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Ryan Preece ready to race at Darlington after frightening Daytona crash
DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Ryan Preece had a message to deliver, no matter how bad his eyes looked after his frightening crash at Daytona last week.
“It’s OK to not race,” the Stewart Haas Racing driver said at Darlington on Saturday. “But it’s OK to race, and I think that’s what needs to be said.”
Preece took questions publicly for the first time since his horrifying accident, where he went airborne and flipped over at least 10 times before coming to rest.
Preece got out of the car on his own power. He spent the night at the hospital and before midnight, was suggesting to anyone who would listen that he felt good and was ready to go home.