NASCAR Podcast
Feb. 2, 2016
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
Three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart was hospitalized with a non-racing back injury, Stewart-Haas Racing spokesperson Mike Arning confirmed on Tuesday, just 10 days before racing activity is scheduled to begin at Daytona International Speedway. Continue reading “Tony Stewart hospitalized with non-racing back injury”
JOE GIBBS RACING DRIVER DENNY HAMLIN RECEIVES MEDICAL CLEARANCE TO RESUME RACING ACTIVITY
Huntersville, NC (May 2, 2013) – Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin has received medical clearance to return to on-track activity beginning with this weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway in the No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota.
Hamlin was injured during an accident at Auto Club Speedway and has missed the past four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races while recovering.
Exact plans for this weekend will be determined by the team at Talladega.
JOE GIBBS RACING DRIVER DENNY HAMLIN REMAINS SIDELINED
FOR THIS WEEKEND’S RACE IN RICHMOND
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (April 24, 2013) – Following a medical evaluation on his injured back it has been determined that Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) driver Denny Hamlin will not race in this weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in Richmond.
Hamlin suffered an L1 Compression Fracture during an accident on the final lap of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway on March 24. Dr. Jerry Petty of Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates re-evaluated Hamlin this week and it was determined that he would benefit from additional rest and rehabilitation.
Continue reading “Denny Hamlin Not Cleared To Race Yet, Vickers in the 11 At Richmond”
Guest Column by Cathy Elliott
The famous runner Steve Prefontaine was once quoted as saying, “Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts.”
“Pre,” as he was called, would most certainly have enjoyed Brad Keselowski’s gutsy performance in Good Sam RV Insurance 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on August 7. Keselowski, sporting a broken left ankle swollen to roughly the size of a small tree, toughed it out for 500 miles to take the checkered flag at Pocono Raceway.
“I came here to win. When you let the pain get into your head that far that you don’t believe you can win anymore, you’ll never win. And I woke up this morning feeling like we could win the race … If you don’t feel that way, you’re never going to win at anything you do,” he said in an interview after the race.
That’s self-motivation, and it is a powerful thing, strong enough to get an injured athlete out of bed and ready to play when the rest of us would probably just reach for a box of tissues and call in sick for the day.
The Final Lap Weekly 