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‘Carnage on the Racetrack’: Horrific Last-Lap Crash Injures Fans, Brings Daytona to a Halt

Feb. 23, 2013 5:59pm Erica Ritz

Horrific Last Lap Daytona Crash Sends Rookie Kyle Larsons Car Flying, Injures Fans

Brad Keselowski, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Dodge, and Kyle Larson, driver of the #32 Clorox Chevrolet, are involved in an incident at the finish of the NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 23, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo: Getty Images)

(TheBlaze/AP) — At least 30 NASCAR fans were injured Saturday when large chunks of debris, including a tire, sailed into the grandstands when a car flew into the fence on a frightening last-lap accident in the second-tier Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway.

As emergency workers tended to injured fans and ambulance sirens wailed in the background, a somber Tony Stewart skipped the traditional post-race victory celebration. The crash began as the field closed in on the finish line and sent rookie Kyle Larson’s car sailing into the fence that separates the track from the seats.

Large chunks of Larson’s car landed in the grandstands. The car itself had its entire front end sheared off, with the burning engine wedged through a gaping hole in the fence.

Neither NASCAR nor Daytona International Speedway officials had any immediate details on injuries in the accident in the race held the day before the season-opening Daytona 500.

“There obviously was some intrusion into the fence and fortunately with the way the event’s equipped up, there were plenty of emergency workers ready to go and they all jumped in on it pretty quickly,” NASCAR President Mike Helton said. “Right now, it’s just a function of determining what all damage is done. They’re moving folks, as we’ve seen, to care centers and take some folks over to Halifax Medical.”

Injured spectators are treated after a crash at the conclusion of the NASCAR Nationwide Series auto race Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (Photo: AP)

Track officials put out flames after an incident at the finish of the NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 23, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo: Getty Images)

Stewart, who won for the 19th time at Daytona and seventh time in the last nine season-opening Nationwide races, was in no mood to celebrate.

“The important thing is what going on on the frontstretch right now,” said Stewart, the three-time NASCAR champion. “We’ve always known, and since racing started, this is a dangerous sport. But it’s hard. We assume that risk, but it’s hard when the fans get caught up in it.

“So as much as we want to celebrate right now and as much as this is a big deal to us, I’m more worried about the drivers and the fans that are in the stands right now because that was … I could see it all in my mirror, and it didn’t look good from where I was at.”

The accident spread into the upper deck and emergency crews treated fans on both levels. There were five stretchers that appeared to be carrying fans out, and a helicopter flew overhead. A forklift was used to pluck Larson’s engine out of the fence, and there appeared to be a tire in the stands.

Daytona President Joie Chitwood waited by steps as emergency workers attended to those in the stands. Across the track, fans pressed against a fence and used binoculars trying to watch. Wrecked cars and busted parts were strewn across the garage.

Kyle Larson, driver of the #32 Clorox Chevrolet, and Regan Smith, driver of the #7 Clean Coal Chevrolet, are involved in an incident at the finish of the NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 23, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo: Getty Images)

Kyle Larson, driver of the #32 Clorox Chevrolet, gets out of his car following an incident at the finish of the NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 23, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo: Getty Images)

“It’s a violent wreck. Just seeing the carnage on the racetrack, it’s truly unbelievable,” driver Justin Allgaier said.

It was a chaotic finish to a race that was stopped nearly 20 minutes five laps from the finish by a 13-car accident that sent driver Michael Annett to a local hospital for further evaluation. NASCAR said Annett was awake and alert.

The race resumed with three laps to go, and the final accident occurred with Regan Smith leading as he headed out of the final turn to the checkered flag. He admittedly tried to block Brad Keselowski to preserve the win.

“I tried to throw a block, it’s Daytona, you want to go for the win here,” Smith said. “I don’t know how you can play it any different other than concede second place, and I wasn’t willing to do that today. Our job is to put them in position to win, and it was, and it didn’t work out.”

