Breaking News: Nascar Driver Ryan Newman update following Daytona 500 crash.

DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 17: Ryan Newman, driver of the #6 Koch Industries Ford, and Corey LaJoie, driver of the #32 RagingBull.com Ford, crash during the last lap of the NASCAR Cup Series 62nd Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2020 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
After weather delays on Sunday caused the 2020 Daytona 500 to be postponed until Monday afternoon. Ryan Newman had surged into the lead on the final lap when runner-up Ryan Blaney’s bumper caught the back of his Ford and sent Newman hard right into the wall. His car flipped, rolled, was hit on the driver’s side by another car, and finally skidded across the finish line engulfed in flames.

It took several minutes for his car to be rolled back onto its wheels. The 2008 Daytona 500 winner was placed in a waiting ambulance and taken directly to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona. The damage to Newman’s Mustang was extensive; it appeared the entire roll cage designed to protect his head had caved.

Newman was rushed to Halifax Trauma Center which is just outside the Daytona International Speedway (less than a half a mile). According to witnesses at the race, CPR was in progress when Newman was removed from the wreckage.

Newman, in his 19th season in the NASCAR Cup Series, has 18 Cup wins — including the 2088 Daytona 500 and 2013 Brickyard 400.

Statement released by Newmans racing team stats Ryan has non life threatening injuries and is in serious condition at the hospital.