'If you want to be a race car driver, you better be tough,' said driver Ryan Preece after emerging from a shocking, multi-flip accident at Daytona International Speedway
Whileworld is relieved to hear of Preece’s release, the nature of the crash is leading to some concerns. During the broadcast, Jeff Burton, a NASCAR on NBC analyst, noted that crashes that send cars flying into the air and rolling multiple times are supposed to be much rarer today than they used to be.
“Fifteen to 20 years ago, these were the kind of wrecks we expected to see,” he said. “NASCAR has changed a lot about these cars to try to keep them on the ground.”of stock cars, designed with an emphasis on driver safety. Although things like the safety cell seemed to work, it seems natural to assume that the higher a car flies, the higher the risk of injury.
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