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#5,326
#5,326
doozer said:
The lack of SAFER barriers on any wall that surrounds the racing surface is something that is actually worth complaining about until the series and/or the tracks do something about it.
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We can agree 100% on this. Kind of appalling how none of that wall along the grass through turns 1 and 2 has any SAFER barrier on it. I bet it's the same for the wall through 3 and 4 too.
 
#5,331
#5,331
@jeff_gluck now6 seconds ago

Kyle Busch suffered a compound fracture in his lower right leg. He also fractured his left foot. Out indefinitely.
 
#5,332
#5,332
Matt Crafton replacing Kyle in the 18!

Kyle Busch breaks right leg in crash at Daytona
Kyle Busch breaks right leg in crash at Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Busch broke his right leg and left foot in a vicious hit Saturday into a concrete wall during the Xfinity Series race. He'll miss the Daytona 500 on Sunday and is out indefinitely.

Busch sustained a right lower leg compound fracture and left mid-foot fracture in the crash with eight laps remaining. Joe Gibbs Racing said he was undergoing surgery on his right leg.

Later Saturday night, NASCAR's final appeals officer upheld Kurt Busch's indefinite suspension for an alleged domestic assault on an ex-girlfriend last fall. It means the Daytona 500 will not have one of the Busch brothers in the field for the first time since 2000.

Matt Crafton, a two-time Truck Series champion, will replace Busch in the No. 18 Toyota on Sunday in the season-opening Sprint Cup Series race. It will be Crafton's Daytona 500 debut.

Busch's injury occurred when his car slammed head-on into an interior wall that did not have an energy-absorbing SAFER barrier. It's a similar injury to the one suffered by Tony Stewart in an August 2013 sprint car crash, but not as severe as Stewart's was a double compound fracture......
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#5,333
#5,333
Sorry to hear about your guy crashing hard Yankee. I know we butt heads, but nobody wants to see that happen.
 
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