The wreck between Kyle Larson and Ryan Preece was without a doubt one of the most scary ones in recent memory. One look at Larson’s #5 Next Gen car after Preece T-boned him and the horrific scenarios that could’ve come true but fortunately didn’t, come to mind.

The state of the two cars involved in that incident was something on which Kyle Busch had also recently remarked on. “Looking at the #41 and seeing some of the stuff on that car, it was a brick getting rammed into a stick of butter. It’s just going to smash it if it’s built too stiff,” he said.

Even Larson himself admitted that what happened in Talladega was an experience from which he just about escaped death.

Kyle Larson suggests NASCAR on superspeedways is more dangerous than sprint car racing

Speaking ahead of the Cup race at Dover, Larson was asked by journalist Bob Pockrass about the respective risks of racing in a stock car and racing in a sprint car after his teammate Alex Bowman suffered a wreck that ruled him out for this race.

Larson claimed “there’s a risk in everything” a racecar driver does. He referenced his own example from Talladega as he suggested stock car racing on a superspeedway is more dangerous than racing in a sprint car.

“There’s more risk there than I think in a sprint car, so I think dirt racing gets a bad rep from time to time. I think people assume the odds are much higher getting hurt in a sprint car, but I would love to see the data to prove that. Because I don’t view it that way,” he reasoned.

“We’ve got drivers out with concussions, drivers breaking bones. I’ve broken bones in a Cup car. I’ve narrowly, honestly, escaped death a couple of times in a stock car. So, all racing is dangerous.”

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Larson admits the past week has been “very emotional” for him

With his own narrow escape followed by his teammate Alex Bowman’s injury, Larson admitted the past few days were “very emotional” for him. “I’m not an emotional person but when you sit back and think about it, I could have been very seriously myself hurt Sunday,” he described.

“Thankfully, we made it through that.”

With that said, what’s your take on the subject of which is more dangerous between NASCAR and Sprint Cars? Do you agree with Larson or do you disagree with him?

Let us know in the comments below.

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