Keeping NASCAR Exciting Without Killing Anyone

So we all know restrictor plate racing can be dangerous and superspeedways with their high banking and drivers tend to draft and this causes some spectacular crashes and some hard nosed racing but how long before another driver gets killed?

I say another because Dale Earnhardt Sr died on that very same track eight years ago and Nascar has not been the same since.

So I wonder what changes should be made to ensure safety of the drivers & fans but not take anything away from racing, or is that not possible?

Basically we have seen a car go airborne in the April Talledega race and this most recent Daytona race, so is this a COT (Car of Today), problem? I mean there's enough blame to go around on this vehicle in handling and making basically everyone drive the same vanilla car.

But is this car safe? I mean obviously no one was seriously hurt in the Coke Zero race but the car has the tendency to fly when hit a certain way and this must change.

Nascar prides itself on safety and in any other form of racing there would have been a serious injury or death but without question some more engineering work needs to be done on the COT. Even if that means slowing the car down to the pace of a Camping World Truck or adding weight to ensure the car doesn't leave the ground.

The other issue is the tracks themselves, should the banking & turns be worked out at Talledega & Daytona to ensure that restrictor plates wouldn't even be necessary?

And what about the stands, should fans be as close to the action as they are. Right now a good crash could spray the crowd with debris, not to mention maybe reduce the debris cautions we get due to a hot dog wrapper.

I think Nascar leadership should sit down with car owners & drivers along with a representation of fans and see what can be done to keep racing, fun, exciting & most of all safe.