Ryan Preece goes 1-on-1 with Alex Weaver at Daytona 500 Media Day and discusses his wild ride at Daytona in August 2023, and the risks drivers take each time they strap in.
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00:00 I mean it's insane what you guys are doing on Super Speedways.
00:04 Do you ever get a little like, "Oh, this could be an interesting day."
00:08 So I actually feel like fans have become a little more numb to it because we're numb to it as drivers.
00:13 We don't really emphasize the risks that we do take.
00:16 And I feel like that wreck back in August was kind of a reminder that something serious could happen.
00:23 And you know, luckily I was fine and I climbed out of the car.
00:28 I think that's something I've always really wanted to do was never have somebody pull me out of a race car.
00:32 So that was important to me to be able to get out of that on my own power.
00:38 Go in, go through all the steps and be at Darlington the next week.
00:40 But yeah, I know for me, I understand the risks that I take every time I strap into that race car.
00:46 And you know, I feel like it's probably done more damage to my wife or my father than it did to me.
00:54 So hearing their experiences really opens my eyes a little bit more.
00:58 That I watched that video.
01:00 But certainly, you know, as a race car driver, I'm numb to it.