Daniel Suarez was the primary driver out of Saturday night time’s race at Daytona Worldwide Speedway after his Chevrolet went up in flames on pit street.
Suarez escaped with out damage because the rear of his automobile burned. The weird incident occurred after a spherical of pit stops when gas that had spilled into the pit field was ignited from the backfire of Denny Hamlin’s automobile. All of this got here from a series of occasions with Suarez and Hamlin making an attempt to go away their pit stalls however not having the ability to take action cleanly.
“I used to be doing my pit cease identical to each single weekend,” Suarez stated. “The No. 11 (Hamlin) was proper behind me and the No. 21 (Harrison Burton) was proper in entrance of me, so sadly, I acquired boxed in. We all know that each single time we do a pit cease, we drop a bit of little bit of gas and that’s utterly regular. Sadly, the No. 11 was leaving his pit stall proper behind me, and since he was ready for me to go away, his exhaust fired up the little gas I dropped. As a result of I used to be nonetheless parked there, that went up the again of my automobile the place the gas cell is and it simply grabbed it.
“It was a really unlucky scenario. I don’t know what we might have finished in a different way. Simply unhappy that we’re out of the race this manner, however I’m glad I’m wonderful and your complete workforce was wonderful. The opposite loopy factor is that I used to be capable of really feel the warmth, however as a result of I don’t run a rearview mirror and solely run the rearview digital camera, I couldn’t see it. The rearview digital camera is related to the rear bumper, so I might see the smoke, however I couldn’t see the fireplace. I might really feel the warmth, however I couldn’t see how massive it was.”
