By alley - Jul 8, 2017, 10:34 PM ET

Time for NASCAR to design new car - Keselowski

An early crash at Kentucky Speedway left defending race winner Brad Keselowski unsurprisingly upset.

Keselowski got loose in Turn 3 and made contact with Clint Bowyer, who was running on the outside. Keselowski's car then continued upward and hit the wall.

The No. 2 Ford was heavily damaged and Keselowski's night was over before the 100-lap mark.

"I just got in an aero wake, and it pulled me around," Keselowski said. "I knew I was in a bad spot. I was trying to lay up, but there is only so much you can lay up here because you get ran over from behind.

"The air pulled me around. It sucks."

Cautions breed cautions!@Keselowski,@JimmieJohnson, and@ClintBowyerall crash on the restart at@KYSpeedway!#NASCARonNBCSNpic.twitter.com/ebhs5u7RqZ— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC)July 9, 2017

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Keselowski's frustration also stemmed from the racing.

Even though Kentucky made the decision to run the tire dragon in the middle lane, above where it was originally run coming into the weekend, Keselowski felt it was still a one-groove track. Drivers stuck to the bottom of the track and many described the racing conditions as slick.

After his accident, Keselowski went further by saying it was time for a change to be made.

"It is time for the sport to design a new car that is worthy of where this sport deserves to be and the show it deserves to put on for its fans," Keselowski said.

The tire dragon, as well as VHT (track resin), has been a popular go-to at tracks where officials felt it necessary in order to improve the racing. However, Keselowski doesn't believe it is enough.

"They made a good effort," Keselowski said of Kentucky. "It was better than nothing, but there are limitations. The way this car is, it needs a lot more help than a tire dragon. It is a poorly designed racecar, and it makes racing on tracks like this very difficult to put on the show we want to put on for our fans.

"You do what you can to gouge and claw on the restarts and get everything you can get. You have to put yourself in bad situations to do that, and that is where we were. If you don't make those moves on the restarts, then you run in the back. Or you have a bad day. The scenario that the car design, more than the track."

Keselowski will be credited with a 39th-place finish.