Joey Logano Discredits Kyle Busch, Acquits Next-Gen Car in Ryan Preece’s Daytona Horror

The track at Daytona had come to a standstill as an eerie silence encompassed the iconic track. The audience had prayers on their lips as NASCAR analysts tried to comprehend the situation. It was Stewart-Haas Racing driver Ryan Preece and his car that had somersaulted 10 times in the air before thrashing down on the infield grass.

The Ford driver was able to avert any major physical injury, including a concussion, as he exited the car on his own accord and was transferred to the hospital. Nevertheless, with Preece being cleared by the medical team, the question that is yet to be answered is: what was the cause of such a harrowing crash? As the opinions varied, the arch-nemeses Kyle Busch and Joey Logano seemed to engage in banter as to who should be pinned for the cause.

Joey Logano takes a sly dig at his sworn rival.

Ryan Preece, after being cleared by the doctors, made an appearance on the track at Darlington to compete in the remaining playoff races. Although the driver did not sustain major injuries, his eyes were swollen and bloodshot. The blood vessels in his eyes had burst due to the flips; however, the driver triumphed as a warrior and returned to racing.

The loose end that remains to be tied is whether the reason for the crash was due to the layout of the track or if it was the Next-Gen cars that were the root cause of the problems. Since their rollout, the Next-Gen cars have been the biggest source of debate between drivers and authorities. A majority of the drivers considered the next-generation cars to be less sturdy and could jeopardize their lives.

A majority of drivers asserted that it was the Next-Gen that led to the harrowing crash of Ryan Preece. However, Team Penske’s Joey Logano holds a different school of thought. Ahead of the race in Kansas, in an interview, Logano expressed, “I think from Preece’s wreck, there are probably some key learnings there.”

“Maybe not as much as the race car but as much as the race track, they can be a little bit there. So those are probably the answers trying to keep the car grounded. Kind of a worst-case scenario case for Preece in that situation, where he was on the race track, where the trailing car behind him was that really sent it up in the air. Anyway, you need to keep the cars on the ground is a win and sometimes you have to look it at not just at the car. Grass curves was a good launching pad for it as well.”

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Logano’s response comes days after Kyle Busch bashed NASCAR and the Next-Gen cars for putting the driver’s car in a precarious situation.

Busch had called the Next-Gen cars a “sheet of plywood.” He also affirmed, “I mean obviously, you know going that fast, car getting turned around backwards, touching grass, lifting, it’s completely it’s a sheet of plywood.”

“You know what I mean? So it just lifts way too easily. So that was concerning obviously and then just how fast it took off like it looked like an iRacing track it was crazy! So didn’t know 3,600 pounds could move that fast.”

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With the cars still being developed and modified, the Next-Gen cars have surely shown some promise. However, with the drivers claiming the sensitive conditions of the cars, it will be worth watching how NASCAR develops them further.