{"id":243876,"date":"2026-05-17T22:14:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T22:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/this-ones-my-fault-ryan-preece-takes-accountability-for-fireball-crash-at-nascar-all-star-race\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T22:14:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T22:14:38","slug":"this-ones-my-fault-ryan-preece-takes-accountability-for-fireball-crash-at-nascar-all-star-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/this-ones-my-fault-ryan-preece-takes-accountability-for-fireball-crash-at-nascar-all-star-race\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThis one\u2019s my fault\u201d: Ryan Preece takes accountability for fireball crash at NASCAR All Star race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"5168461\" data-slug-id=\"2783260\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/ryan-preece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Ryan Preece<\/a> escaped another violent NASCAR crash on Sunday after his car burst into flames during the opening laps of the All-Star Race at Dover Motor Speedway. The RFK Racing driver also took responsibility for the wreck in a social media post and admitted the accident started with a mistake on his part.<\/p>\n<p>The trouble on Lap 2 of the exhibition race. Preece ran three-wide with Todd Gilliland and Kyle Larson as the field charged toward Turn 1. Contact between Preece and Gilliland sent several cars spinning across the track, which turned into a massive nine-car pileup.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"template__newsletter-inline-banner-form-combo-widget\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<p><img id=\"subscribe-img\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nThanks for the submission!\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>Preece in the No. 60 Ford took the hardest hit of the wreck after the car slammed backward into the wall and burst into flames. He saw the fire in his mirror and climb out. After leaving the infield care center, the 35-year-old admitted he likely caused the incident and later posted a photo and video of the fireball crash on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The big hits always seem to find me. This one&#8217;s my fault. Thought I&#8217;d be clear before 1, and we weren\u2019t. Hate that others got tore up along with us. No points lost. Onto Charlotte,&#8221; Ryan Preece wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He also added a popular calm picture of a Labrador retriever basking in the sunlight in the post.<\/p>\n<p>The accident collected Larson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/ryan-blaney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Ryan Blaney<\/a>, Chase Elliott, Daniel Su\u00e1rez, Cole Custer, John Hunter Nemechek, Michael McDowell, and Gilliland.<\/p>\n<p>Larson, Elliott and Blaney, who are locked into the main event, were allowed to make repairs and get their cars back on track.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>I probably shouldn&#8217;t have pushed that lap&#8221; &#8211; <strong>Ryan Preece expands on Lap 2 crash at Dover<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ryan Preece expected the field to became extra aggressive after qualifying shuffled fast cars deeper into the lineup. During an interview after the fireball crash at Dover Motor speedway,<strong> <\/strong>he expanded his perspective on the incident.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I must have just come down on Todd [Gilliland] going into Turn 1, and I got sideways from that. So that&#8217;s a pushing an issue that I probably shouldn&#8217;t have pushed that lap and yeah, we&#8217;ll move forward to next week,&#8221; Ryan Preece said (via Frontstretch).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Just because the way qualifying was, it shuffled the field up so much, that there was a lot of you had to go. And probably shouldn&#8217;t have because ultimately, you&#8217;re out of the race, so what&#8217;s it matter at that point?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Preece opened the year with a win in the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium. 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