Ryan Newman Was Right, NASCAR Was Wrong

After NASCAR driver Ryan Newman was released from the medical centre at Talladega Superspeedway, he was set upon by the normal flock of microphone clutching journalists and race reporters.   However, the interview he gave was far from the normal NASCAR diatribe, but it was still sadly familiar to any fan who has watched racing at either of NASCAR’s restrictor plate tracks.   “[The crash] is a product of this racing and what NASCAR’s put us into with this box with these restrictor plates, with these types of cars, with the yellow line, with the no bump drafting, no passing. Drivers used to be able to respect each other and race around each other,” he said. “I guess [NASCAR] don’t think much of us anymore.”   Most of Newman�...

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