Ryan Newman medically cleared by NASCAR to race
NASCAR announced Monday night that Ryan Newman has been medically cleared to race once racing resumes.
The 2008 Daytona 500 champion has sidelined due to a severe crash on the final lap of this year’s 500.
Newman made an appearance on Sunday’s eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series FOX Sports broadcast of the Talladega race and stated he’d be ready to return once NASCAR would get going again. However, he had not been medically cleared until Monday’s announcement.
Newman had done a private test at Darlington Raceway back in mid-March before the COVID-19 global pandemic but has not been in a competitive race since the Daytona 500.
Ross Chastain has been Newman’s sub for the three races that Newman’s missed but will now shift his main focus toward running for an Xfinity Series championship with Kaulig Racing once racing returns, with Monday’s announcement being made.
More details are yet to come.
SOURCES:
NASCAR
Racing-Reference.info
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
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