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That resulted in NASCAR issuing the Friday update.
The car is under a certain degree of scrutiny because it is behind schedule, even after the one-year delay due to the COVID-19 shutdown, with the car not dissipating the energy in the way it will need to be as a finished product.
The car effectively features a tub with bolt on front and rear components and these crumple zones have been described as potentially stiff.
William Byron unintentionally crashed a Next Gen Prototype on March 4 of last year at Auto Club Speedway in Southern California. We were probably six or seven laps into a 25-lap tire run, Byron said afterwards. I had been a little free for a couple of corners, but nothing major. That time, I just got loose and figured I’d be able to save it but wasn’t able to.
This is the final installment of a four-part series on the life, death and safety legacy of Dale Earnhardt, 20 years after his fatal crash at the 2001 Daytona 500.
THE WORLD HAS not seen Ryan Newman s 2020 Daytona 500 race car in nearly a year. The last time any of us saw that Roush Fenway Racing-constructed Mustang, we thought we were staring at a coffin.
The car that had been in the lead with the checkered flag in sight was upside down on the infield grass, twisted and on fire as safety crews crawled all over it, frantically working to save the unconscious driver inside, 42-year-old Newman, hanging limp from his seat belts.