Joey Logano obviously had the most terrifying view of the Talladega Superspeedway track Sunday when his car went airborne and flipped upside down before eventually landing upright again.
But Bubba Wallace had the second-most terrifying view.
As the back end of Logano’s No. 22 Ford flew up into the air before slamming back down to the ground roof first, it was soaring toward oncoming traffic. And Wallace’s No. 23 Toyota was perfectly in its path. It looked like either Logano’s car would land right on top of Wallace’s windshield or Wallace would plow straight into the wrecked 22.
Thankfully for both drivers, neither happened, and Logano was cleared by Talladega’s infield care center not long after the crash.
Joey Logano gets airborne and goes for a WILD ride at Talladega! pic.twitter.com/7E9vCyqCZD
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) April 25, 2021
And, because everyone is OK, Wallace’s instant reaction to almost crashing into Logano’s car was incredible. His exchange with his spotter, Freddie Kraft, begins at the 57-second mark in FOX Sports’ radio highlights from Talladega:
Kraft: We’re in it.
Wallace: No, no, no, no, no, no, no! Just check the right front. Whooo!
After collecting several other drivers’ and teams’ reactions to Logano’s wreck, the highlight video returns to Wallace for another exchange with Kraft (at the 1:20 mark).
Kraft: Your in-car [camera] is pretty impressive.
Wallace: Yeahhhh. Probably [expletive] myself there.
What a wildly scary view. Here’s a complication of multiple drivers’ views of Logano’s flip:
Bubba Wallace: "I'm telling you, my underwear is worse than the car right now." pic.twitter.com/HjHAhl0vTx
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) April 25, 2021
Again, thankfully Logano, Wallace and everyone else involved in this wreck Sunday at Talladega is OK, and Logano was the only driver in this incident who was unable to continue racing.
The next NASCAR Cup Series race is the Buschy McBusch Race 400 — here’s how that race name happened — at Kansas Speedway on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on FS1.
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