DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Joe Gibbs apologized after his driver Denny Hamlin won the Daytona 500 on Monday, just afterRyan Newman's fiery crashthat sent him to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The former Washington Redskins head coach and owner of Joe Gibbs Racing, who recently was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, said his team did not know how bad Ryan Newman's crash was until after they were in the winner's circle and given the trophy.