Nascar crash injures 30 spectators at Daytona Chaotic Daytona 2/23/13 DRIVE4COPD 300

Big one at Daytona Kyle Larson crashes fence at Daytona 2/23/13
Engine ends up in stands
Tony Stewart wins
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Racecar Sheared In Half: Nationwide Series Race At Daytona Crash 2/23/13 Racecar Sheared In Half: Nationwide Series Race At Daytona Crash 2/23/13 Fans injured at conclusion of Nationwide race at Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- At least six fans sustained injuries when parts of Kyle Larson's car flew into the stands at the conclusion of Saturday's Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway.

A track worker told Yahoo! Sports that one woman had a tourniquet on her leg, others suffered burns and a tire landed on one fan when a multiple-car accident unfolded as drivers raced for the finish line in the final lap of the Drive4COPD 300.

Tony Stewart missed the pileup and won the race as Larson's car was propelled into the catchfence separating the track from the grandstands on the Daytona International Speedway trioval.

The crash was triggered when leader Regan Smith was turned via contact from Brad Keselowski, who was pushing him. Much like many crashes that have happened in the front of the field at Daytona, the wreck was unavoidable for many behind and Larson's car was catapulted into the catchfence after he was tagged from behind. The impact with the catchfence sheared the entire front off of Larson's car and also tore a hole in the fence. His engine and a tire ended up lodged in the catchfence with the other tire nine rows up in the grandstands. When Larson's car came to rest in the infield, the entire section of the car in front of the cockpit was missing.

After the crash, spectators were being treated in the grandstands for injuries from debris from the crash. We will update the post when more information becomes available. Larson was evaluated and released from the infield care center after he climbed from his car. Following the race, NASCAR President Mike Helton joined ESPN in the booth.

"I think to see and explain what we know right now is there obviously was some intrusion into the fence, and fortunately with the way the event's equipped up, there was plenty of emergency workers ready to go. They all jumped in on it pretty quickly," Helton said.

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[Josh Place]

Hilarious, but the word you are referring to is LETHAL. Not dangerous. You're saying that the likeliness of dying at NASCAR is the same at a hockey game or a concert is the same. Which may be true, but never once did you say you were talking about the audience, and that is, in fact, what you originally meant. You just didnt say that.

[michaeladam676]

Whats your point? Whats worse: an airplane with 100 people crashing from 10,000 feet OR a Bus carrying 100 people in Belize falling down off a 1,000ft cliff?

[michaeladam676]

Yes, people have died at concerts for crying out loud. If I punch someone in the face in the right spot, it could kill them.

[michaeladam676]

Then Why did I see the flaming engine sitting at the huge gaping hole in the fence where the car went through?

[michaeladam676]

Holy shit are you a moron. Ever see tornado debris? A dinner plate flying at 150 mph will slice your head off. weight of an object has nothing to do with it. But your Mr. Dirt, I wouldnt expect you to know much about racing on asphalt.

[UncleCreepy89]

Btw, NASCAR is garbage today. And any argument to that is invalid

[UncleCreepy89]

I like how everyone is calling the them "stupid rednecks" when half the drivers arent even "southern" or from the "south"..... Just goes to show how ignorant some people really are....

[kammmmmm]

This does not happen very often at all. To say that it does is kind of ignorant. Carl Edwards a couple years ago, but not since 1987 has that kind of wreck happened. It is dangerous sport, but safety is paramount and has improved immensely over the last decade. It is unfortunate however, that it took the death of Dale Earnhardt to start mandating serious changes to make the cars and tracks safer. I do hope that every fan involved is doing okay.

[Sunnybunny2006]

What in the world is going on with Nascar ???? I’m not a fan but I know that these types of accidents were a rare occurrence, but now it seems like it happen all the time and are unfortunately deadly. On some of the other videos a tire has landed on someone. really, really sad.

[chief513z]

People please humans was hurt no matter the colour of the persons injured or who the spectators are of the event. NASCAR is a sport, just anyone cannot perform to the professional level of those athletes. Call a person a Redneck wil not hurt their feelings, they are proud to be a Redneck. I not a white person but I do some Redneck shit to and you do too.