Michael McDowell Survives Unbelievable Wreck With Style

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

NASCAR’s Car of Tomorrow is built to be stable and safe. During qualifying laps for the Sprint Cup race on Friday, it proved to be at least one of these things when rookie driver Michael McDowell got into a gnarly wreck that quickly escalated into a terrifying series of midair barrel-rolls. The kicker? When it was all over, McDowell was able to climb out of the demolished Toyota and wave to the fans before walking to the ambulance under his own power. He was even able to pull off a pretty respectable performance in today’s race, which was only his second-ever Sprint Cup start. How’s that for crash safety?