Talladega red-flagged following Newman crash
Posted Nov 01, 2009 5:11 PM
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TALLADEGA, Ala. -NASCAR red-flagged Sunday's race at Talladega following a spectacular crash involving Ryan Newman with five laps remaining.
Newman was in the middle of a pack hurtling down the backstretch at the massive 2.66-mile tri-oval when he bumped into teammate Tony Stewart.
Newman's No. 39 Stewart-Haas Chevrolet was then nudged by Marcos Ambrose, and Newman veered inside before flipping into the air and landing on the hood of Kevin Harvick's car. Newman rolled over before coming to a rest upside down on the grass.
He was alert following the accident. Emergency crews had to cut the roof off to extricate him.
The wreck came a few hours after NASCAR officials warned drivers about aggressive driving at the restrictor-plate track.
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2009-11-01 17:01:54

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dantobiasr
6:32PM Nov 1 2009 
glad that newman is ok.
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Roadruts
6:06PM Nov 1 2009 
How does Jeff G. run out of gas and is pushed to the pits, I thought if you ran out of gas you coasted as far as you could, praying to make it ti pit road. Oh yeah it's Jeff the golden Boy, rules must not apply to him.
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BOOGATUDE
5:56PM Nov 1 2009 
Tahnk God that Ryan is ok after that horrific accident.
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JoAntny8
5:44PM Nov 1 2009 
That was a spectactular wreck
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JoAntny8
5:44PM Nov 1 2009 
That was a spectactular wreck
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Sauruss4u
5:37PM Nov 1 2009 
Make Dega a 1 3/4 mile or 2 mile track.........scrap the failed restrictor plate..........So far nothing Nascar has proposed has worked..........the race there sucks. I went there once............nice facility for sure..............the racing is horrific and has been since the first plate race..........the plate was introduced for making the racing safer...........What races have the Nascar brass been watching since the brilliance of the plate came in the rule book.................lettem race or change the track .............but either way the plate AIN'T the answer. The drivers and owners should now step up and boycott the Dega race until Nascar comes up with a better plan than the plate.................. All the plate races are 43 car IROC races. Hey Nascar? How's that worked out for ya? I stopped buying tickets 12 yrs ago and now only watch bits and pieces of about 1/3 of the schedule.................support your local short tracks fans............the racing is far better and you have much greater access to the drivers and cars without the pompous attitudes and bloated ticket prices and track gouging. Nascar hasn't done anything to fix the Dega mess...........maybe the drivers or fans can...............
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