This incident has led to growing concerns about vehicle safety, with Preece strongly urging NASCAR to review safety data from their vehicles to better prevent similar accidents from occurring in the future.

Ryan Preece's crash Sunday was the latest in an uptick of cars flipping after wrecks and the second such incident for Preece in two years.

Ryan Preece's terrifying crash at the final moments of the 2025 Daytona 500 took many by shock. But after the race, he looked back on the incident with chilling words. His car found itself in the air after a chain of collisions started by Christopher Bell,

The Daytona 500 left Ryan Preece and others frustrated about how the race unfolded, but back-to-back winner William Byron said it was no fluke.

Ryan Preece has walked away after a spectacular crash during the closing laps of the 2025 Daytona 500, going airborne and flipping down the Daytona backstretch and up the banking in Turn 3. It all occurred after a multi-car crash that began when Christopher Bell got spun in front of traffic while racing for the win with four laps to go.

HAMPTON, Ga. Ryan Preece feels ready to climb back into his race car. It’s difficult to notice any significant injuries on the face of the 34-year-old NASCAR driver, who confide

Another look at Ryan Preece's scary wreck. #NASCAR #DAYTONA500 pic.twitter.com/nQ2RcqGUNY — FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) February 17, 2025 As the final laps of a thrilling Daytona 500 whizzed around him,

RFK Racing driver Ryan Preece is calling on NASCAR to do more to prevent cars from becoming airborne during superspeedway races.

"All I thought about was my daughter, I’m lucky I got to walk away, but we’re getting closer and closer to someone not being able to," Preece said when he emerged from the infield care center.

"We know where there’s a problem, at superspeedways. … When it finally gets somebody, I don’t want it to be me."

As a 20-car pack of cars raced toward the finish of Sunday’s Daytona 500, Ryan Preece, in the busy middle of the group, suddenly rode his car high into the Daytona night, then flipped and slammed into the outside wall.

Ryan Preece was airborne with five laps to go in the Daytona 500 on Sunday night, and he admitted thinking about his daughter as he was hoping to walk out of the wreck.