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Ryan Newman Crash Video 2009: NASCAR Driver Survives Huge Wreck
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by Jon Azpiri | November 2, 2009 at 02:13 pm
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NASCAR driver Ryan Newman was involved in a spectacular crash at Talladega race track on Nov. 1, 2009. With five laps remaining in the race, Ryan Newman bumped into teammate Tony Stewart. Ryan Newman was then hit by Marcos Ambrose and Newman's car flipped onto the hood of Kevin Harvick's car.
Ryan Newman then crash into the wall, flipping over several times and leaving his car a wreck. Emergency crews cut the roof of the Ryan Newman wreck to pry him out. Fortunately, it seems that Ryan Newman didn't suffer any serious injuries after the crash.
Ryan Newman was involved in a crash at the Talladega Superspeedway last year.
Here is the Ryan Newman crash video.
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Jon Azpiri
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at 15:21 on November 2nd, 2009
This from the LA Times:
A combination of bump-drafting regulations and end-over-end crashes led NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Ryan Newman to call Sunday's race at Talladega Superspeedway boring.
Newman was involved in one of two spectacular crashes at the end of the Talladega race. He took his frustrations out on NASCAR for creating a car he called a box and rules that led to a ridiculous race.
... and this from KGET-TV 17:
The main storyline coming from Talladega Superspeedway wasn't the final result, but how NASCAR exposed itself to more controversy after tweaking the rules in hopes of better and safer restrictor- plate racing.
During Sunday's pre-race drivers' meeting for the Amp Energy 500, NASCAR announced to teams that there would be a ban on bump-drafting through the high 33-degree banking turns at Talladega. Officials warned drivers an aggressive driving penalty would be assessed for anyone caught bumping in the turns.
NASCAR tinkered with the rules change throughout the weekend after Michael Waltrip was parked for the last 30 minutes of final practice due to aggressive driving. Waltrip bump-drafted behind Jimmie Johnson's car throughout the 2.66- mile track.
Hours after NASCAR gave their stern warning on bump-drafting, drivers responded in a way that made for a boring race at Talladega, instead of the exciting one we usually see there. For a majority of the 500 miles, fans saw single-file racing that was as much of a thrill as watching a freight train roll by. Many drivers, such as Johnson, played it safe and hung around in back of the pack for most of the race.
So what if there was a season-high 58 lead changes among 25 drivers? There could have been a lot more if it weren't for long periods of tedious racing.
It wasn't until the final 20 laps that things livened up at Talladega. And so did the mayhem and wrecks.