Posted on 02/22/2015 10:11:43 AM PST by Impala64ssa
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Kyle Busch will miss the Daytona 500 after suffering a broken right leg and left foot following a hard crash into an interior concrete wall during an Xfinity Series race Saturday at Daytona International Speedway.
Kyle Busch was stretchered off after his car slammed into an infield concrete wall during the Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway. Busch needed assistance getting out of his car after it slammed into a wall that did not have an energy-absorbing steel-and-foam energy reduction (SAFER) barrier. His right leg was placed in an air cast before he was transported by ambulance to nearby Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach, where he underwent surgery Saturday night for a compound fracture of the leg. He also suffered a midfoot fracture in his left foot.
The team reported late Saturday night the surgery was successful and that Busch would remain hospitalized for observation.
Busch's wife, Samantha, offered an update on Twitter early Sunday morning: "In the recovery room with Kyle he's alert n chatting. Surgery went well. We thank you all for the support, prayers and love during this time."
Daytona track president Joie Chitwood said the speedway failed for not having SAFER barriers on all walls of the track and will start next week to have it installed "on every inch of our property."
"The Daytona International Speedway did not live up to its responsibility today," Chitwood said. "We should have had SAFER barrier there. We're going to fix that. We're going to fix that right now."
Busch was supposed to start fourth Sunday in the Daytona 500. Matt Crafton, a two-time Truck Series champion who has never raced in the Daytona 500, will replace Busch in the No. 18 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing.
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He slammed that wall pretty hard. Glad he’s going to be ok.
Prayers
ouch!
And you just gave the entire legal staff of the Speedway collective heart attacks.
Some people just don't know when to keep their mouths shut.
Methinks KB stands to make far more money in the future racing in Nascar than he would suing Nascar.
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