overnight nascar driver ryan preece back behind the wheel. >> this week, all the talk surrounded ryan after one of the most fryening wrecks in nascar history. >> reporter: and speaking out about surviving last week's terrifying airborne crash at daytona. >> as soon as the car takes off it just gets really quiet and you're along for the ride from there. jly really, really blessed to be here and be okay. >> reporter: preece back on the track in darlington south carolina for a comeback something between the improbable and miraculous. >> he's barrel rolling! >> reporter: it was this horrific moment during the 155th lap when his car was bumped and sent into continue field grass. >> it looks like a toy car flying through the area. >> reporter: the car flipping ten times before landing upside down. >> ryan preece upside down in the infield. >> reporter: preece walking away with no major injuries, something preece and mass car credit to years of efforts to protect drivers with next generation cars. >> just a tremendous amount of work has gone into the seats, the way our drivers sit, the way t

rolling. >> reporter: a week after this terrifying crash at the daytona international speedway. >> ryan preece> reporter: watch as preece makes a hard left hitting another car in the 155th lap and sending his number 41 ford into an uncontrolled barrel roll. >> it looks like a toy car flying through the air. >> reporter: the car flipping ten times, bouncing off the ground before coming to a stop on its wheels. the engine catching fire. >> i remember going sideways. i remember the car taking flight and then everything just getting really, really quiet. >> reporter: preece miraculously seen getting out of his car that night on his feet, taken to a local hospital for observation. this latest crash reviving safety concerns for nascar drivers and their cars, which nascar has been trying to address with enhanced safety features in its fleet of next gen cars. >> nascar and everybody with the development of this car and the continued innovation and constantly trying to make it better, that's what's going to keep drivers like myself from being hospitalized or, you know, killed. so definitely my hat's of