Kyle Larson, driver of the #32 Clorox Chevrolet, and Brian Scott, driver of the #2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet, are involved in an incident at the finish of the NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 23, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo: Getty Images)

Kyle Larson, driver of the #32 Clorox Chevrolet, Justin Allgaier, driver of the #31 Brandt Chevrolet, Brian Scott, driver of the #2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet, and Brad Keselowski, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Dodge, are involved in an incident at the finish of the NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 23, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo: Getty Images)

As the cars began wrecking all around Smith and Keselowski, Stewart slid through for the win, but Larson plowed into Keselowski and his car was sent airborne into the stands. When Larson’s car came to a stop, it was missing its entire front end. The 20-year-old, who made his Daytona debut this week, stood apparently stunned, hands on his hips, several feet away from his car, before finally making the mandatory trip to the care center.

He later said his first thought was with the fans.

“I hope all the fans are OK and all the drivers are all right,” Larson said. “I took a couple big hits there and saw my engine was gone. Just hope everybody’s all right.”

He said he was along for the ride in the last-lap accident.

“I was getting pushed from behind, I felt like, and by the time my spotter said lift or go low, it was too late,” Larson said. “I was in the wreck and then felt like it was slowing down and I looked like I could see the ground. Had some flames come in the cockpit, but luckily I was all right and could get out of the car quick.”

One spectator was filming the race from the stands when the crash occurred:

It appeared fans were lined right along the fence when Larson’s car sailed up and into it.

Keselowski watched a replay of the final accident, but said his first thoughts were with the fans. As for the accident, he agreed he tried to make a winning move and Smith tried to block.

“He felt like that’s what he had to do, and that’s his right. The chaos comes with it,” Keselowski said. “I made the move and he blocked it, and the two of us got together and started the chain events that caused that wreck. First and foremost, just want to make sure everyone in the stands is OK and we’re thinking about them.”

Keselowski said the incident could cast a pall on Sunday’s Daytona 500.

“I think until we know exactly the statuses of everyone involved, it’s hard to lock yourself into the 500,” Keselowski said. “Hopefully, we’ll know soon and hopefully everyone’s OK. And if that’s the case, we’ll staring focusing on Sunday.”

However, they will be ready to race on Sunday.

“We’re very confident that we’ll be ready for tomorrow’s event with the 55th running of the Daytona 500,” Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR’s senior vice president of racing operations, said.

Here’s the official video of what happened, as seen on television:

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KidCharlemagne
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:33pm
Somewhat reminiscent of Bobby Allison’s famous trip (after blowing a tire) up into the catch fence at Talladega in 1987:

YouTube: “Bobby Allison hits fence at Talladega 1987″

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- SpankDaMonkey
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:56pm
  .
  Reporter: Bubba what did you see?
  
  Bubba Well we was standing there and they come hauling ass offa turn four. Then WHAM!!! Teeth, Hair & Eyeballs was everywhere…..
  
  Hope they are alright……
  
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- Miami
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:00pm
  How long before, Liberals line up to ban NASCAR…?
  
  It’s not like they;re a fan? They pretty much hate the NASCAR fans! Gun loving, SUV driving, religious, hard working Americans with disposable incomes. To them that’s money they can spend better than the earners, how dare they use their money as they see fit.
  
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- Miami
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:10pm
  No one died, this will be just a great story they can tell their grand kids, Unless Liberals continue to get their way, in a few years the kids will no longer be ours but belong to the State as Mao Tse Tung dictated
  
  Time is running out before this may come to be true
  
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- banjarmon
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 9:00pm
  Making nothing but LEFT hand turns for 500 miles and when that one guy made a Right turn he hits a WALL.
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 9:38pm
  Why is the last lap of Daytona always the worst and most dangerous. Dale Earnhart died in the last turn of the last lap too.
  
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- 83plus
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 9:46pm
  @Miami Or ‘regulate’ it more, I was wondering that to. Especially with the fuss they’ve been making about football.
  
