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Gate area a concern after crash

Updated: March 4, 2013, 6:20 PM ET
By Terry Blount | ESPN.com

AVONDALE, Ariz. -- The Daytona crash investigation will focus on the gate area of the fencing and how improvements can be made before the next superspeedway race at Talladega, Ala., in May, NASCAR senior vice president Steve O'Donnell said Saturday at Phoenix International Raceway.

A terrifying last-lap crash one week ago in the Nationwide race at Daytona caused parts of a car to break through the frontstretch catch fence, injuring 28 spectators, including two critically.

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