In a way he was in this crash compilation and every crash compilation ever made between 2001 and 2023 because every driver since him survived every incident because of him!
Ah yes. Pre playoffs, pre stages, pre overtime. The good ole days when Nascar was trying to be Nascar, not some gimmicky real life version of Baseketball. Boy was it better. It's not rocket science as to why Nascar exploded in popularity during this period