  /sarcasm Latest news: ‘Democrats lose big in elections not because of policies and attack ads but because of them attacking and regulating the snot out of NASCAR and football in the way they have been doing so.’ /sarcasm Now that would be crazy.
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 10:21pm
  I ran the accident in slow-mo and you could see a front tire fly about 150 feet up into the stands…I do pray that all fans come through alright……
  I’m now concerned whether they run the 500 tomorrow…….I sure hope they do as ALL fans of Nascar understand there is danger that can’t be controlled completely…
  
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- antiprogressive
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 10:21pm
  DUCK YALL!!
  I’m from the south and have been to several races – Talledaga, Atlanta etc.
  BUT
  They (NASCAR) have already regulated it to the point that I don’t even watch it anymore.
  No one car has an advantage due their personal testing and advancements.
  NASCAR ensures all cars are nearly identical – short of the emblems on the nose and the paint schemes.
  That’s what CAUSES the huge pileup.
  No one car is fast enough to get AWAY from the rest so they drive in a pack.
  Auto makers have even quit dumping money into testing due to the fact that their advancements are quicky handed to all the other teams.
  
  hmmm, the advancements made by the smart teams are “redistributed” to the teams that made no advancements on their own…
  
  Sounds familiar.
  
  In 1987 Bill Elliot qualified at Talledaga at 212MPH.
  Due to NASCAR slowing cars down and regulating things, that record still holds today –
  25 YEARS LATER!!!
  
  Hope the fans are OK.
  
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- OlefromMN
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 11:43pm
  “Why is the last lap of Daytona always the worst and most dangerous.”
  
  Because that’s the one that counts.
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 3:11am
  That makes sense.
  
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- fastfacts
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 5:15am
  Here are some other great videos of this crash, parts flying everywhere: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2013/feb/tires_nascar_crash.html
  
  I wonder what the driver feels as the crash is going on? Or the audience next to it.
  
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- crackerone
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:50am
  This is a breaking news story. Updates will be added. ?
  
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- ireport uderide
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 9:31am
  What if NACAR changed the rules.
  1. Half way through a race, all the cars have to make a mandatory pit stop so they can turn around and finish the race going the other way. They don’t have to do it at the same time, but within 5 laps on either side of the middle lap.
  
  2. Have 2 fly-by’s. One during the singing of the Star Spangled Banner and one at lap 400. Lap 400 would consist of pilots who are die-hard race fans with three rounds of 20MM shells, to be used at their discretion.
  
  3. Laps 496 – 499 would have to be driven in reverse.
  
  4. On lap 500 the drivers have to stop at turn 3, get out of their cars and run to the finish line. Michael Waltrip gets an automatic 2 minute head start on all drivers.
  
  5. After crossing the finish line on foot the drivers still must run to their respective pit box, jump into those little go-karts they like to race off season in their back yards, drive to the back-stretch straight away through the infield where they park all those fancy pants RV’s, get back onto the race track and cross the finish line. without spilling a cup of Mountain Dew or Milk or whatever happens to be a sponsor of their cars.
  Just some random ideas to make this a safer world for our children.
  Number 5 might be a little complicated but with practice it could work.
  
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- starman70
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 10:55am
  NASCAR is to be credited with high accolades for caring about fan safety! Can you even imagine what would have occurred IF the catch fence hadn’t been there? Also, that all the drivers involved walked away with at worst bumps and bruises is another credit to NASCAR saftey.
  
  There will always be a chance of accidents at any event where high speed is involved and as a 50 year fan of NASCAR racing, I know that when I go to a track, there is always the chance that some freak accident might wind up in the stands and I might get hurt but it is a risk I’m willing to take. A person has a far better chance of getting killed or injured on his/her commute to work and back home every day than at a NASCAR race.
  
  Pray for a full, speedy and complete recovery for the injured fans. Also thank NASCAR for it’s concern for fan saftey and its continued efforts to keep the tracks safe.
  
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- Jrocks
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 8:14pm
  The crowd got what they came for only Im sure they werent exspecting to get hit with debris.
  
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- Jrocks
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 9:40pm
  The croud got what they came to see ( a crash ) only they didnt expect to get hit with debris.
  
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- Shaman Hotep
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 4:28am
  Don’t Fence Cars In. Let Them Run Free!
  
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lisalake
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:18pm
Hum.. Newtown dodged a bullet.. or maybe they’ll just get that much more for #26 race tomorrow? We should ban those damn race cars!

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- tireman721
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:59pm
  you don’t understand what those damn race cars do for the cars that YOU drive on the street. those damn race cars develop the technology that goes into every street car and those damn race cars provide jobs for millions of people in this country alone. So if you don’t like them, be quiet and let others enjoy what they love
  
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- katzkiner
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:21pm
  Wonderful idea, next time they have a stampede or fire at Mecca we should ban Islam. Life is dangerous, there is price to be paid for going faster, further, and higher. There is a higher price paid to sit in the bushes trying to avoid all risk. Remember Columbia, is that why we no longer have a space program? Wait till the Chinese put strategic weapons in space. You can watch cities in North America be vaporized.
  
