Newman opens up about surviving crash: 'A miracle on so many levels'

Ryan Newman says he feels "so lucky" to be alive after the horrifying crash he was involved in during the final lap of the Daytona 500 last month.

The 42-year-old opened up about surviving the wreck Wednesday morning in an interview with "Today" - his first since the Feb. 17 wreck.

"(It's) still humbling to watch it and know that I'm sitting here without a headache, which is amazing," Newman said. "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."

Newman, who walked out of the hospital two days after the crash, said he suffered a "bruised brain" but avoided any broken bones or other injuries.

"On so many levels, I feel so lucky," he said. "You look at the crash, you think that's spectacular in a bad way. You look at the car afterward, you think about all the things of what happened right for me to be sitting here."

Newman plans to return to racing this season, though there's no timeline as of yet.

"We're working on it," he said. "As soon as I possibly can."