Mike Skinner’s Huge Crash

Holy smokes... I haven't seen a hard hit like this at Charlotte in a long time. It looks like "repeat offender" Johnny Sauter squeezed Mike Skinner into the grass in the quad-oval and Skinner just went spinning and then got slammed by T.J. Bell.

I think the truck getting up into the air helped deflect some of the energy from that wall impact.

The crash impact angle reminds me of the past incidents of Tony Roper and Blaise Alexander. Fortunately with all the new safety gear -- neck restraints, softer walls -- Mike was okay. Glad to see him walk away... he sustained his share of bad injuries back in Winston Cup competition a decade ago.

See Skinner's interview at NASCAR.com.