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- Charleyhorse
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 5:38am
  AIDS. Government should ban all male homosexual activity.
  
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- Charleyhorse
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 6:05am
  I find it interesting after viewing the photos from this tragic accident compared with those from newtown and the sandy hook school incident. In this situation, there are emergency personnel attending to the injured instead of standing around doing nothing or walking in circles around a fire station. Reality vs. b.s.
  
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- Bullitt2008
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 1:21pm
  I’m not a NASCAR “fan” but enjoy watching once in a while. Even if someone had unfortunately died, the race must go on. That’s the nature of these things. When Whitney Houston killed herself with drugs the day before, the Grammys went forward last year. The show must go on.
  
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poster
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:13pm
Carnage? Really?? Carnage? How about the typical Blaze headline…. “You’ll never believe the carnage…” Look up the definition of “carnage”. Fire your headline writer.

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- BBEV
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:28pm
  Dude what is with you and head lines, you do not like it get the frig out
  
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- Quiata
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:57pm
  Mmmmm….gotta agree with POSTER. I enjoy The Blaze, I like their mission, but they have the crappiest, most ineffective headlines. They really need to rethink their approach.
  
  EFFECTIVE headlines have an active verb. Example: “Carnage on the Racetrack” is a title; “Last Lap Crash INJURES Fans” is a headline —> Something DOES something. That is a headline.
  
  The Blaze tends to use teasers like “see what happens when ______”. That is not a headline, that is a side-show technique to get people to visit the freak show. It is not good journalism.
  
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- Schteveo
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:21pm
  BBEV,
  his point was, that the headlines here are starting to look like the ones on the grocery store tabloids. And, if I might be so bold as to ask, WHY is it that that comment was worthy of you asking him to leave?
  
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- Jake Dog2
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:34pm
  I enjoy the Blaze and reading my fellow posters but I am with you on the headline stuff. I is more like something you would get from a highschool newspaper. I hate the teasers WHAT HAPPENED TO_______, WHAT DID _______ SAY TO _______. Please Blaze you are better than this .
  
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- justasurvivor
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:42pm
  I totally agree.
  
  The headline should have read “Car”nage.
  
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- kaydeebeau
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 6:23am
  I agree w/ Poster – and while I appreciate the Blaze – it seems to happen not only with headlines – but also in the text of a story – using inflammatory words – seems that the influences of Huffpo are becoming too prevalent at the Blaze
  
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- Quiata
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:45am
  Hopefully the writers and editors here at The Blaze do read comments from the suggestion box….
  
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- YOURSENSEI
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 11:11am
  This is what you must know:
  
  “carnage” means the same thing as “miracles” to Glenn and The Blaze. They don’t have to exist to claim them.
  
  What’s really uncanny is the miracle geese that were flying (in formation!!!) over the carnage.
  
  It is so.
  
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- YUOR SENSIE
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 2:08pm
  This is what you must know:
  
  I hate NASCAR because physics and mechanis does not conform to the peer reviewed science of dialetic materialism that my hero Karl Marx hath bestowed on me. These fools should be toiling in the gulags like the good proletariat insted of enjoying such freedom which is scured for the enlightened like me.
  
  It is so.
  
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- YOURSENSEI
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 10:15am
  Mr or MsYUOR SENSEI,
  
  This is what you must know:
  
  I wanna help you with your masquerade. It’s not enough to string together a bunch of names or phrases that merely evoke a similar reality. You really have to craft such references sparingly to make a larger point, rather than the phrases themselves being the point. In your approach, you don’t have the knowledge or intellect to break free from your Google result. and you certainly don’t have the command of language or flare for humor and irony to bring them to life in any interesting or provocative way. Your shtick is just . . . hokey.
  
  Everybody needs a hobby, and if I had a life so limited and uninspiring, I too would be looking to inhabit someone else’s existence. Can’t blame you for that. But I can blame you for doing it in such an amateurish way.
  
  Keep up the mediocre work.
  
  It is so.
  
