We can say that the safety standards of NASCAR are impressive. How can the car industry make passenger cars and SUV's as safe as NASCAR cars?

Tony Stewart, who was watching from pit road, called it "the hardest hit I've seen anybody take in a crash." In a testament to the safety innovations NASCAR has developed in the past decade -- notably SAFER barriers (soft walls) and the new racecar introduced last year -- McDowell walked away. After a visit to the infield care center, he had recovered from the impact sufficiently to talk to reporters in the garage. - writes SportingNews.com

Team owner Michael Waltrip offered kudos to his men as well. "Just from the time it stopped limping off turn two it seemed like forever," Waltrip said. "it was an amazing crash I'm proud of everybody at MWR for bolting that thing together." - Writes Fox Sports

Here is the Video of McDowel's NASCAR Crash