Tony Stewart Suffers Back Injury In ATV Accident on West Coast
Stewart Haas Racing co-owner and driver Tony Stewart is in a west coast hospital after an ATV accident on Sunday. He was awake and alert and is able to move his extremities. No further details on his condition are available at this time.
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According to a statement late Tuesday from SHR, Tony Stewart was involved in an ATV accident and has been hospitalized with a back injury. Questions have now been raised about whether or not the 3 time champion will be able to race at Daytona, or will have to sit the opening day festivities out. According to a phone interview with ESPN's Bob Packrass on NASCAR.COM, drivers with back injuries could be out 1 - 2 months
depending on the severity of the injury. Further details were not available until Thursday, at the earliest
Stewart-Haas spokesperson Mike Arning indicated that further updates on the three-time champion's condition "will be provided Thursday afternoon when more information is known."
Stewart missed parts of the 2013 and 2014 seasons after racing accidents in sprint-car events. He suffered a severely broken lower right leg in August 2013 after a heavy crash in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and missed the final 15 races of the Sprint Cup season. Stewart also missed three races in 2014 after his involvement in a crash at a New York dirt track that claimed the life of 20-year-old racer Kevin Ward Jr.