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- Quiata
  Posted on February 26, 2013 at 8:13am
  @YUOR SENSIE Looks like you’ve touched a nerve…
  
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LibertyLinda
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:07pm
We were watching as this happened, and I commend NASCAR and ESPN to respect the victims – to a point – most of the drivers were very concerned and a upset that fans were injured. Stewart was a stand up guy for down-playing his win in this race due to the cirmumstances. However, it quickly became a lawyered up situation when ESPN cut out without any word on victims at all -like no mention at all. My prayer are for those injured- and no one else.

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Tlc3Terry
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:01pm
I will say a prayer for all those affected! Not ony the fans but the drivers too! Because their the ones that have to live with this accident! Their is one person in critical conditon with 11 hurt in the stands!
May God Bless Alll of Them!
My thoughts and prayers goes out to all of them and their familys!

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Bua
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:55pm
It’s happened before and it will happen again. Everybody who races knows it and any spectator who opts to get within range of any flying debris ought to know it. It is what it is and the damn government better stay the way out of it—–it’ll take care of itself-by itself as all concerned see fit.

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- OlefromMN
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:38pm
  I see a fellow race fan in your statement. We can’t bubble wrap life and this is another example of that fact.
  
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- CatB
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 12:27am
  Yes .. same thing happened at MIS years ago .. they reinforced the fence made it higher with more pitch out over the track .. and the races continue.
  
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TSUNAMI_22
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:53pm
This is the kind of thing that happens in “restrictor-plate” races. They restrict the output of the engines because it is thought to be “safer”…..when in reality it forces tight group racing because nobody can utilize their individual talent and horsepower to extend a lead away from other cars.

Close proximity racing isn’t what the fans want (despite what is promoted), and the drivers hate it with a passion – just ask any one of them off camera (I have).

It’s the equivalent of “group think” that is imposed on NASCAR for whatever reason.

The only way to end restrictor-plate racing is for the drivers and team owners to boycott the races that impose it.

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- OlefromMN
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:31pm
  Geoff Bodine’s wreck occurred with an unrestricted engine. Racers will push every envelope they get. I did like the unrestricted race as it forced drivers to lift. But to say the restrictor plates or throttle body racing is causing this is inaccurate. Also, fans do want to see tight racing. It is naive to think that 1 car in this highly competitive sport has the ability to pull away from the pack.
  
  This was an accident and an unforeseen issue with parts leaving the track area. The fence “wrap” was extended after Geoff Bodine’s wreck. I doubt they can effectively cantilever the fence over the entire track.
  
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- TSUNAMI_22
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 10:24pm
  @ OlefromMN
  
  I guess the drivers that have told me this verbatim must not know what they are talking about.
  
  They started restricting these engines when Bill Elliot qualified by himself at over 212 mph back in the day. In the draft they were pushing almost 220……..and they HAD to lift to keep from spinning out even with the banking.
  
  The cars are too equal, which keeps them together in a bunch, which equates to a hot mess….especially on restarts near the end.
  
  Defensive racing is dangerous by its very nature.
  
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- OlefromMN
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 11:37pm
  @TSUNAMI_22
  
  You can claim what you wish. I could also claim to have been chatting tonight with people that are Figure 8 drivers and track owners. I am sorry to burst the bubble, but reality is that crowds love wrecking. A race in which 1 driver pulls out ahead and dominates is just boring and leads to cheating speculation.
  
  Bill Eliot is long retired. Racing changed due to his dominance just as it did when Geoff Bodine tried to defy death.
  
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Bodacious_Boedi
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:50pm
I don’t know HOW in the hell everything on the Blaze lands on Dear Leader’s huge ears. That being said, I do hate the man so much he makes me tremble with disgust….that and the transvestite first cow.

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- Magyar
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:08pm
  Please tell us how you really feel! LOL!
  
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Polarized America
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:49pm
they need to build a better fence.

better pictures —->
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2283518/Massive-fiery-car-wreck-NASCAR-race-Daytona-Speedway-sends-engine-stands.html

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- chips1
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:32pm
  It’s better than the one at the border. (Sorry, it just slipped out).
  
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- Polarized America
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 8:23am
  CHIPS1…ya i was thinking something like that, but i’m not always quick on the keyboard.
  i should have said…
  
  ..”"WE need to build a better fence and so does NASCAR “”…..
  
