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The new car isn't pretty, but it's saving lives

By Terry Blount
ESPN.com

Sunday, July 5, 2009

(Mark J. Rebilas/US Presswire) Kyle Busch walked away from the mangled mess formerly known as the No. 18 Toyota. Kyle Busch walked away. Yes, he walked away angrily when the Coke Zero 400 was over, but he walked off unscathed nonetheless. Everyone did. Not a scratch on them after another scary last-lap melee in a restrictor-plate race that resulted in cars with crumbled sheet metal and mangled steel. This car that so many of you love to hate is the safest race car ever built. No, ...

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