Correction!  

I gotta give two thumb up to Dale Jr (and to those who pointed it out to me) that he did say that it was a concrete wall where impact happened, and that they have been putting up safer barriers, but cars still find those places...   I'm not sure how I missed it after watching the replay. and yea, they definitely didn't dwell on it (I don't think the lack of a barrier was mentioned after that once), but I gotta go say that they (Dale Jr) did say it, so as far as I'm concerned, he called it as he saw it, and had a sincere reaction that I think most fans did as soon as they saw the crash too.  Good job Dale Jr.

Thanks to Gordon1 for pointing out that it was mentioned on the broadcast, and to everyone who participated in this thread for the other thoughts it generated.

A spin off discussion (no pun intended) could be that when we go to a track, whether a local Saturday night deal, or a bigger venue, if we see something that's really unsafe (for participants and/or for spectators) and should be brought to somebody's attention, stop by the speedway office, or utilize whatever on line offering they have to get your comment to them.  It may be something that they are already aware of, but there's always a chance that is something that nobody had ever noticed before.... It may or may not be addressed, but I guess if you think about it, if it was something they didn't know about, and we didn't find a way to get the information to those in charge, we're really not helping to improve things either.