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tkayvegas
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:48pm
Well, they’re all about to be very rich if that’s any consolation…

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ItsAllCrap
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:39pm
Darn those internal combustion engines! They are just too dangerous. We should have safe electric cars and accidents like this wouldn’t happen! Yes yes I know that electric cars catch fire all the time too but at least they don’t go too fast or too far. Nobody would want to see them race so there would be no fans to be in harms way. Problem solved!

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- carhouse
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:55pm
  sssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh don’t give them any ideas
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:56pm
  Electric cars may catch on fire but GM put out an App that calls your cell phone and notifys you if your volt is on fire. The problem here is to many folks can be injured by just one 3500 lb car going 200 mph.Harry Reid & Feinstein will have a bill before congress next week demanding that they limit these cars to a 4 cylinder and 100 mph as max speed.
  
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OverFiend
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:37pm
Their you have it . Congress needs to ban these high speed capacity cars.I mean who in their right mind needs a car that goes 190 to 200 mph people cannot be trusted with these things! For the love of God people call your Congressmen , senator ,Rep , even Obama and beg them to ban these lethal weapons now before they strike again tomorrow! If this happens again tomorrow their’ll be on one to blame but ourselves for not acting fast enough to save the public! THINK OF THE CHILDREN The children the children!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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chips1
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:34pm
My concern is that this will be another CRISIS that Obummer will promote to the extreme left. Somehow, he will spin this into another freedom that needs to be removed from America. After all, it’s for the children. My heart goes out to the injured at the accident and also to the American public that will suffer as a result of the liberals sticking their nose in the people’s business. It’s a magnet to their control agenda. Just watch.

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- Slice_Of_Life
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 9:51pm
  Exactly Chips1. Since the majority of race fans are white, hard working, responsible, loyal, God-loving, patriotic, Bible reading, gun carrying, freedom loving Americans who substantially contribute to the economy while enjoying their passion for the sport-the current occupier of the White House won’t let this crisis go to waste. The occupier-in-thief, and his ilk, can’t/won’t tolerate race fans having the disposable income to attend NASCAR events for he knows better than us how our hard earned money should be spent. The not-so-great-one will go to sleep tonight with visions of dollar signs dancing in his head dreaming of how he can devise a way to take that money and redistribute it through his entitlement programs.
  
  On a side note, I was at the track the past few days and even with the thousands of people attending the qualifying races, and taking in the various NASCAR activities, everyone was so very nice and polite and not a scrap of trash left laying around the FanZone area or the infield camping area (where the American flag was displayed at the camp sites as far as the eye could see)-unlike after a democrat related event with the occupiers, libs and progs who leave the area looking like a waste management landfill.
  
  Prayers for a quick and complete recovery for those injured fans and for a safe and exciting Daytona 500 NASCAR race tomorrow. GodSpeed
  
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wilbstal
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:34pm
Blame it on Bush, cant be Obama he was Golfing and banning Guns

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- barber2
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:37pm
  WILB: Yes. The race is an analogy for the Obama Administration : a complete wreck where the tax paying by standers and the American capitalist economy are the worst victims.
  
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ThePostman
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:31pm
We have to have a moratorium on the building of all new race tracks until I can find out who’s ass to kick.

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BlazingPatriot
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:29pm
Things like this tend to happen when you have several high-powered race cars going 200 mph on an oval track.

Just another day at the track.

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wilbstal
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:29pm
Kids racing where are the experinced drivers like Rusty wallace Bill elliott, Jarret , Earnhart sr kids they cant drive good enough for a fast track

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- chips1
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:50pm
  Your post reminds me of the surfing craze in high school. We made sidewalk surfing popular and used metal wheels from our sisters skates. We were really experts and had road rash to prove it. Now look at todays kids. The improvement in skateboards is unreal. The kids are incredible and if they traveled back in time, we would think they were from another planet. That’s progress. We are evolving in the right direction in spite of the liberals attempts to halt the dreams of our future citizens.
  
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- iampraying4u
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:10pm
  Wait soon they will let girls play ln this girly sport
  
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- normalmom
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:42pm
  They have retired and the late Dale sr left an talented and cute son in his stead.
  
