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Ryan Preece, 32, has amazingly survived a NASCAR car clang that flipped his car implicit astir a twelve times, during a contention successful Florida connected Saturday, TMZ reported. The nonrecreational driver, who drives the No. 41 Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing, was racing astir the way successful the Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs banal car contention astatine Daytona International Speedway erstwhile the car abruptly chopped crossed the way and went airborne, tumbling implicit 10 times earlier coming to a stop. The conveyance past appeared to drawback occurrence arsenic a aesculapian squad helped Ryan retired of the car and enactment him connected a stretcher to spell to a adjacent infirmary for treatment.
Although a origin of the crash successful the 16-car race, which was won by Chris Buescher, has yet to beryllium publically announced, Ryan’s rep reportedly revealed that he’s luckily good and recovering. The connection said helium was “awake and alert and evidently shaken,” and was inactive undergoing modular tests. Ryan’s latest Twitter message besides got attraction aft the crash. As a effect of the loss, Ryan was eliminated from the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
Ryan Preece FLIPPED down the backstretch. 😳 #NASCAR | @NBC and @Peacock pic.twitter.com/Qztmvjd0NA
— NASCAR connected NBC (@NASCARonNBC) August 27, 2023
Find retired much astir Ryan and his awesome contention car driving vocation below.
Ryan’s from Connecticut
The skilled operator was calved successful Berlin, CT successful Oct. 1990 and is the youngest of 3 sons. He grew up successful the country and attended Xavier High School, which is an all-boys assemblage preparatory Catholic precocious schoolhouse successful Middletown, CT. He past went connected to commencement contention car driving.
He started car racing arsenic a teenager
Ryan’s contention car driving vocation started successful 2007, the aforesaid twelvemonth helium turned 17, and helium became 32nd successful the title successful the Northeastern Midget Association with the Bertrand team. A twelvemonth later, helium made it to the podium for the archetypal clip ever, erstwhile the finished 3rd astatine Monadnock successful his lone Northeastern Midget contention of the year.
He’s gained rather a way grounds successful his contention car driving career
Since 2007, Ryan, who is presently competing full-time successful the NASCAR Cup Series while driving the No. 41 Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing, has competed successful the ARCA Menards Series East and the ARCA Menards Series West. He has besides been portion of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and was a runner-up successful the bid title successful 2009 and 2012, earlier winning successful 2013. He besides made aggregate starts successful the defunct NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour.
Ryan likes to beforehand his vocation connected societal media
Ryan’s Instagram relationship is afloat of car racing photos and videos. Shortly earlier his clang connected Aug, 26, 2023, helium shared a video that promoted the race, which tin beryllium seen above. “Dropping the hammer contiguous at @daytona 7pm,” the caption for it read. After his clang made headlines, his fans took to the comments conception of the station to stock good wishes and alleviation implicit his recovery.
“Happy to spot you locomotion out! 🙌 You’re pugnacious arsenic nails bro 🔥,” 1 instrumentality wrote, portion different wrote, “That was a genuinely terrifying crash… but bully to spot you got retired of that car.” A 3rd shared that they were “praying” for him, and a 4th added, “Glad you’re okay, bro.”
He is joined with a child
Ryan joined his longtime girlfriend, Heather DesRochers, a racing operator and a subordinate successful NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity harvester successful 2009 and 2010, successful 2017. Their daughter, Rebecca Marie, who tin beryllium seen above, was calved connected Aug. 7, 2023. The caller parents archetypal met astatine Stafford Motor Speedway successful 2009 and competed against each different astatine successful the SK Modified Series successful 2011. Ryan won the title and Heather was the Rookie of the Year.
