Ryan Preece on entry list for Southern 500 at Darlington after terrifying wreck

After tumbling more than 10+ times in the grass at Daytona, Ryan Preece is named as the driver of the 41 Ford Mustang for Darlington. Preece said he was coming back and he meant it, it appears. While the NASCAR driver will have to have a follow-up doctor’s visit to get approved, this is a good sign.

Stewart-Haas Racing has listed Ryan Preece as they do every week for the Darlington race. It doesn’t appear that we will see a replacement driver in the 41. Preece was sent tumbling over in what was the scariest crash in quite a few years at least.

Bob Pockrass of Fox Sports says there is no “indication” that SHR is looking for a replacement driver at this time.

Ryan Preece is listed to drive the 41 this week. He was released from hospital yesterday morning and will need a followup doctor visit to be cleared. Haven’t gotten any indication that team is looking for someone to substitute. https://t.co/WRpcJooSbB

— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) August 28, 2023

Ryan Preece is one tough race car driver. He said as much after the wreck when he took to Twitter to let folks know he was doing alright.

Saturday night, Preece wrote, “If you want to be a race car driver, you better bet tough. Dammit. Fast [Race Choice] [Ford] Mustang. I’m coming back.”

Fans will be happy to know that Preece is doing alright. This is the second time he’s been involved in a very important and pivotal wreck at a superspeedway in 2023. He was the car that slammed into Kyle Larson at Talladega and led to changes in the car.

Ryan Preece seemingly bouncing back from wreck

This race at Daytona was a lot of fun. Up until we saw the two big wrecks with Ryan Blaney and Preece, it was one of the best superspeedway races of the last decade or so. Just three caution flags, fans saw a lot of great action in this regular-season finale.

In Stage 2, amazingly, the three-wide and four-wide racing didn’t cause any major incidents. When the racing was the most aggressive, it stayed clean, for multiple laps. So, what happened after?

Sometimes it feels like two-by-two racing is the most dangerous. All it takes is one push gone wrong, aero gets taken off a car, whatever – and there is the big one.

Despite being in the worst-looking wreck of the Next Gen era, Ryan Preece appears to be bouncing back quickly. While you worry about physical injury, a lot of drivers would have let the mental aspect get to them.