Every driver knows that auto racing is a dangerous sport every time they get behind the wheel. But the sport works hard to make the sport as safe as possible.
Sometimes that means making adjustments and repairs after an incident has taken place.
On Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, Christopher Bell had a hard hit against the inside wall. When NASCAR returns to Talladega in October, that section of wall will have a different look.
Senior director of racing communications Amanda Ellis said, “that wall will be corrected before we return in the fall. They’re going to take that lip out and straighten the wall as well that leads into that area.”
Bell reported that he felt, “really good” and credited hism HANS and cockpit safety devices with helping cushion the collision when his number 20 Joe Gibbs Racing car hit the safer barrier.
NASCAR managing director of racing communications Mike Forde noted that the wall stuck out at a five degree angle due to the access road used by safety and emergency vehicles to get on the track when needed. He said, “making it more of a straight edge should help as far as the significance of these wrecks.”