[RummyChick]

Spotter tape now on twitter. He told hamlin ryan was upside down and major debris everywhere..as he is celebrating woo hoos yells. So hamlin knew

[BushCountry]

I don’t know enough about racing to offer a informed opinion, however I will say it appeared that he caused his own accident. In the race for the finish line he deliberately cut in front of the driver to prevent him from passing. The problem is that the other car was pushed and he has a slower car, that made the difference.

You can see the other car went low first and Ryan jumped out in front of him to prevent from being passed. I think he misjudge the speed of the other car.

[ratzoe]

Spotter tape now on twitter. He told hamlin ryan was upside down and major debris everywhere..as he is celebrating woo hoos yells. So hamlin knew

Of course Hamlin knew, but he did not have the benefit of video replay to know the extent of crash. Crashes are normal in NASCAR and the vast majority of time, drivers walk away from some pretty horrendous crashes. And, you're right, Newman probably saved his own life with his constant pursuit of better safety features. Met him and his wife in Richmond a dozen or so years ago, class acts, both of them. A shame that they announced their split just last week.