Post by schwartzfan21s on Jan 27, 2006 14:58:33 GMT -5
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Stewart: Rib might be cracked
SCENEDAILY - 1:40PM ET FRIDAY JANUARY 27, 2006 - BY BOB POCKRASS - ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Tony Stewart said Friday that his ribs are hurting more than his arm, two weeks after his accident in his Midget car at the Chili Bowl.
The reigning NASCAR Nextel Cup champ said he likely has a cracked rib, but it did not shown up on X-rays taken after his Jan. 13 accident in the race in Tulsa, where he flipped his car.
Stewart talked about his injuries before he had a chance to practice for the Rolex 24 At Daytona at Daytona International Speedway. The race begins at noon Saturday, and Stewart is teamed with road racing aces Butch Leitzinger and Andy Wallace. The team will start the race 21st.
"It's actually my ribs that are bothering me," Stewart said. "The arm is fine. The arm is back to 100 percent. The ribs, there is really nothing you can do but rest and relax.
"That's what we've done from the time it happened until now. We just tried to rest as much as possible and give it time to heal. It's going to be a painful weekend, I'm sure. The good thing about adrenaline is that adrenaline will mask a lot of that and we will get through 24 hours no problem."
Stewart said the X-rays on his ribs were inconclusive.
"[The doctor] is pretty confident that there is a crack somewhere they couldn't find," Stewart said. "I'm not a doctor and don't understand this stuff, but he said if I came back two days later, he would probably be able to see it better.
"He said there's no point in coming back and verifying that because there's nothing they can do anyway. It's just painful."
The injured ribs will hurt him more driving on a road course rather than when he tests Monday and Tuesday in his Nextel Cup car at Las Vegas, Stewart said.
"The hard thing is we're doing it back-to-back for four straight days," Stewart said.
Stewart: Rib might be cracked
SCENEDAILY - 1:40PM ET FRIDAY JANUARY 27, 2006 - BY BOB POCKRASS - ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Tony Stewart said Friday that his ribs are hurting more than his arm, two weeks after his accident in his Midget car at the Chili Bowl.
The reigning NASCAR Nextel Cup champ said he likely has a cracked rib, but it did not shown up on X-rays taken after his Jan. 13 accident in the race in Tulsa, where he flipped his car.
Stewart talked about his injuries before he had a chance to practice for the Rolex 24 At Daytona at Daytona International Speedway. The race begins at noon Saturday, and Stewart is teamed with road racing aces Butch Leitzinger and Andy Wallace. The team will start the race 21st.
"It's actually my ribs that are bothering me," Stewart said. "The arm is fine. The arm is back to 100 percent. The ribs, there is really nothing you can do but rest and relax.
"That's what we've done from the time it happened until now. We just tried to rest as much as possible and give it time to heal. It's going to be a painful weekend, I'm sure. The good thing about adrenaline is that adrenaline will mask a lot of that and we will get through 24 hours no problem."
Stewart said the X-rays on his ribs were inconclusive.
"[The doctor] is pretty confident that there is a crack somewhere they couldn't find," Stewart said. "I'm not a doctor and don't understand this stuff, but he said if I came back two days later, he would probably be able to see it better.
"He said there's no point in coming back and verifying that because there's nothing they can do anyway. It's just painful."
The injured ribs will hurt him more driving on a road course rather than when he tests Monday and Tuesday in his Nextel Cup car at Las Vegas, Stewart said.
"The hard thing is we're doing it back-to-back for four straight days," Stewart said.
