Newman awake, speaking after horrific Daytona 500 crash

NASCAR driver Ryan Newman is alert and talking to doctors after a fiery

crash

at the Daytona 500. Newman had just taken the lead on the final lap when a hit behind him sent his Ford Mustang into the wall at 200 miles per hour. Newman's car was crossing the road. finish line upside down and on fire his crew running alongside him to free him as Danny Hamlin won the race and a final photo his teammates were praying and he's in the pits for him I don't even know who I hit you're concentrating I'm trying to get a good ending.

Accidents are so common at the end of these races anyway that you don't think about it and are informed in victory lane that it was serious. Newman, a father of two, rolled his car in an accident at this same track in 2003, 19 and 19 years ago to the day racing legend Dale Earnhardt Senior lost his life at Daytona after an accident also at the last lap that pressure from NASCAR to tighten safety standards there has been no fatal accident since