Sensational NASCAR Crash

I have always been a fan of car racing and for the longest time it had only been Formula 1 Racing or Indy Cart but as much as it may shock you to hear it, in the past few years or so I have developed a liking for NASCAR that was brought on to me from a close friend. Certainly I had the mentality of what’s to like about a sport where cars just run around in circles and that is exactly what it looks like unless you actually sit down and watch a race.

Anyways, I was watching some highlights earlier and ran across this clip of Michael McDowell’s crash during Friday’s qualifying session.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlGlLDaT9l0

“I have two feelings about it — one is that I want to be in the media spotlight for the right reason, and that’s for being a good race car driver and running well,” McDowell said Saturday. “The second part of it is that you’ll take it whenever you can get it. Especially with the way this sport is right now. We don’t want to go out there and wreck cars to get on TV, that’s never the plan.

“If you’re going to do one as spectacular as we did … we’ll definitely soak up as much as we can get.”

Good quote by the rookie and certainly seems like he has his head on straight in a sport where egos certainly take spotlight but who knows where his career, which is just getting started, goes from here.

The wreck during Friday’s qualifying session capped an auspicious first week on the job for McDowell. He debuted last Sunday at Martinsville Speedway with a decent run for a rookie on a difficult short track. But when his desire not to lose another lap interfered with Burton’s attempt to pass, the 23-year-old newcomer angered the veteran.

One Reply to “Sensational NASCAR Crash”

  1. yeah I just caught that crash on TV.

    its “eerily” similar to the fatal crash Dale Earnhardt was in. Since then, they’ve made a shit ton of safety improvements though especially with the head/neck restraints so your head isn’t thrashed so much during in a crash.

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