FOR NEWMAN.
BUT NOW HE'S BACK ON TRACK.
>> RYAN, WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT
YOU'RE HERE.
WE'RE SO HAPPY YOU'RE SITTING AT
THAT TABLE.
AFTER WATCHING THAT VIDEO, I
DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES YOU'VE
SEEN IT, BUT HOW ARE YOU FEELING
THIS MORNING?
HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
>> IT'S STILL HUMBLING TO WATCH
IT AND KNOW I'M SITTING HERE
WITHOUT A HEADACHE, WHICH IS
AMAZING.
JUST A MIRACLE ON SO MANY LEVELS
AND THANKFUL FOR SO MANY PEOPLE
FOR PRAYERS, FOR ALL THE THINGS
THAT WENT INTO ME BEING SAFER IN
THAT SITUATION.
>> NO BROKEN BONES, NOTHING LIKE
THAT.
>> NO.
>> THERE WERE SOME REPORTS OF
HEAD INJURIES.
WHAT DID THE DOCTORS HAVE TO SAY
ABOUT THAT.
>> A BRUISED BRAIN.
IT TAKES TIME FOR IT TO HEAL.
I WAS KNOCKED OUT.
THERE WAS A POINT WHERE I DON'T
REMEMBER PART OF THE RACE.
REALISTICALLY I JUST FEEL SO
LUCKY.
ON SO MANY LEVELS I FEEL SO
LUCKY.
YOU LOOK AT THE CRASH, YOU THINK
THAT'S SPECTACULAR IN A BAD WAY.
YOU LOOK AT THE CAR AFTERWARDS,
YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS
OF WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT FOR ME TO
BE SITTING HERE.
>> THE RACE ITSELF, FOR FOLKS
WHO DON'T FOLLOW NASCAR, IT'S
THE SUPER BOWL OF RACING THE
DAYTONA 500.
HERE YOU ARE 190 MILES PER HOUR,
LAST LAP.
YOU'RE THAT CLOSE TO WINNING
THIS THING.
WHAT'S THE LAST THING YOU
REMEMBER?
>> THIS IS MY I SHOULD HAVE WON
INTERVIEW.
I MEAN, IT'S EMOTIONAL, NO
DOUBT.
I THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT I
WAS THAT CLOSE.
BUT REALLY IN THE END, I'M
REALLY HUMBLED BY THE
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE AND
CONTINUE MY LIFE, TO BE BLESSED
BY SO MANY PEOPLE'S PRAYERS TO
BE SITTING HERE AND HOPEFULLY
MAKING SOMETHING OF IT.
ENJOY LIFE WITH MY DAUGHTERS.
>> YOU'RE HERE AND SO ARE YOUR
GUARDIAN ANGELS WHICH ARE
CLEARLY WATCHING OVER YOU.
SAFETY IS SOMETHING YOU'VE BEEN
WORKING ON AND TALKING ABOUT AND
BEEN A LEADER ON ON AND OFF THE
TRACK AND NOW HERE YOU ARE THE
BENEFICIARY OF THAT.
>> IT'S NOT JUST ME.
THERE'S A WHOLE GROUP AT NASCAR
THAT'S DONE A GREAT JOB FROM THE
TRACKS TO SAFETY PERSONNEL.
THE DRIVERS INSIDE THE CARS, THE
COCKPIT, CONTAINMENT SEATS WE
HAVE.
SO MANY LEVELS OF THINGS THAT
HAPPENED IN THE LAST 20 YEARS
I'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS SPORT
THAT HELP ME BE ABLE TO SIT HERE
TODAY.
>> YOU WERE SAYING A MINUTE AGO
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CRASH AND
THINK OH, MY GOSH, HOW DID I
WALK AWAY.
WHEN YOU LOOK CLOSER AND LOOK
INSIDE THE CAR, WHAT WENT RIGHT.
WHAT DID YOU MEAN?
WHAT DID GO RIGHT?
>> WHERE I WAS HIT, SO TO SPEAK.
THE CAGE WAS COMPROMISED.
ALL THOSE WELDS HELD TOGETHER.
SO THE GUYS IN THE SHOP DID AN
AMAZING JOB.
ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED
THAT GET ME HERE.
I GOT HIT FROM BEHIND AT A CAR
GOING 190 MILES AN HOUR.
IT PUSHED ME BACK BUT HE PUSHED
ME FORWARD.
HIS CAR ACTUALLY HIT MY SEAT.
LOTS OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED
THAT ALIGNED.
THE ANGELS ALIGNED.
HELD A REALLY GOOD GRIP WITH
THEIR HANDS.
>> YOU'VE BEEN HUMBLE.
YOU'VE BEEN SUCH AN ADVOCACY FOR
SAFETY.
THERE'S A BAR IN THE CAR CALLED
THE NEWMAN BAR THAT PROTECTS
DRIVERS SPECIFICALLY.
FOR FOLKS THAT MIGHT BE WATCHING
AND WONDERING, WHY IN THE WORLD
AFTER SURVIVING SOMETHING LIKE
THIS, CHEATING DEATH, WHY WOULD
YOU GET BACK IN THE CAR?
WHY NOT JUST RETIRE AT 42.
>> I LOVE IT.
I'M JUST 42, RIGHT?
I LOVE IT.
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE PAINFUL TO BE
OUT OF THE RACE CAR AND NOT BE
DOING WHAT I'VE DONE FOR YEARS.
I STARTED RACING AT 4
1/2-YEAR-OLD.
>> LASTLY, WHAT DID YOU TELL
YOUR GIRLS?
I KNOW THAT MUST HAVE BEEN SCARY
BECAUSE THEY WERE AT THE TRACK
WHEN IT HAPPENED.
>> DADDY IS ALL RIGHT.
REALLY THAT'S -- I DON'T -- THEY
SEEM TO BE COMPLETELY FINE WITH
THE FACT THAT I'M STILL DADDY.
I THINK IT WOULD BE TOTALLY
DIVOT IF SOMETHING ELSE WOULD
HAVE HAPPENED.
BUT I'M 100% WHO I WAS, WHICH
THEY WERE GOOD WITH, SO I'M
FINE.
>> WHEN ARE YOU BACK IN THAT
CAR?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
>> T