Hendrick rising star makes brave promise after | Sports News

Rising Hendrick Motorsports star Corey Day promised that he won’t ever change his aggressive driving type after struggling a terrifying crash within the Eagle Nationals on the High Limit Racing circuit.

Last December, Day inked a multi-year deal with Hendrick Motorsports that may see him run within the NASCAR Xfinity, Craftsman Truck, ARCA Menards and TransAm Series this season. The 19-year-old has been dubbed the “next Kyle Larson” after beating the No. 5 Chevrolet driver within the High Limit Racing dash car opener, however conceded that he nonetheless feels out of place because the youngest wheelman on the crew.

With 5 laps remaining in Tuesday’s race, Corey was battling Buddy Kofoid for the lead when his proper entrance tire acquired into the wall within the backstretch on Turn 3. His No. 14 Sander Engineering car swiftly cleared the guardrail and went barrelling into the surface catch fence following a number of violent flips.

Safety crews promptly rushed to Day’s assist and eliminated him from the overturned car. He miraculously emerged from the harrowing incident unscathed, telling a reporter afterwards: “Yeah, I’m all good.

“I was trying really hard there. I think when I got into Buddy, my front end was messed up and got high off of 2 and felt like I couldn’t turn as good as I could have the whole race before that. So, you know, I wasn’t lifting. It’s 55 grand to win, so, yeah, I’d go redo that one, but I was trying.”

Taking to social media on the heels of the race, Day insisted that the large wreck wouldn’t stop him from taking dangers on the racetrack sooner or later. “First off, I sit here thanking the man above for keeping me safe, and allowing me to be able to race another day,” he wrote on X. “Second, I apologize to the @JMRacing14 boys for creating more work than necessary.

“With that being said, some people love how I drive, and some people hate it, but I can promise one thing, I’ll never change. Thank you to everyone who supports me, we will have a fresh one ready for Knoxville on Friday.”

In the early levels of Day’s tenure with Hendrick Motorsports, the younger phenom has proven a number of flashes of brilliance. Over three Xfinity Series races, he’s amassed 66 factors — most lately putting eleventh at Nashville Superspeedway.

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While racing for Spire Motorsports within the Craftsman Truck Series, Day has run six races together with his best end (fifth) moreover coming at Nashville.

“It’s just a dream come true, really,” Day instructed Express U.S. Sports of representing Hendrick Motorsports. “It’s something that I never thought would happen for me — I thought I was just going to be a dirt sprint car racer my whole life.

“So to say that I am signed to the top NASCAR team, in my opinion, at 19 years old is unreal. Been super busy, more busy than I’ve ever been in my 19 years of living, but I’m loving it.”