Busch’s HANS device cracked during Talladega crash
The frustrated driver, meanwhile, was trying to make sense of two hard wrecks that ruined his weekend.
Busch wrecked in Saturday's Busch Series event, when he was hit from behind and his car ended up on its roof before rolling several times through the grass. His HANS device, a NASCAR-mandated head-and-neck restraint system, cracked in the accident.
"It performed the way it was supposed to, but it had a slight stress crack in it after the accident," NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp said.
NASCAR sent the device back to manufacturer Hubbard Downing in Georgia for examination.
Busch, who also wrecked hard in Sunday's Nextel Cup event, has not seen the device but was told by his crew it had cracked. He wasn't overly concerned about it since he wasn't injured in the accident.
"I've been in some pretty bad wrecks, but that was the first time I ever got upside down or anything," he said. "It wasn't fun. It wasn't too terribly bad when I was on the roof going down the straightaway, but when it headed toward the grass I planned for the worst.
"I flipped my visor open and put my hands in my helmet to grab on, then I tucked down and got in the fetal position and planned for the worst. I just wanted to support my head as best I could for when it started flipping." More at ESPN.com