The big news of Nascar over the last decade is how much care they’ve taken to give racers the amount of safety that they need while driving around the track. The reason for this is that the decade began with several important racers getting killed on the track. Even in 2001, Dale Earnhardt was killed in a rather freak accident during the Daytona 500. It was a sad time for them, and hopefully they have improved the safety as much as possible. We haven’t seen too many major injuries in recent years despite a relatively large number of crashes that look really bad. Hopefully we’ll be able to continue that trend of improving safety while still keeping the sport exciting!