Dale Earnhardt Jr Provides Much-Needed Clarification on Victim Jordan Anderson’s Burns to a Confused NASCAR Audience

Earlier last week, there was a frightening moment during a Truck race when Jordan Anderson’s truck caught fire. The fire was actually quite sudden and shocked many. Fortunately, Anderson was able to make a quick escape, but not entirely unscathed. Now, people are a little confused about how Anderson still got some burns, despite wearing a fireproof suit and gloves. So, Dale Earnhardt Jr provided some much-needed clarity.

Over the several decades of motor racing, there have been so many improvements to ensure driver safety. This is actually true for any form of motorsport, and NASCAR is one of them. Dale Jr tweeted, “Heat. The suit protects from direct contact but if you get in a 700-degree furnace for even a few seconds you are gonna have some issues. That’s why he wanted out. Anything was better than being in that much heat.”

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Dale Earnhardt Jr has a massive point about the incident

As a former race car driver himself, he knows what he is talking about, and the threat of fire is very real. All the way back in 2004, Dale Earnhardt Jr endured a crash in the American Le Mans Series, where he crashed and his car caught fire. Without his fireproof suit, it could have spelt bad news. However, fireproof does not mean heatproof, and that is most likely what caused the burns for poor old Jordan Anderson.

Just two years ago, former F1 driver Romain Grosjean suffered from a really scary accident where his car also caught fire. Once again, though he walked away with his life, he still suffered several burns to his hands. In this scenario, the heat was the culprit in causing Grosjean’s burns. Hopefully for everyone’s sake that Jordan Anderson pulls through. Who knows, he may make a miraculous recovery and be back behind the wheel once again.

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