Preece rolled ten times in a brutal crash during last weekend's race at Daytona, but he is cleared to race at Darlington on Sunday.
In a video shared by NASCAR on Fox reporter Bob Pockrass, Preece takes off his sunglasses to reveal the extent of the bruising. His eyes are still visibly bloodshot, which Pockrass attributes to blood vessel bursting "typical after a flip." Despite how painful it all looks, Preece says that his eyes "aren't bad,"Preece did not make the NASCAR playoffs field last week, so his season is already effectively over.
That makes Sunday's race relatively unimportant in the grand scheme of things, buthave put him under some pressure and Preece has just one top ten finish in his first 26 races with the team, a fifth at Richmond. Nearing the end of what has so far been a disappointing first full-time Cup season back after a three-year stint at JTG Daugherty and a one-year intermission, Preece may be hoping to prove that he belongs in the series going forward.
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