One of the few negatives that came out of the debut of the Next Generation car in the 2022 season were complaints from drivers of more significant impacts from rear-end collisions with the car.
Two drivers – Kurt Busch and Alex Bowman – were sidelined with concussions during the season after their respective cars were involved in accidents which sent both backing into the wall. Busch has still not been medically cleared to compete, although he has retired from fulltime competition.
