Kvapil Walks Away from Violent Kansas Crash

Kvapil Walks Away from Violent Kansas Crash Icon Sportswire - Getty Images Carson Kvapil escaped injury Saturday night in an airborne crash that sent his JR Motorsports Chevrolet barrel rolling down Kansas Speedway’s backstretch on lap 2 of the Kansas Lottery 300. The accident occurred while Kvapil and teammates Justin Allgaier and William Byron were racing for the lead. After Kvapil and Byron collided, Kvapil turned head-on into the wall.

While he was sideways, Parker Retzlaff hit Kvapil in his car’s right rear. The angle launched Kvapil’s car into the air. It sailed through the air for a short distance and then barrel rolled before stopping on its roof.

The race was stopped for 12 minutes 9 seconds while rescue personnel turned the car back onto its wheels. Kvapil then climbed from his car. “I actually didn’t think it was going to flip over like that, but once it started doing that, it didn’t really seem too bad,” Kvapil said after walking from the infield care center.

“I was just hoping to get through the first couple of laps and then kind of sort it out and kind of fall in line. We didn’t really get to that point. Scary scene at Kansas as @Carson_Kvapil 's car flips over shortly after the green flag.