These walls absorb the energy of an impact better than concrete walls, while maintaining integrity better than traditional steel barriers. Harrison Burton crashed in practice after debris apparently punctured his radiator. The victory also was the combined 95th win by Kyle and Kurt Busch, breaking the NASCAR record for brothers previously held by Bobby and Donnie Allison. Tradition. I death-gripped that wheel throughout the second half of that race, but we got the victory.. Busch was sent to the back early in the race for speeding on pit road, and the penalty infuriated him. They were coming pretty hard. Following Rusty Wallace's crashes at Daytona and Talladega, Penske Racing designed the original roof flaps. That's what Chevy, Ford and Toyota wanted represented in their race cars, like, you know, a stock car is supposed to do. "I'm a lucky man. This rule was implemented for the Sprint Cup Series, which switched to electronic fuel injection for 2012. 13.5% of the penalties were because the team had to go to a backup car. The 16-year-old upstart dominated a NASCAR Truck Series practice, only to be told he couldn't run in a race sponsored by Marlboro because he was too young to smoke. In response, NASCAR announced changes to the rear bumper construction, rear chassis clip, and center chassis clip for the 2023 season.[10]. The head-on collision meant his head had traveled straight forward, stopped before it could extend into a deadly head whip. We felt like we had a pretty good first round, but there are a lot of cars that went quicker in the second round as the track was still cleaning up from practice and the temp actually went down a little bit, Logano said. John Hunter Nemechek won the first stage, leading 24 of the 45 laps. Smith, 20, has five Craftsman Truck Series victories. Now, will they still be there but hitting only the same spot in the center? After a seven-year program, NASCAR presented a design for a new car. I had my mind made up when I went out there that I was going to keep it pinned and whatever happens, happens. He arrived at Earnhardt's car less than 10 minutes after the crash, after crews had already cut the roof off the car and a surgeon stationed closer to the scene had already been administering resuscitation efforts. A broken collarbone at Talladega and Earnhardt's rushed return had taken away his feel for the car. And Earnhardt's 2000 resurgence as a title contender had the old-school fandom worked into a frenzy. "She was the only one that was in the room other than medical personnel.". Four drivers including pole-sitter Christopher Bell couldn't continue after the wreck that sent several cars skidding into across infield. Gonna make it, baby, He climbed out and is okay. Joey Logano turned a lap at 186.053 miles per hour Saturday to win the pole position for Sundays Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Sometimes, it's through a formal investigation of a historic event, like a terrorist attack or space shuttle explosion. Schrader became the day's unwitting messenger of tragedy. He was beating himself up for talking his friend out of quitting and couldn't shake that "they're going to get someone killed" comment during the red flag. All due respect to the jack men, tire carriers and gas can men (their job is also expected to change in 2021), the true cowboys of pit stops have always been the tire changers. In 2004 and 2005, higher qualifying speeds were posted at Texas, earning it the title of the circuit's fastest track. And I said, 'Do what she says,'" Bohannon says. Traffic was really tough.
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