Ryan Newman Awake And Speaking
NASCAR driver Ryan Newman is awake and speaking with family and doctors a day after his horrific crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500.
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NASCAR driver Ryan Newman is awake and speaking with family and doctors a day after his horrific crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500.
In a single thrilling lap around NASCAR's most storied track, Denny Hamlin and Ryan Newman displayed the risks and rewards of the dangerous sport they both love.
Ryan Newman has barrel-rolled his way through many terrifying crashes over his 20-year NASCAR career. This one, though, caused the sport to pause.
Ryan Newman flipped across the finish line, his Ford planted upside down and on fire, a grim reminder of a sport steeped in danger that has stretched nearly two decades without a fatality.
Bell, Reddick and Custer are the linchpins of a rookie field that also include Quin Houff, John Hunter Nemechek and Brennan Poole.
Joey Logano and William Byron won the qualifying races that set the field for the Daytona 500.
Daytona Beach became the unofficial "Birthplace of Speed" in 1903 when two men argued over who had the fastest horseless carriage and decided things in a race on the white, hardpacked sand along the Atlantic Ocean.
Kyle Busch has partied in victory lane at every NASCAR track from Darlington to Dover, from Bristol to the Brickyard.
NASCAR is off to an intriguing start, and the season has barely begun.
Brad Keselowski worked overtime to get his Ford ready for Daytona 500 qualifying. Keselowski moonlighted as a crew member when he grabbed tools in the garage and helped repair his car after he was in a fender-bender during practice.
The first race of the NASCAR season was a demolition derby that turned Daytona International Speedway into a giant junkyard.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. needed just two days to get his new team to the top.
Michael Self took home the first trophy of Speedweeks. Hailee Deegan settled for making history at Daytona International Speedway.
There was nothing special about Hailie Deegan's sports car debut as she raced around the road course last month at Daytona International Speedway in a feeder series. She was just an 18-year-old Ford factory driver trying to get seat time.
The sky isn't falling — or at least it doesn't feel that way — as NASCAR heads into the first of two seasons full of change.
Brandon Johns Jr. left Madison Square Garden with a black eye, but also the best game of his career.
For one of the first times in his life, Tony Stewart showed up overdressed.
John Andretti carved out his own niche in one of the world's most successful racing families.
Joe Gibbs was still reeling from the death of his oldest son when he arrived at last year's Daytona 500. Then, on a magical Sunday for his team, his drivers went 1-2-3 in the biggest race of the year to kick off a tribute season to the late J.D. Gibbs.
Daniel Suarez landed a job two weeks before the NASCAR season begins when Gaunt Brothers Racing signed the Mexican driver for the No. 96 Toyota in the Cup Series.
Team Penske won the championship last year in every series it competes except NASCAR.
Roger Penske already is making changes at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
NASCAR has changed the rules on its aerodynamic package for short tracks and road courses because the racing didn't improve at those venues under rules introduced last season.
The fallout from baseball's latest sign-stealing scandal is beginning to take shape. Houston manager AJ Hinch is out of a job, and so is general manager Jeff Luhnow. The question is what will happen with the Boston Red Sox, who are also under investigation for sign stealing.
Team Penske has overhauled the crew chief assignments for all three of its Cup Series teams.
