank ButlerBuilt (professional seat systems), Simpson Race Products and all the guys at the shop and Hendrick Chassis for what they do to make the cars safer. When I hit the roll cage and landed on my head I was a little worried. I was happy to be able to walk out of that in a roundabout way.”
Newman’s teammate, Tony Stewart, was also involved in the same wreck along with Elliott Sadler, Harvick, and Marcos Ambrose. Stewart finished 35th.
In the Chase point standings, Newman dropped one position to eighth. He is 402 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson with three races remaining. Stewart is fifth, 279 points behind Johnson.
The Talladega race winner was Jamie McMurray. Rounding out the top five in order were Kasey Kahne, Joey Logano, Greg Biffle and Jeff Burton.
The next Cup race is Sunday (Nov. 
at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.
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Thank God Ryan is alright! That goes for everyone else involved in the wreak as well. We were all holding our breaths there for awhile. I think a special thanks need to go to Kevin Harvick for being there to break the fall too. Maybe a cold beer is in order for him.
It appears to me that the wing these cars have did exactly what it was designed to do, create lift. Unfortunately, when the car is going the wrong direction at high speeds like at Talladega, a little too much lift in the wrong direction. the result, a flip. It seems that a device similar to the roof flaps on the top of the car may be in order on the back beneath the wing or on the wing itself to divert air flow over the top of the wing instead of allowing air under it in these situations. It probably wouldn’t take much and maybe could work like the a spoiler on the wing of a plane.
Ryan, you’re an engineer, what do yo think?
I agree with everything Ryan said he really spoke on behalf of the fans and I am truly grateful to have a driver that speaks for the fans.
I was in shock on Sunday I thought we lost him so Thank God.
You know, after Ryan’s car landed on it’s roof I thought for a second that we had lost him.
Then I remembered Dale Earnhardt Senior and what he died for, that seems to be ignored.
Dale Senior died for racing.
I think Dale was watching over Ryan that day because he wanted to send a message to the people ruining the sport he loved and died for.
Ryan had a guardian angel on his shoulder and I believe it was Dale.
Dale saved Ryan to get his message across through Ryan’s words.
After Ryan made his statements on Sunday it reminded me of only one guy that would do such a thing. That one guy was Dale Earnhardt.
The words Ryan said with lots of emotion sounded like something Dale would have said had he survived his crash.
Let’s hope these words do not fall on deaths ears.
Dale Earnhardt is sending a serious message to Nascar.
FIX IT!!!!
Ryan’s wreck was very weird think of it!!!
Thanks Ryan and thanks Dale!!!!!!