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Tony Stewart, the three-time Sprint Cup champion and track owner suffered broken bones in an open wheel sprint car wreck at Southern Iowa Speedway. He had surgery at a local hospital but the necessity for a substitute for this week's upcoming race in Watkins Glen is yet to be determined.
According to a team release he broke the tibia and fibula bones in his lower right leg.
Stewart's accident, away from his main job in NASCAR, was not the first this year. He also flipped last week at Ohsweken Speedway in Ontario, Canada, and at Canandaigua Motorsports Park on July 16.
Earlier this year the NASCAR community was shaken by the death of Jason Leffler at another sprint car race. In light of that development Stewart was asked last week about his non-NASCAR crashes where he was not injured.
"You mortals have got to learn," the 42-year old Stewart said. "You guys need to watch more sprint car videos and stuff. It was not a big deal. It's starting to get annoying this week about that, so that was just an average sprint car wreck. When they wreck they get upside down like that. That was not a big deal."
Stewart is 11th in the NASCAR point standings with one victory, (with five races remaining before the reset in the Chase). The top 10 drivers qualify for the Chase along with the next two drivers in the top 20 who have the most wins.
According to a team release he broke the tibia and fibula bones in his lower right leg.
Stewart's accident, away from his main job in NASCAR, was not the first this year. He also flipped last week at Ohsweken Speedway in Ontario, Canada, and at Canandaigua Motorsports Park on July 16.
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Earlier this year the NASCAR community was shaken by the death of Jason Leffler at another sprint car race. In light of that development Stewart was asked last week about his non-NASCAR crashes where he was not injured.
"You mortals have got to learn," the 42-year old Stewart said. "You guys need to watch more sprint car videos and stuff. It was not a big deal. It's starting to get annoying this week about that, so that was just an average sprint car wreck. When they wreck they get upside down like that. That was not a big deal."
Stewart is 11th in the NASCAR point standings with one victory, (with five races remaining before the reset in the Chase). The top 10 drivers qualify for the Chase along with the next two drivers in the top 20 who have the most wins.