A NASCAR spokesman said that the driver's side, with its additional plates between the body panels and the driver, is multiple times stronger than the passenger side. NASCAR is very involved, very concerned, had us over there multiple times and I'm sure there will be a lot more discussions in the coming weeks and months on what we do to prevent that going forward.'ĭrivers wonder what would happen if the same hit occurred on the driver's side.

needs to be some short-term discussions and some long-term discussions, as well. 'From this point, it's just going to be the industry I think working together to really understand and figure out what we need to do to prevent things like that from happening. 'Obviously you can see in the pictures there was quite a bit of damage to the door car area, specifically on the right-hand side, that's moved significantly to the left in the vehicle. 'The car went through somewhat of a disassembly process so more of it could be evaluated and looked at,' HMS President Jeff Andrews said. No changes were made for the Dover weekend but NASCAR appears to be aggressive in trying to see if any changes will be necessary. Larson went to the NASCAR research and development center Monday to sit in the car as Hendrick and NASCAR engineers examined the car. 'I don't know how you fix it, but it's one of those things.' 'Everyone is concerned,' defending Cup champion Joey Logano said. Because the chassis are single-source suppliers, the teams can't do much as far as doing their own research for changes. NASCAR officials won't comment on anything they have found as the investigation continues. 'I'm sure there will be a change going forward somehow.'

'Everybody knows it was not what they wanted to see,' Larson said. It also has chassis designer Dallara consulting on the investigation and also is using an outside company to examine the chassis materials. NASCAR is using computer models to reconstruct the accident as its incident data system collects G-force and other data and combines it with its high-speed camera focused on the driver. Chase Elliott and Kyle Busch share their thoughts. The damage to Kyle Larson's car from Talladega is concerning to drivers.

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