NASCAR 2013 Sprint Cup season (other series discussion welcome!)

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Yeah, it was a good race overall, bit of a shame for both Danica and Bayne, both running really well when the cars gave way under them. And much as I was pulling for smoke to pull off the win, that was a horrific tangle off the last corner.. a beautiful mess, but scary nonetheless..
 
ESPN Stream, expect horrible American adverts about Viagra and Motor Oil.

http://88.80.5.80/w00t/20130222/vv512788bfc2d31920267003-529737.html

That was a scary finish, hopefully the spectators are ok.

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ESPN have only shown one replay, a couple of close ups with the engine in the fence and thats about it.

Interviewing drivers now as they leave the medical center, some look/sound shaken. Can't blame them.

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The ESPN feed of the Nascar has ended.
 
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Several cars crashed and disintegrated Saturday in front of the grandstand at the end of a NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway.

It was unclear immediately if anyone in the stands was seriously injured, but the engine from Kyle Larson's car, which flew high and tore into the fence at the start-finish line, was seen burning inside an open area in the fence, and a large portion of the car appeared to go over the fence.

A tire came over the fence, and a lot of debris came up into the stands, where safety crews were working on at least five people, including four who were strapped to backboards. And at least two people were injured in the upper deck.

Safety crews and police have closed off the area, escorting fans out of the area.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nasca...aytona/1941529/
 
Press Conference just revealed that all taken to local hospitals are in stable condition, several were being treated for heat exhaustion and not the last lap incident.

Also revealed that the car impacted the fence directly into one of the gates in the fence, so perhaps NASCAR will have a rethink about the gates now.

And the 500 will go ahead tomorrow as planned.
 
Only takes one badly timed move to wreck the entire field when they're this packed on plate tracks:

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Skeeter said:
Hope everyone is OK.

I've not watched much NASCAR, are things penetrating the catch fences common?
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sr4470 said:
Think the last time it happened was the Michigan race in 1998, at least in terms of spectators getting seriously hurt. JRS will no doubt correct me soon.
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Extremely rare, even on the fast tracks. One of the things with the Gen-6 Cup car has been to improve the roof flap system that keeps the cars on the ground in crashes. But with the energy in that Kyle Larson crash, it's always going to be difficult. And his car was well on the way to breaking up when it left the ground anyway. A bad deal all around. Regan Smith is accepting the blame for the initial incident, he tried to block Brad Keselowski from getting around him. Final lap at Daytona :/

It looks like the catch fencing actually did reasonably well. The engine and front axle of the car never made it through. If it had, we'd be looking at several fatalities. According to SPEED channel's Twitter feed, it seems as though the two fans who were critically injured have been stabilised.
 
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