Brake issues is what I heard flying around the paddock. Something happened that caused him to push hard through a corner and go off. Slid and hit the armco at the same time smashing through the fence and rolling up on it’s side. It was being said that the traction control was acting up on the car and overheating the brakes and he just had total brake loss going into the corner.
I never really got a chance to talk to Howard after that event. I spoke with him briefly after he bought the crossfire but there on out I never ran into him to ask about the run itself.