Not a Nascar fan and didn't see this crash, nor do I want to, but of course hope Newman is ok. As evidence of how much safer full-blown race cars have become, see Ott Tanak's horrendous "off" at the Monte Carlo rally a few weeks ago. He and codriver walked away from it, and were back racing in Sweden this past weekend. 30 years ago I'm pretty sure Tanak and his codriver would both be dead before the car stopped moving.
Link: https://www.redbull.com/int-en/videos/wrc-2020-monte-carlo-ott-tanak-crash
This is why I hate plate racing; whoever it is at NASCAR who thinks it's OK should be kicked in the crouch. It's a dangerous profession but making it more so makes me angry.
I hope the guy is OK.
759NRNG
UltraDork
2/17/20 9:05 p.m.
NASCAR press pass just updated with a statement from the team that he is in serious condition, but not life threatening.
-Rob
NorseDave said:
Not a Nascar fan and didn't see this crash, nor do I want to, but of course hope Newman is ok. As evidence of how much safer full-blown race cars have become, see Ott Tanak's horrendous "off" at the Monte Carlo rally a few weeks ago. He and codriver walked away from it, and were back racing in Sweden this past weekend. 30 years ago I'm pretty sure Tanak and his codriver would both be dead before the car stopped moving.
Link: https://www.redbull.com/int-en/videos/wrc-2020-monte-carlo-ott-tanak-crash
Even in amateur motorsports....see Foley's flight off the side of Pike's Peak in his Evo.....car was reduced to basically the cage, and he pretty much walked away from it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hIsWx5qbQs
(edit) Non-life threatening but serious is a pretty large scope of injury
79rex
Reader
2/17/20 9:10 p.m.
That's great news, and from seeing the crash he is unbelievably lucky for that
Will
UltraDork
2/17/20 9:12 p.m.
Let's hope the diagnosis is accurate and that Ryan is able to recover.
That was as bad a crash as I've seen in a long time, and after the car stopped, it sure looked as if there was fuel dumping out next to an open flame. That was hard to watch waiting for the safety crews to show up.
Wally
MegaDork
2/17/20 9:14 p.m.
In reply to Brett_Murphy :
Yes but it was far better than I expected after two hours of total silence.
Hopefully he'll have a speedy recovery.
In reply to Will :
Wasn't fuel obviously, the oil tank is there so likely that.
Very scary crash. I hope he recovers fully and quickly.
After watching the crash on TV, I'm glad to hear the news.
Very nasty hit. Seeing how the halo deformed and the entire car buckled when it was t-boned by the other car makes me wonder how comprised the structure was after the initial wall impact. The good news is they sit so low in those cars that I dont believe his head was right up there by the roll cage.
Very glad to hear it's not life threatening but I'm even more hopeful that he avoided a serious TBI.
Wish it made me feel better, but "serious but not life threatening" just feels like another Wickens type situation. I hope I'm wrong.
I haven't been following NASCAR for a few years now, but since they went to FI, couldn't they just use different computers for the cars on the super speedways?
In reply to spitfirebill :
Yes, and they do, along with different aero for speedways and short tracks, and the tweaks they can make to them along with that.
Tom1200 said:
This is why I hate plate racing; whoever it is at NASCAR who thinks it's OK should be kicked in the crouch. It's a dangerous profession but making it more so makes me angry.
I hope the guy is OK.
I am a huge NASCAR fan boy. I have been since the late 1970s and your statement is so spot on and is why I have been watching less and less of it. This I the first time in many years that I voluntarily did not watch the 500.
The cage, the location of the driver seat, the seat itself and the head/neck restraint may have saved a life last night. That was some scary E36 M3. Seeing Jeff Gordon and Mike Joy's last update sure felt ominous. I went to bed fearing he didn't survive, so the news is good so far.
dean1484 said:
Tom1200 said:
This is why I hate plate racing; whoever it is at NASCAR who thinks it's OK should be kicked in the crouch. It's a dangerous profession but making it more so makes me angry.
I hope the guy is OK.
I am a huge NASCAR fan boy. I have been since the late 1970s and your statement is so spot on and is why I have been watching less and less of it. This I the first time in many years that I voluntarily did not watch the 500.
As someone who doesn't pay attention to NASCAR, how can they keep speeds down and the racing not-so-close to help prevent "the big one." Can anything be done? We've been hearing about "the big one" for 3+ decades.
Narrower and harder tires, less downforce, less drag.
