Post by dalejrfan on Jan 15, 2006 1:54:50 GMT -5
Reigning NASCAR Nextel Cup champion Tony Stewart has his right arm in a cast pending further evaluation of injuries suffered when he flipped his car in a qualifying race for the 20th annual Chili Bowl Midget Nationals Friday night in Tulsa, Okla.
Stewart was taken to a local hospital after complaining of pain in his right arm after the crash on the first lap of the evening's fourth qualifying race. X rays taken there found no broken bones and a CT scan proved negative.
"I'm a little sore," Stewart, who also had flipped in a crash while taking practice "hot" laps on Wednesday night, said in a statement released through his NASCAR publicist Mike Arning. "The doctors were great and did a pretty thorough evaluation of me.
"They didn't find anything broken, but just to be sure, they fitted me with a cast that I'll wear until I meet with my doctors on Monday. It looks a lot worse than it is."
Stewart did not compete on Saturday, of course, but in his statement he said his injuries "in no way should affect my upcoming test at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Jan. 30-Feb. 1), my plans to compete in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona or my participation in Daytona Speedweeks."
The Chili Bowl, held on a quarter-mile dirt track indoors at the Tulsa Expo Center, is a highlight of the season for midget car racing. More than 250 competitors gathered for three nights of racing leading up to Saturday's final day.
Cars began racing early Saturday afternoon with "K" features. The top finishers in those races moved up to the "J" features, with that action continuing all the way through the 50-lap "A" main scheduled to begin around 10 p.m.
Nextel Cup driver Kasey Kahne finished third in Friday night's main qualifier to earn a spot in Saturday night's "A" main. Jay Drake, Cory Kruseman, Danny Lasoski, P. J. Jones, Steve Kinser and Sammy Swindell were among the others who'd already locked up starting spots in the feature.
Stewart was taken to a local hospital after complaining of pain in his right arm after the crash on the first lap of the evening's fourth qualifying race. X rays taken there found no broken bones and a CT scan proved negative.
"I'm a little sore," Stewart, who also had flipped in a crash while taking practice "hot" laps on Wednesday night, said in a statement released through his NASCAR publicist Mike Arning. "The doctors were great and did a pretty thorough evaluation of me.
"They didn't find anything broken, but just to be sure, they fitted me with a cast that I'll wear until I meet with my doctors on Monday. It looks a lot worse than it is."
Stewart did not compete on Saturday, of course, but in his statement he said his injuries "in no way should affect my upcoming test at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Jan. 30-Feb. 1), my plans to compete in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona or my participation in Daytona Speedweeks."
The Chili Bowl, held on a quarter-mile dirt track indoors at the Tulsa Expo Center, is a highlight of the season for midget car racing. More than 250 competitors gathered for three nights of racing leading up to Saturday's final day.
Cars began racing early Saturday afternoon with "K" features. The top finishers in those races moved up to the "J" features, with that action continuing all the way through the 50-lap "A" main scheduled to begin around 10 p.m.
Nextel Cup driver Kasey Kahne finished third in Friday night's main qualifier to earn a spot in Saturday night's "A" main. Jay Drake, Cory Kruseman, Danny Lasoski, P. J. Jones, Steve Kinser and Sammy Swindell were among the others who'd already locked up starting spots in the feature.