Jose is a race car driver and contracted with peter to race peter's car in an upcoming car race. the night before the race, peter's car caught fire, was severely charred, and was inoperable. what concept would allow jose to be excused from performing under the contract?

Impossibility

Explanation: Impossibility is the excuse term under the contract which describes about duties that cannot be completed by one or more parties under the normal conditions in accordance with contract law .This excuse usually arises due to the unavoidable circumstances  such as injury of the participant, failure of the subject, destruction of the field etc.

The situation mentioned in the question also depicts about the impossibility. As Peter's car got burnt , so he cannot perform in the race as car is not operable in the situation.

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