Ryan Newman hospitalized after crash in Daytona 500.
Eve O'Donnell of NASCAR with
Newman
's conditionerRyan
Newman
is being treated at Halifax Medical Center he's in serious condition but doctors have indicated his injuries are non-life-threatening we appreciate your thoughts and prayers and ask that you respect the privacy ofRyan
and his family during this time we appreciate your patience and cooperation and we'll provide more information as it becomes available again you never want to hear the term serious butnon-life-threatening about as positive as you can expect given the nature of the wreck now not surprisingly this impacts a lot of fans to NASCAR fans
Ryan
Newman
fans a lot of folks were gathered here outside the hospital awaiting word onNewman
's condition in fact some were visibly cheering when they found out the relative good news that came about the serious but non-life-threatening injuries one fan we spoke with Chet from Ponce Inlet a longtime NASCAR fan family is there I mean it was myson's birthday and you know did he's tore up about it you know and he's a die-hard race game just turned 13 you know so it's it's hard yeah it hits everyone hard no question about it and there's no question what tonight's incident has done to the NASCAR community in general current drivers former drivers fans team owners everyone coming together as one sending out thoughts and prayers throughout the evening let's send things over now to the Speedway where new six
sports director Jamie say is standing by hello Jamie Thank You
Ryan
this is whereRyan
Newman
's car settledafter
that viciouscrash
thatRyan
Welch just showed you his momentum taking him the length of pit road and it settled right about there it took several minutes for emergency crews to extricateNewman
out of the vehicle and once they did he was immediately taken over to Halifax Medical nowRyan
Newman
was racing for the checkered flag in theDaytona
500 he was going for his secondchampionship when he was spun and involved in that vicious wreck it allowed Denny Hamlin to take the lead and take the checkered flag for his third victory now Hamlin knew there was a wreck but he didn't know the extent of it until he got into Victory Lane and was told as soon as he found out and his team found out that's when the celebration was really subdued you know racing is so competitive it's an ultra competitive sport but it's also close-knit these drivers know each other
very well Hamlin and
Newman
have been racing against each other for years and years here's Denny Hamlin's reaction to the wreck just like everyone else you're like give us an update like what's going on and we're just you know a person's health is bigger than any race or any accomplishment that you can possibly have so we're praying forRyan
right now and that's kind of all we're thinking about thank everybody's praying and lifting upRyan
and we all hopeyou know it was very subdued in here once we understood you know what had happened it was subdued all around the racetrack when that wreck happened as fans media drivers tried to get the latest on
Ryan
Newman
Denny Hamlin has now won theDaytona
500 three times but again he was thinking of his comrade in in the driver's seatRyan
Newman
a little bit more aboutRyan
Newman
42 years old of 20 year veteran of Cup racing he's won theDaytona
500 before he's a popular well-known man and afather of two reporting live from