NASCAR investigating Joey Logano’s Talladega crash
Scott Miller, NASCAR senior vice president of competition said NASCAR will see “if there is something else we can do immediately” to keep cars from getting airborne after Joey Logano’s crash Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway.
Miller made the comments Monday during “The Morning Drive” on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
“We’re disappointed that what transpired, transpired, but super happy that Joey was OK and the roll hoop — and all the things that needed to protect him — did,” Miller told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. “But cars getting up in the air is not good. It’s something that we’ve been working on and will continue to work on.”
While NASCAR has made numerous safety improvements through the years — roof flaps, among others — to keep cars on the ground, Miller said: “Obviously, we saw this weekend that it’s not enough, and we will continue to work, as we always do, to see if there is something else we can do immediately to counteract those effects.”
While applauding the measures that kept him safe in the crash, Logano expressed frustration with what led to getting in the air.
“I am wondering when we are going to stop because this is dangerous doing what we are doing,” he said. “I got a roll bar in my head. That is not okay. I am one hit away from the same situation Ryan Newman just went through (in the 2020 Daytona 500). I just don’t feel like that is acceptable.
“A lot of it is the big spoiler and the big runs and all the pushing. It is nobody’s fault. Denny (Hamlin) is trying to go, and (Ricky Stenhouse Jr.) is trying to go. It is a product of this racing. We have to fix it though. Someone already got hurt and we are still doing it, so that’s not real smart.”
Logano posted pictures of the interior of his car Monday on his Instagram page:
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