{"id":121887,"date":"2025-08-31T01:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T01:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/121887\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T01:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T01:29:07","slug":"nascar-driver-jumps-out-of-car-as-feet-are-engulfed-in-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/121887\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Driver Jumps Out Of Car As Feet Are Engulfed In Flames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/matt-d.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Matt DiBenedetto at Richmond in 2023\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Credit: NASCAR via Getty Images\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Matt DiBenedetto was a real hot shoe during the <a href=\"https:\/\/americancarsandracing.com\/tag\/nascar-xfinity-series\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">NASCAR Xfinity Series<\/a> at Portland on Saturday, but not in a good way.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of stage one of the Pacific Office Automation 147, the Viking Motorsports driver pulled off the track and jumped out of the window and onto the grass.<\/p>\n<p>He then took his left shoe off and sat there, appearing to be in distress. After he left the infield care center without injury, he explained on The CW what happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a big fire at my feet, so, I was all of a sudden, my feet were getting really hot, I looked down and they were engulfed in flames,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/americancarsandracing.com\/tag\/nascar\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">MORE NASCAR NEWS FROM AMERICAN CARS AND RACING<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I pulled off and tried to get out really quick and in a hurry \u2019cause they were fully on fire and when I was getting out one of my laces from my shoes got wrapped around the pedals, so I went to get out and I was actually stuck, feet were directly in the flames.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said he was thankful for the heat shields and safety gear drivers wear, which include shields strapped on the outside of the fireproof shoes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/americancarsandracing.com\/newsletter-sign-up\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">SUBSCRIBE TO THE AMERICAN CARS AND RACING NEWSLETTER FOR MORE NASCAR NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI prayed on the third time getting out for God to get me out of that thing and thankful I got out on that last try,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the fire has not yet been announced by the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: NASCAR via Getty Images Matt DiBenedetto was a real hot shoe during the NASCAR Xfinity Series at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[425,99],"class_list":["post-121887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}