Ryan Preece is changing into fairly used to flying down the backstretch at Daytona Worldwide Speedway.
After taking a terrifying tumble at Daytona in August of 2023, Preece flipped on the “World Middle of Racing” once more in Sunday’s Daytona 500 in a giant crash on lap 196.
Preece was unhurt and walked away from the crash and gave an emotionally placing interview after being launched from the infield care middle.
“I do not know if it is the diffuser or what that makes this automobile like a sheet of plywood while you stroll exterior on a windy day,” Preece told Fox Sports. “When the automobile took off and it acquired actual quiet, all I thought of was my daughter. I used to be fortunate to stroll away, however we’re getting actual near someone not having the ability to.
“It is irritating while you finish your day like this.”
Preece completed thirty second on a day the place he and the No. 60 staff led six laps. Preece’s Ford Mustang Darkish Horse was quick all through Speedweeks, however sadly, the chaos of Daytona did not permit him an opportunity to win the Daytona 500.
Preece’s flip will undoubtedly spark conversations concerning the Subsequent-Gen automobile and its frequency of blowovers. In two consecutive races — Michigan and Daytona, respectively — in 2024, the Cup Collection noticed a number of blowovers. Corey LaJoie went for a wild experience at Michigan on Aug. 19, whereas Josh Berry and Michael McDowell each flipped the wrong way up at Daytona on Aug. 24.
Actually, the primary official Cup Collection factors race with the Subsequent-Gen automobile, the 2022 Daytona 500, noticed Harrison Burton’s No. 21 blow over on the backstretch in an early crash.
Blowovers and airborne crashes have at all times occurred in NASCAR, however their elevated frequency for the reason that creation of the Subsequent-Gen automobile ought to be a trigger for concern.
