Nextel Cup series director John Darby said officials at NASCAR’s research and development center will look into an incident involving Brian Vickers’ car during a practice session at Atlanta on Saturday. The driveshaft on Vickers’ car broke, apparently punching a hole in the bottom of the car and sending a small chunk of metal through the catchfence and into an unoccupied area of the grandstands. A broken driveshaft is relatively rare in NASCAR, and it certainly got Vickers’ attention. “When it comes apart, it’s pretty big,” Vickers said. “But luckily I wasn’t hurt, nobody else was hurt. I could have sworn it sounded like a bomb went off. I thought we were under attack.”(USA Today)(3-15-2004)
