As Austin Dillon catapulted, then careened into and off Daytona International Speedway's front stretch fencing, Brad Keselowski could see the terrifying sequence unfold in front of him.
But what Keselowski couldn't do was slow down enough to avoid being part of the multiple car accident, which he referred to as "spectacular," that came just as the Coke Zero 400 concluded early Monday morning. And when Dillon's machine came to a rest on its side back on the track, a sliding Keselowski was unable to control his car and slammed into the prone No. 3 Chevrolet.
The contact was heavy, and because Dillon's car was already substantially damaged, Keselowski admits he thought he may have injured the 25-year-old driver. Rescue workers and crewmembers quickly converged on the scene and after an anxious few moments, Dillon emerged uninjured.
"Racecars are very, very well designed and built for high impacts, they're not ever going to be very well designed for multiple high impacts," Keselowski said Thursday at Kentucky Speedway. "I saw his first impact and I knew when I was gonna hit him the second time that his odds were a lot lower of walking away. But thankfully, he did."
Keselowski said he's been asked about the incident throughout the week and he's "honestly embarrassed" for his involvement, as the collision came well after Dillon had stopped. But because of the debris field, Keselowski lost control of his own car.
"Even being as far behind as I was, you couldn't slow down from 200 miles an hour," Keselowski said. "That was frustrating. I felt very, very lucky when I got out of my car and went to Austin and saw that he was OK.
"It's just not a good deal."
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