CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A Las Vegas Motor Speedway official said plans were already in place to put an energy-absorbing barrier on the outside wall that Austin Theriault smashed into head-on during the Camping World Truck Series race Saturday night.

Theriault suffered a compression fracture in his lower back from the accident into an unprotected concrete barrier on the frontstretch.

LVMS spokesman Jeff Motley said Tuesday that a plan was already in place to add a SAFER barrier to that section before the Sprint Cup Series race there March 6.

"I cringe, but then I get back in the race car and say, 'What are my options?' " said Brad Keselowski, who owned the truck Theriault crashed. "As a team owner, I have no ability to affect change on the tracks, and as a driver, I'm consistently told how lucky I am to have a spot as a racecar driver and I need to shut up and drive the car.

"There are no options available for me to remedy the situation, so I move on to things I can affect change on," said Brad Keselowski, who owned the truck Austin Theriault crashed. Jerry Markland/Getty Images

"So there are no options available for me to remedy the situation, so I move on to things I can affect change on."

Since Kyle Busch wrecked into a concrete barrier at Daytona International Speedway in February and suffered a broken right leg and broken left foot, NASCAR has worked with the tracks to review whether to add additional energy-absorbing barriers to areas other than the turns, which NASCAR mandated in 2005.

Kevin Harvick said he has seen NASCAR's plans for the tracks to add more energy-absorbing barriers and that it is an extensive plan. "I feel like they picked up the pace a tremendous amount," he said.

NASCAR, which can dictate to the tracks what safety improvements they must make for NASCAR to race there, declined to comment or acknowledge publicly its plans or the results of its review earlier this year, deferring to the tracks.

SMI president Marcus Smith said earlier this year he expected all walls to eventually have some sort of energy-absorbing barrier.

"They do need to work faster," Busch said. "I do know there's a plan, but there's no reason that some of these race tracks -- Bristol, for instance, had the walls on the straightaway before we showed up in [April] and a place like Vegas -- it's been [seven] months, nobody's been there and they don't have walls.

"It's frustrating sometimes. You don't know all the schematics at all these places and who places for what. NASCAR [and the track operators] are billion-dollar corporations, and they should be able to move a little bit quicker."

Keselowski said he is hopeful that Theriault would be able to race in the next truck event, Oct. 24 at Talladega Superspeedway.

"Us NASCAR drivers will figure out how to crash in the stupidest ways, in the weirdest spots and get hurt," Busch said. "We all need to stop playing God and just protect as much as we can protect and let the rest take care of itself."