Larson was collected when Ross Chastain and Noah Gragson got here collectively in entrance of him, spinning down onto the apron.
The No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet then shot again up the observe, which is when Ryan Preece slammed into the passenger-side door of the automotive. The violent impression brought on vital harm to the aspect of Larson’s automotive, and a door bar contained in the cockpit might be seen pushed upwards and twisted after the crash.
“Fortunately, I am okay,” mentioned Larson. “My automotive is completely destroyed. The cockpit is a large number. Simply grateful that I am alright and all that, however only a bummer. We put ourselves in place as soon as once more on a superspeedway, and the top outcomes do not present it. One other wreck not of my doing on a superspeedway. Simply hate it, however we’ll hold getting higher and ultimately, it will need to work out.”
Each he and Preece had been checked and launched from the infield care heart. Preece mentioned it was “positively one of many hardest hits I’ve ever taken in my racing profession.”
NASCAR might be taking Larson’s destroyed automotive again to the R&D Middle for additional inspection.
