A crash during NASCAR Sprint Cup practice Wednesday at Daytona International Speedway forced several drivers to backup cars and damaged part of a fence along the frontstretch. The accident happened near the spot where a crash during the last lap of the NASCAR Nationwide race in 2013 sent pieces of racecars into the stands injuring several fans.
Wednesday’s incident occurred during the first practice for Thursday nights Duel qualifying races. Matt Kenseth appeared to slide down into the Ford of Joey Logano.
“We were coming off four there and the 20 (Kenseth) started making a move to go down,” Logano said. “I assumed he was gonna go down there. I had the run, so I was gonna fill that hole and then he started to come back up and I was there. Maybe I shouldn’t have been racing as hard as I was there in practice, but everybody was in a big pack there trying to make things happen. As soon as he came back up I checked up a little bit and then the 21 hit me from behind and we spun out. It happens. That’s Daytona for you.”
Kenseth said the incident started when he was forced to slow.MORE>>>>
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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