Ryan Preece involved in violent crash during NASCAR Cup race at Kansas

Tom Gatto

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Ryan Preece walked away from a big-impact crash Thursday night in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway.

Preece's car was sent sliding at high speed into the inside barrier after Christopher Bell and Ryan Newman made contact ahead of him. The machine almost landed on its roof after it bounced off the barrier.

Preece was not injured, but he looked frustrated as he exited the car.

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"I'm all right. Just waiting for this year to turn around," Preece told NBCSN.

The wreck brought out a short red flag.

Tom Gatto

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Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.