Episode 386 -- Firestorm Reaction -- A Gathering Storm in the NASCAR Safety Revolution

Hosts Rick Houston, Steve Waid and Jeffrey Baker discuss the third episode of our new documentary podcast series, Firestorm: 2000-2001 -- The Years That Forever Changed NASCAR. In later years, a perception would develop that NASCAR did not react fast enough to accidents that claimed the lives of Adam Petty and Kenny Irwin. We lay out the case that safety in NASCAR in that era wasn't necessarily a question of simply making rules and forcing competitors to change their way of thinking. It was FAR more complicated with unfamiliar new technology and the sport's most influential voice decrying change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices