If Christopher Bell wasn’t awake on Lap 147 of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Collection race at Michigan Worldwide Speedway, he was actually awake on Lap 148.
Bell and Chase Elliott had been concerned in a vicious crash in flip 3 that knocked each drivers out of the race, although they each climbed from their vehicles underneath their very own energy. Elliott was unhurt, whereas Bell suffered a fractured wrist however will nonetheless race at Pocono on June 14.
In keeping with NASCAR, Bell’s affect to the surface wall was the toughest within the Subsequent-Gen period (2022-present) and the toughest hit in a NASCAR race since 2015.
How exhausting was Christopher Bell’s hit?
“Delta-v is the measure of pace misplaced in an incident,” mentioned Mike Ford, NASCAR VP of racing communications, per NASCAR.com. “So in the event you’re going 200 mph after which unexpectedly you come to a cease since you hit a wall and scrub off X quantity of pace, that distinction is what the Delta-v is. I can’t give out the Delta-v quantity for Bell. That knowledge is proprietary in a means.
“We share that with the group and the driving force, and that’s their knowledge to do with what they need. However we will affirm that it was the biggest quantity we’ve seen within the Subsequent Gen period.”
