For the second time in two years, Ryan Preece went airborne in a terrifying crash on the backstretch at Daytona Worldwide Speedway.
Preece, who was making his Daytona 500 debut with Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing, caught air after his No. 60 Ford was hit on the correct facet on Lap 197.
His automotive caught air and traveled solely on its rear wheels for just a few seconds earlier than then flipping over and touchdown on its roof. His Mustang then turned over whereas sliding up the banking and slammed into the surface wall. After the rear-end contact, the automotive flipped again on its wheels.
After strolling away from the crash, Preece was checked and launched from the care middle.
“Yeah I do not know if it is the diffuser or what that makes these vehicles like a sheet of plywood if you stroll out on a windy day,” Preece instructed Fox Sports activities. “However when the automotive took off like that, it obtained actual quiet. All I considered was my daughter, so I am fortunate to stroll away, however we’re getting actually near someone not with the ability to, so I am very grateful.
“That sucks. I imply this factor was quick. It is irritating if you finish your day like this.”
Preece was hospitalized in a single day for commentary . His No. 41 Ford skidded over the Le Mans Chicane curbing and went tumbling violently by means of the backstretch grass, .
NASCAR, which owns the Daytona observe, performed a security evaluate that resulted in paving the backstretch grass after final 12 months’s Daytona 500 and making alterations to the earlier curbing and concrete pads.
Ryan Preece, stored in a single day at a hospital, posts on social media: “I’m coming again.”
