After being involved in one of the more violent accidents the NASCAR Xfinity Series has seen in recent memory, Myatt Snider will be joining his fellow drivers in loading up and heading cross-country for NASCAR's west coast swing. According to a report by Bob Pockrass of Fox Sports, Snider has been medically cleared by both doctors and NASCAR to race this weekend at Fontana after his crash on the final lap of the Xfinity Series' season opener at Daytona International Speedway.
Heading down the backstretch for the final time, Snider's car was turned sideways in front of the pack after an errant bump draft, and his car ended up being lifted airborne and going upside down along the outside wall's catchfence. The impact with the catchfence tore the front and rear of Snider's car apart, ripping the engine, fuel cell and many suspension pieces away from the chassis.
Despite the devastating level of damage, the driver's compartment of Snider's car was left completely intact, allowing him to climb out shortly afterwards with only left leg soreness he told reporters of.
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"I got turned around to the side and then I was facing backwards, and I started seeing the racetrack and I'm like 'Mmm, this is getting better as it goes.' And I think what happened is that the left rear started yawing towards the fence and then the fence caught it," Snider told reporters afterwards. "And that's what really started tearing everything up, and then I got drug into the grass from what I could tell.
"As I've said already, I'm extremely blessed to be as okay as I am, and glad that Jordan Anderson Racing built such a safe racecar."
Speaking on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio on Tuesday, NASCAR senior vice president of competition Scott Miller confirmed that officials currently possess and are going over what remains of Snider's car. One of the major issues and safety considerations from Snider's crash should be the way large projectile debris from Snider ended up striking oncoming traffic.
The engine out of Snider's car was hit by the trailing car of Matt Mills, while a truck arm speared through the side of J.J. Yeley's car and ended up lodged in its back.
Snider, 27, is running the full Xfinity Series season for Jordan Anderson Racing. Snider finished ninth in the Xfinity championship standings last year, earning his first career win at Homestead-Miami Speedway to go with 11 Top 10s.
