His Roush team has confirmed he's awake and speaking with family, less than 24 hours after his horrific crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500.

Newman's car slammed into the wall at nearly 200 mph, flipped, got hit by another car, flipped several more times and skidded to a halt in flames.

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28 Oct: State Highway 1 is now open north of Christchurch, after a multi-vehicle crash this morning

28 Oct: Labour Weekend has come to a close - with two fatalities on our roads

27 Oct: Liam Lawson narrowly misses track marshals running across F1 Mexico City Grand Prix track

27 Oct: F1 Mexico: Lando Norris wins and leads Formula 1 standings, Oscar Piastri fifth in Mexico City Grand Prix

27 Oct: Truck drivers say flow-on effects from a significant disruption impacts services for days, and they're calling for better communications

26 Oct: F1 Mexico qualifying: Oscar Piastri starts seventh, Lando Norris on pole, Max Verstappen fifth

25 Oct: Supercars driver Ryan Wood feels he's up to the task of dealing with the Gold Coast track surface ahead of this afternoon's race one qualifying

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Motoring:
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Entertainment:
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Law and Order:
Authorities are hunting two men after an alleged homicide in Bay of Plenty over the weekend 11:57

Entertainment:
Jon Bon Jovi has compared recovering from a vocal cord injury to training for a marathon 11:51

International:
Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson labelled 'hypocrites' by royal biographer over connection to Jeffrey Epstein 11:37

Entertainment:
Kim Kardashian is convinced she will be a fully qualified lawyer in two weeks when she gets the results of the bar exam 11:21

Rugby:
A brief insight into the Barbarians squad from New Zealand development XV fullback Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens ahead of Sunday's opening game of their three-match tour 11:17

Entertainment:
Samhain: the true, non-American origins of Halloween 11:17

Tennis:
Alexei Popyrin loses to Alexander Bublik in Paris, before Australian snubbed for post-match handshake 11:17

Politics:
Chris Hipkins says a Capital Gains Tax is an important change for New Zealand 11:07

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