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my thoughts and prayers go out to Ryan Newman and his family for a speedy recovery from his horrific Daytona crash
he is in serious but not life threatening condition
he is in serious but not life threatening condition
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Yes. Let’s hope the best for him.-Harry
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It ruined the whole race for me. I was all set for an exciting finish and I got a sickening finish. I am amazed he is still alive.Butch Dunaway
Oxford, OhioComment
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I am getting tired of the Big One at Daytona and Talladega. In the old days it was the slingshot out of the draft. Today its the big push to go to the front.Arrold Martin
Nashville TNComment
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What was sickening was NASCAR allowing Hamlin to celebrate while Newman was clearly in distress still in his car.Comment
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Something I've never understood is the way race officials sometimes handle, or don't handle horrific events. I'm a little bewildered after watching. Even the commentators (Fox) don't seem to express any concern or empathy. Feels a bit strange. It looked like he could have been dead, for all they would know, looking at the footage. Dale Earnhardt Jr provides some personal insight here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeZlwo4Rq0o To be honest, I don't know much about NASCAR as I am in Australia where we rarely get to see it but I am a lifelong race fan in general.
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Well for me I respect the drivers . But the rules have ruin Nascar for me. Having 3 races in one race for me is just stupid. And being able to push the car in front at 200mph is going to get someone killed. It came close Monday night. The other pileups were cause by bumping the guy in front. So I guess it will take someone getting killed to change the rule.
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Great news. Ryan is out of the hospital, unbelievable.
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/202...ona-500-crash/Butch Dunaway
Oxford, OhioComment
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That’s really good news thanks for the update
Cant believe he walked out of the hospital this soon!Dave
Peterborough Ont
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That is great news. AmazingComment
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NASCAR claim is they want to give the people what they want. Um what they want based on what. What I want is good racing. So NASCAR decides its not good racing if one manufacturer dominants, thus we have spec engines, spec bodies, spec rear ends, spec suspensions and on and on. I recall Richard Petty saying when he drove Mopars it was more consistent with the leaf springs vs the coil springs on the GM or Fords. SuperBirds and Daytonas outlawed. Ford Talladega outlawed Boss 429 outlawed. Chrysler Hemi outlawed. So NASCAR wanted what the NFL calls parity. But there is no parity in todays NASCAR in reality. Money buys speed. My favorite team Petty is considered a second tier team. While Hendrick, Penske, Gibbs, Stuart-Haas, Ganassi, Wood Brothers, Roush-Fenway, Childress, Leavine allied with Gibbs, JTG Daugherty are considered in the 1st Tier. Now we know Furniture Row was a good small team also allied with Gibbs but today is no more. So what makes the top ten teams better? We know its not the car. Penske won when they were racing Dodges.
UM now why did I write all of this
Arrold Martin
Nashville TNComment
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NASCAR doesn't race "stock cars", they race "race cars". You won't find many parts from a street version on the race car. If they were actually stock cars Ryan would be dead.
I like the three segments to the race, it makes them race at least three times versus just following the leader and just racing at the end of the race. The only thing I don't like about it is they throw a caution flag at the end of each segment. Score the cars at the end of the segment but let them keep racing.Butch Dunaway
Oxford, OhioComment
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I think you're right, it will probably cause more debris to be cleaned up. I also don't think the cars will be as safe, the second most dangerous car to be in in a wreck is the Corvette.Butch Dunaway
Oxford, OhioComment
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