03/26/25
February 17, 2025
Daytona 500 Crash Sends Ryan Preece's Car Airborne: William Byron won the Daytona 500 after a last-lap crash took him from ninth to first. Shortly before that a crash sent Ryan Preece airborne at Nascar's biggest race. His car looked like it popped a wheelie then flipped over multiple times. Preece was OK but he said later that when it happened "all I thought about was my daughter."
posted by rcade to auto racing at 11:45 AM - 4 comments
I watched it live on TV. There was a pause after the crash in which Preece didn't lower the net on his driver's side window. It was likely less than a minute but felt way longer.
It's an engineering marvel that these drivers walk away from crashes like that. I wonder how much it contributes to the level of risk drivers are willing to take.
posted by rcade at 01:49 PM on February 17, 2025
Since I didn't know that Preece had a daughter, when I saw how the car behaved in the air and the degree to which it maintained its inner structural integrity through the crash sequence, all I thought about was carbon fiber.
If today's composite technology had been in use 24 years ago, Dale Sr. might be alive today, enjoying a deified NASCAR elder's existence.
posted by beaverboard at 12:42 PM on February 18, 2025
It's a miracle Ryan Preece wasn't seriously injured in the horrific crash! Moments like this remind us of the dangers of NASCAR and Stimulation Clicker the resilience of its drivers. Congratulations to William Byron on a dramatic win!
posted by sophia2005 at 02:53 AM on February 24, 2025
So scary! I'm glad he's ok. Knowing that he's ok, that was fun to watch. I'm sorry!! He's fine!