Cody Ware clears the air after his violent wreck at Chicago, updates status

Following one of the scariest collisions of the season at Chicago, Cody Ware has reached out to let everyone know he’s OK. He updated his status on Wednesday with a post on Instagram.

Ware was involved in a wreck into the tire barriers on Turn 6 in the late stages of the Chicago street race. Immediately after crashing he radioed to his team that he needed help.

Luckily, Cody Ware was able to exit the car and appeared no worse for the wear. He updated things on Wednesday.

“Thank you to everyone who has reached out the last couple days and checked on me,” Ware wrote. “Praise the Lord for keeping me safe during that wreck, blowing a rotor at Chicago was not a fun experience. Huge thanks to my team and all the mechanics working on these cars to keep me safe, and all of the safety equipment that I was wearing. We had a fast @arbys cheesesteak Ford all day!!! Ready to take what we learned and hit it at Sonoma.”

Cody Ware was surprised after his wreck to learn that NASCAR didn’t throw the caution flag for about 35 seconds after he hit the tire barrier. He was reportedly doing about 93 miles per hour into the section of tires after blowing his brake rotor.

“Yeah, I mean especially given the speed of how fast we were going into the barrier,” Ware told Frontstretch. “Obviously I’m not going anywhere, there’s not much I can do at that point. But obviously at that point I’m just focused on getting out of the car and getting to a safe spot.”

Luckily for all involved, Cody Ware was OK. He walked away from the wreck without major issue.

Still, the late caution flag caused a headache for NASCAR. Insiders like Seth Eggert called it “unreal” and “unacceptable.”

According to Jeff Gluck of The Athletic, NASCAR was unaware of how fast Ware had gone into the barrier and was hoping he could dislodge himself like Kyle Larson did a year ago. But he couldn’t, and the race eventually ended under caution. The flag just didn’t come out as soon as it should have, according to several who saw the wreck.