tony_stewart_crash_legAug. 6, 2013

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

Three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart broke both major bones in his lower leg in a Sprint Car accident Monday night and will miss Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Watkins Glen, putting his prospects of qualifying for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup in jeopardy.

VIDEO: TONY STEWART CRASHES, BREAKS RIGHT LEG

“Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, sustained a broken right tibia and fibula in a Sprint Car crash Monday night at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa,” said a statement released by Stewart-Haas Racing, which Stewart co-owns.

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Tony Stewart at DaytonaFor the third week in a row Tony Stewart was involved in a Sprint Car wreck racing in his “off time” and doing what he loves. This time his luck ran out while leading on Monday night at Southern Iowa Speedway when a lap car crashed in front of Smoke and collected his car and two others with 5 laps to go. This time Tony didn’t emerge from his mangled wreckage okay as he had done so many times before, this time he suffered breaks in his lower right leg (tibia and fibula.) He was transported to a local hospital where he had surgery. He’ll of course miss Watkins Glen this weekend, and most likely many races beyond that. We wish Tony Stewart a quick recovery.

VIDEO: TONY STEWART CRASHES, BREAKS RIGHT LEG

Wikipedia: Defined – Tibia and Fibula

Wikipedia: Tibia and Fibula (Image)