Ryan Newman and his daughters. Krissie Newman/Twitter A driver hasn’t died in a NASCAR race since Dale Earnhardt at the Daytona 500 in 2001.

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.

NASCAR driver Ryan Newman survived a horrific crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500 Monday night.

The night bore an eerie similarity to the afternoon, 19 years ago almost to the day, that Dale Earnhardt died on the final lap of the Daytona 500, victim of a vicious head-on crash into the wall ...

Shortly after it was reported that NASCAR driver Ryan Newman was awake, he left the hospital Sean Neumann is a reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2019. His work has previously ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt's death on the final lap of the Daytona 500 may have saved Ryan Newman's life. Earnhardt died 19 years ago Tuesday, the same day Roush Fenway Racing ...