A violent crash at TALLADEGA caused obvious damage to the door bars inside the cockpit of KyleLarsonRacin's car. Following an investigation, NASCAR has made changes in order to reinforce that area of the car:
"Thankfully, I'm okay," said Larson after the Talladega wreck."My car is absolutely destroyed. The cockpit is a mess. Just thankful that I'm alright and all that, but just a bummer. We put ourselves in position once again on a superspeedway, and the end results don't show it. Another wreck not of my doing on a superspeedway. Just hate it, but we'll keep getting better and eventually, it'll have to work out.
Both he and Preece were uninjured in the crash, but Preece said it was"definitely one of the hardest hits I've ever taken in my racing career."Right Side Door Bar Gussets: Six right side bar gussets may be added in the outlined locations . The gussets will be provided to teams at no charge.These updates are effective immediately as NASCAR prepares for its longest race -- the Coke 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
In a memo sent to the race teams, NASCAR made it clear that further updates are being considered. The sanctioning body will be performing two days of of crash tests this week at a facility in Ohio.
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