After an Eerie Daytona Crash Involving Ryan Blaney, Insider Comes to NASCAR’s Defense

The image of Ryan Preece crashing and somersaulting in the air still sends chills down NASCAR fans’ spine. The driver can thank the heavens as well as NASCAR, for upgrading its safety protocols. However, it was not just Preece who was bogged down by the threats of racing in a superspeedway, but also Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney.

There is no denying that superspeedways have witnessed the most harrowing crashes of NASCAR. Some had a slight impact, while others claimed the lives of legendary drivers. Nevertheless, witnessing two harrowing crashes consecutively in a single night was witnessing a terrifying story unfolding. While many considered it as a shortcoming of NASCAR, Dale Jarrett seemed to beg otherwise in his interview with NBC.

Former NASCAR driver sends his respect to the authority for its safety development

It’s been over a month since Ryan Blaney suffered a horrific wreck on the track of Nashville. Furthermore, the absence of a SAFER barrier on the track had the potency to transgress into something fatal. After exiting the race and being released from the infield care center, a livid Blaney bashed out articulating, that he would be willing to pay for the “f***ing thing”. The incident did draw the attention of the authorities and the road has yet to traverse in order to develop its safety procedures.

However, this time Blaney can thank NASCAR for being able to escape the wreck, scratch-free. The ‘Big One’ occurred at lap 96, when Ty Gibbs clipped the right rear end of Blaney’s Ford, sending him straight into the wall. The incident could have transgressed into something tragic, but it was the front clip of the car and the SAFER barrier that spared Blaney.

Even the NASCAR Insiders did not fail to acknowledge the development of the safety protocols for the sport, one being Dale Jarrett. In an interview with NBC’s Kim Coon, Jarrett expressed, “Ryan Blaney was doing nothing except taking the lead and looking like he was going to win the stage 2 there, and all of a sudden he is head-on into the wall and those are just the worst kind. You are not expecting anything like that to happen and when we shut the end car of Blaney’s crash.”

“It was just so violent, you saw how hard that was and for these drivers to be okay and thinking about moving forward to this week, going to the Southern 500 at Darlington, which is a grueling racing in itself, and getting your body prepared for that. Kudos to NASCAR and everyone involved that they are okay. Scary things like that happen but as we point out, you go on and race the driver.”

To this, Coon also added, “You mentioned the in-car camera plays. I also thought the slow-mo of the hit, where you saw the safer barrier actually go to work was really interesting, and kudos to NASCAR for doing everything they can to keep the drivers safe.”

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NASCAR Insiders reveal the possible ways to avert harrowing crashes

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Furthermore, this revelation by Dale Jarrett comes days after on a contradictory note after NASCAR spotters and hosts of Door Bumper Clear seem to state the solutions to avert these forms of on-track incidents.

TJ Major expressed, “We need to go slower, in my opinion, because we’ll race better. You look at Atlanta—look at how many times we passed Atlanta vs. how many times we passed Daytona. We need to race slower, I would say, just so the racing is better.”

Brett Griffin also added, “It’s been a long time since I have seen a cup car flip and look like it was a sprint car flipping. Because of the revolutions per second in the flip, I will say this about the grass, though: I am all for it if you are making a mistake having a penalty, right? But at a superspeedway, if grass is a problem too, it’s not that hard to do away with it.”

NASCAR has surely made visible changes in the sport to ensure that the drivers of the sport are not exposed to any major threat. However, it is to be pondered upon whether TJ Major and Brett Griffin’s words hold any water on whether it is a viable option.

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