Stewart-Haas Racing driver, Ryan Preece’s effort at Dover Motor Speedway has come to an unfortunate end. The No. 41 Ford Mustang is suspected to have faced a mechanical malfunction that resulted in smoke inside the car’s cockpit. Initially, the door foam was suspected to be the cause of the smoke. But there seems to be a major malfunction with the No. 41 car that was about to spark a fire and put the driver at risk.
A decent result at the Monster Mile could have helped Preece gain some momentum after a decent showing in the past three events. But, instead, he had to abandon his race car to prevent a major accident and make an early exit from the race. “I felt like I was on fire. I went the first 70 laps just trying to push through and then it got so bad that I couldn’t put my hands on the wheel. I was worried oil line or something would melt and the whole car engulfs in fire and I don’t want to be trapped in there when that happens,” said Preece.
A frustrated Ryan Preece didn’t want to detail what was on fire but explained what was happening. He was frustrated since he felt the issue could have been prevented. pic.twitter.com/QYCXx3FFSe
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It has to be noted, that the 41 car has already been under scrutiny by officials, which resulted in 35 docked points at Atlanta. Therefore, today’s no-show put the driver further down in the pecking order in the leaderboard standings. Frustrated with the situation, Ryan Preece added, “Whatever happened is completely unnecessary. We can’t afford days like this. I’m not going to be the one to say what happened, but it wasn’t necessary; it could have been prevented.”
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