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- Capt_Gregg
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:49pm
  @IAMPRAYING4U
  If you followed the sport at all you would know that a girl has the pole position in tomorrow’s Sprint Cup race.
  
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- Jake Dog2
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:56pm
  @ Capt_Gregg
  I think that was tongue-in-cheek.
  
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- tireman721
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 11:14pm
  without those kids the sport would die out in a matter of years and those kids had to prove themselves to NASCAR, their car owners and their sponsors by racing in other types of cars that don’t have the safety that these cars have and in a lot of cases as much or more power than these cars
  
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The Big Mick
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:28pm
Actually this fits what the NRA says.
In this case it wasn’t the CARS it IS the FANS.
THEY demand this style of racing KNOWING it will lead to MAYHEM.
I curse ALL Dale Earnhart “Intimidator”Fans who CAUSE this and hope they join him burning in He ll.
NASCAR is as honest as All Star Wrestling.

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- txannie
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:46pm
  OK, Mick…usually you make sense. Who pizzed in your Post Toasties this morning?
  
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- Tlc3Terry
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:48pm
  You are one “SICK” individule! You need some help buddy!
  
  May God have mercy on your soul! So maybe your not Burning in the pits of Hell!!!
  
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- TSUNAMI_22
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:03pm
  In this case it wasn’t the CARS it IS the FANS.
  THEY demand this style of racing KNOWING it will lead to MAYHEM.
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Incorrect – this is a bill of goods is sold to people by the “media” who don’t know what they are talking about.
  
  Anybody who is a true racing follower knows that the fans don’t like to see pack racing. They want to see a distinct leader emerge from the 42+ participants, but alas, progressive thinking found its way into another American tradition and “F’ed it up” just like everything they touch.
  
  You people won’t be happy until you see NASCAR running Prius’s on battery power even when a full charge will only get 5 laps with a corresponding fire afterwards.
  
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- The Big Mick
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 10:23pm
  I’m not the one who’s referred to the “wink and a nudge–you’re good to go” before the Impound Races made THAT kind of CHEATING more difficult. That came from former competitors now broadcasters.
  I’m not the one DESIGNING cars that MUST DRAFT so that everybody is just hanging on “waiting for the Big One! THAT was done in RESPONSE TO FAN DEMANDS. You think THE DRIVERS love waiting around to get SMASHED? You think the Owners and Sponsors love Multi-million dollar cars turned to JUNK?
  No the FANS don’t LIKE fuel millage races, and seeing their “favorites” go laps down. They want the ILLUSION that “their” driver has a chance to win on the last lap.
  It’s DRAMA it’s THEATER, it’s MORALITY PLAY, it’s ALL STAR WRESTLING!
  No other Sport has the VICARIOUS identification NASCAR does. People KNOW they can’t play tennis or hoops, but they THINK, “if I had that car, I could drive!”
  I LIKE watching Nascar, got to meet the Sadlers whenI preached in Brunswick (Emporia), the Burton boys when I preached in South Boston. When I went to Duke in the 90s the FIRST Question was “Who do you root for—(UNC, NC.State, Wake, Duke) 2nd question was “who’s your DRIVER.” I’ve even come to like JUNIOR now that he’s shown class and courage.
  But if you are arguing the Good Ole Boys of NASCAR don’t TWEAK what is happening ON the track to GET the Product that keeps the Gravy Train running you are CLINICAL!
  And NASCAR fans are NO BETTER than the Roman Mob.
  Cont,
  
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- The Big Mick
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 10:38pm
  If the fans don’t like it, the drivers hate it, the owners can’t stand it, and the sponsors don’t want to pay for it than WHO is DRIVING it., TSUNAMI? Time Warner? Disney? Harvard?
  If there is ONE sport that is driven by and responds instantly to the Market Place it is NASCAR.
  NBA players don’t have “Crown Royal” on their headbands.
  
