What Caused Michael Waltrip’s VISCIOUS Bristol Crash?

The images of Micahel Waltrip’s infamous crash during an April 1990 Busch Series race at Bristol are hard to forget. Undoubtedly, Michael was seriously injured in the mishap … or worse. He survived and continued to race as if nothing had ever happened, which is one of the great miracles in NASCAR history. But what caused the crash? Robert Pressley shared HIS side of the story for the first time with The Scene Vault Podcast. 

• How do sponsor-driven rivalries shape relationships on and off the track? Could these tensions have influenced what happened at Bristol?
• Decades after the crash, why might Pressley and Waltrip have avoided discussing the event? What would be the value of revisiting it today?
• Considering the intensity of the crash, how has NASCAR evolved in terms of safety to protect drivers from similar incidents?

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