Drivers processing the dangers of racing after Ryan Newman's crash.
This photo provided by Roush Racing shows NASCAR driver Ryan Newman and his daughters, Brooklyn Sage, left, and Ashlyn Olivia, leaving Halifax Medical Center, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020 in Daytona Beach, Fla. Ryan Newman was released from a Florida hospital on Wednesday, about 42 hours after his frightening crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500.
That includes Ryan Blaney, the driver who tried to shove Newman to the Daytona win Monday night and instead hooked Newman’s car into the spin that ultimately turned into an airborne, fiery spectacle with Newman’s car upside down and Newman trapped inside. Ross Chastain will drive the No. 6 Ford in place of Newman. Roush Fenway Racing has not revealed any details about Newman’s potential injuries, but the 42-year-old Indiana native walked out of the hospital holding hands with his two young daughters less than 48 hours after an accident that appeared fatal.
“After I tore down the fence and walked out immediately with nothing, I definitely feel like these cars are the safest things out there,” Dillon said Friday. “But it just goes to show you that you can be impacted in the wrong way and it can be compromised. We’re going 200 mph around each other and sometimes force just overtakes what we know is safe.”
“When there’s a guy that’s getting extricated from a car you always fear the worst, right?” Busch said, acknowledging the passive attitude that has been created in 19 years of safety improvements. “We put ourselves in that situation knowing what we’re getting ourselves into,” Dillon said. “I know that when I went to Kentucky the next week, I just got in there and ran. I wasn’t sore, I was ready. The only thing I had done during the week was talk more about it. It’s part of what we do as race car drivers and I think that’s why people come watch us. We do put our lives on the line for this stuff. It’s engaging for the fans to see.
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