[Keith Collantine]

Another aerial NASCAR accident caused damage to a track fence in practice for the Daytoa 500 earlier this week. Here’s a look at what happened:

Last year 17 fans were injured in a Nationwide race at the same track.

Besides the accident itself it’s worth noting just how far NASCAR’s coverage is ahead of F1’s – not only do they broadcast testing but they put official clips of it on YouTube as well…

[Magnificent Geoffrey]

Apparently the revised fencing they built after last year’s serious Nationwide accident did what it was supposed to do.

This reminds me, I need to put my annual Daytona 500 thread together in time for Sunday…

[Anonymous]

I know next to nothing about NASCAR. How come this looked like a race if it was practice? To they practice running in packs? Is that what this was?

[Oli Peacock]

Yes, at Superspeedways 90% of the racing is done in packs, so getting the cars to work in the draft will have a greater priority then running alone as it’s unlikely they will be on their own in the race. Short tracks are 1.5 milers will be less like a race

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