  Or is this a case of the Mythical “‘REAL’ technically savy fan trying to create the illusion of “difference” between them and the Beer Drinkin Bubbas who can’t get ENOUGH of “the big one?”
  Euro Grand Prix fans, they are NOT!
  I’M the “SICK” ONE? TERRY?? WHO DESIGNED the CARS and THE TRACK and STUCK the DRIVERS in a Situation WHERE IT WAS INEVITABLE, SOONER rather than later, that SOMEONE WOULD BE HURT OR KILLED! WHO DID THAT?
  Who made a GOD out of Dale Earnhart “The Intimidator”? WHY was he THAT? BECAUSE HE INTENTIONALLY WRECKED PEOPLE the CHEATING BASTID! And the Fans and NASCAR couldn’t GET enough of it!
  So yeah, I REJECT that WHOLE MIND SET, I HOLD IT ACCOUNTABLE and I JUDGE it for the FARCE that it IS. I Judge NASCAR for ENABLING It.
  You think I’m wrong, I got a task for you. GET me a COPY of the COMPLETE RULES for NASCAR, Drivers, Cars, EVERYTHING, for the, let’s say “Richmond” Race. Let me know when you can send it to me.
  I’ve heard a RULE book is almost a Mythial Beast around NASCAR.
  People kill people, and today they almost got their wish.
  
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- SecretAmerican
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 3:06am
  Do come back when you know WTF you are talking about.
  
  It is so.
  
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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:27pm
My thoughts and prayers are for the injured.

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- gyro
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:35pm
  agree
  
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wilbstal
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:26pm
Dont worry folks Obama will ban all Nascar racing for ever and confiscate all the cars. as most Racers are not Liberal Communists

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- iampraying4u
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:50pm
  Prez obozo said he is going to ban nascar
  
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- chips1
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:10pm
  Why doesn’t he ban freeways? They have wrecks that involve 150+ vehicles and many deaths. Obama is only interested in reverse evolution.
  
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blaaaaackwoman
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:23pm
It’s a good thing most NASCAR fans have mullet haircuts. It will be easier to assess any frontal and side head trauma

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- RightInSoManyWays
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:32pm
  Real funny in this situation. There’s a 6 letter word for what you are…
  
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- Rayseafus
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:49pm
  It’s a good thing. Those mullet haircuts are the very people that have come up with a number of the safety features you enjoy and may have survived if you were or ever in an auto accident. They are the ones that are getting more horsepower out of a gallon of gas. All this knowledge is transferred to the auto makers to make your life better. A mullet is not may choice for a haircut but I won’t degrade them. You do it from a distance. Very brave and witty of you.
  
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- Calamity Jane
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:52pm
  Rightinso……..I’m thinkin’ 2 words, 7 letters.
  
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- LibertyLinda
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:02pm
  And we can’t tell what you are by your post name?
  
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- Todd Hoke
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 6:34pm
  RIGHTINSOMANYWAYS
  “Real funny in this situation. There’s a 6 letter word for what you are…”
  
  ******?
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwrUkeYxUF0
  
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- Todd Hoke
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 6:44pm
  Really? I can’t say N a g g e r? What, am I going to offend a die-hard feminist?
  
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OlefromMN
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:21pm
Been to 2 Speed-weeks. Both had horrific accidents (1 was Geoff Bodine’s near death experience). I commend Daytona International Speedway for making this sport as safe to attend as possible. That said, accidents can and do happen. My prayers are with the fans who were injured.

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beeboop
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:19pm
I can hear it now, “Quick! Ban racing.”

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- Excomunicatedmarine
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:32pm
  Yup…..gotta ban it before someone gets hurt. Need them slaves to be healthy.
  
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fastgen1
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:15pm
Wow, we aught to put the black messiah in one of those cars

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- IMCHRISTIAN
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:28pm
  That was cruel to wish that on anyone.
  
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- Excomunicatedmarine
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:33pm
  True, terrible, but my families survival is what counts to me.
  
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- MK2
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:44pm
  Fastgen1
  Minus the roll cage,helmet,fire retadent suit and brakes.
  
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- Bruce1369
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:50pm
  Mk2: and eliminate the car, too! Idpay to see that!
  
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- MK2
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:22pm
  Bruce
  Be nice to see him shot through through the fence
  
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Jetlander
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:06pm
It’s NASCAR folks. Not golf. Things like this will happen. I pray for the injured.

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- mercenary4freedom
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:40pm
  carnage, what carnage? haha, anyhow, I have ceased following nascar since they had that america hating ghetto wench michelle obama usurping as the 1st lady at one of the races last year.
  
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