Kaulig’s team has already suffered the biggest Next Gen crash to date, when Justin Haley was wrecked into a concrete wall in the season-opening Clash exhibition race at the LA Colliseum (above), damage from which he admitted has “put us behind a little bit”.
Saturday night’s Xfinity Series race demonstrated the potential for ‘the big one’ at Daytona when Myatt Snider’s car flew up into the catch fencing and was destroyed – with its engine being catapulted from the chassis.
LeafFilter executive chairman Kaulig, whose drivers Haley and Daniel Hemric start deep in the pack after cautious runs in their Duel qualifying races on Thursday, thinks that the racing won’t be negatively influenced by drivers thinking about the long-term impact of losing a car by getting involved in a huge wreck like Snider’s.
“I think everyone was being a bit careful in the Duels, trying to get a feel for the car, to see what Sunday would be like,” Kaulig told Motorsport.com “It’s…
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