NASCAR Insiders Roundtable: We lose more sleep worrying about (driver) safety
In this clip from the NASCAR Insiders Roundtable, the panel talks driver safety and the effort by NASCAR to ensure competitors are protected.
Transcript
00:00 I think that as fans, it's easy to,
00:02 and even sometimes as industry guys,
00:04 we get caught up in the entertainment.
00:06 It really is dangerous what these guys do
00:08 and the stuff they put themselves through.
00:11 We lose more sleep just worrying about their safety,
00:14 but as a fan, you don't always see that.
00:17 - I have raced a lot of cars, man,
00:20 and from the day one of getting in the car
00:23 at Daytona and Talladega, those places just,
00:26 they scare me, 'cause the crashes hurt,
00:28 and they certainly hurt a lot worse with the new car,
00:31 but we've been making great strides in that too.
00:34 It's just one of those deals where you know it can happen.
00:37 - I feel the same way going to those places.
00:39 Those tracks, as much as they are physical
00:42 and you know the danger, it's a really good test
00:44 of the courage and the effort that it takes
00:46 to make those moves, because when you're able
00:49 to block it out and make decisions
00:52 based on what's most competitive and not think about that,
00:56 That is the nature of being an athlete.
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