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Just heard that Jerry Nadeau was seriously injured during practice. Saw where they had to cut the roof off the car to get him out. Nascar officials are saying this could be very serious!! Stay tuned....
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RICHMOND, Va. -- Winston Cup driver Jerry Nadeau is in critical condition after being involved in a single-car accident during Winston Cup practice Friday afternoon at Richmond International Raceway.
Nadeau was airlifted to the Medical College of Virginia. Doctors at the track told NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter that the accident has yielded the "potential for serious injuries," but Hunter was unable to provide further details.
Nadeau, driver of the No. 01 Army Pontiac, dove low into Turn 1 early in the session when the back end broke loose and sent him hard into the wall on the driver's side between Turns 1 and 2.
Hunter was uncertain whether Nadeau was conscious or not upon impact, but the driver had to be cut from the machine.
Nadeau was taken to the infield care center for some 30 minutes before being air lifted out of the track for further evaluation.
"We will keep you updated as the evening progresses and we get additional information from the hospital," Hunter said. "That's all we know right now."
Busch Series driver Jason Keller took over driving duties in the No. 01 Pontiac for Friday's final practice.
Nadeau was airlifted to the Medical College of Virginia. Doctors at the track told NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter that the accident has yielded the "potential for serious injuries," but Hunter was unable to provide further details.
Nadeau, driver of the No. 01 Army Pontiac, dove low into Turn 1 early in the session when the back end broke loose and sent him hard into the wall on the driver's side between Turns 1 and 2.
Hunter was uncertain whether Nadeau was conscious or not upon impact, but the driver had to be cut from the machine.
Nadeau was taken to the infield care center for some 30 minutes before being air lifted out of the track for further evaluation.
"We will keep you updated as the evening progresses and we get additional information from the hospital," Hunter said. "That's all we know right now."
Busch Series driver Jason Keller took over driving duties in the No. 01 Pontiac for Friday's final practice.
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I turned it on for happy hour just after this happend. Sad news indeed! I hope he's going to be ok. Here is the story on NASCAR.com
http://www.nascar.com/2003/news/headlin ... index.html
A sad day for NASCAR fans...
http://www.nascar.com/2003/news/headlin ... index.html
A sad day for NASCAR fans...
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Tom... actually those cars are supposed to be safe. I have seen many accidents in my day including them rolling end over end after going airborne at speeds over 100MPH. When the car finally comes to rest all that is left is the roll cage and the driver walks away totally unhurt. Jerry hit the wall on the driver side, stuck and slid down the wall at a speed of 100 MPH. There are two ways you do not want to hit the wall, one is the way Earnhardt did. Adam Petty and Kenny Irwin both hit the wall much the same way Nadeau did and did not survive it (second way you do not want to hit the wall). Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison were both killed in plane crashes. Clifford Allison was killed in a car accident. Plus Little E (Dale Jr) hit the wall in much the same way as his Father a week later and survived.
After the Earnhardt crash Nascar passed a rule for all drivers to wear the "Hans device" It will be interesting to see if Jerry was wearing it.
After the Earnhardt crash Nascar passed a rule for all drivers to wear the "Hans device" It will be interesting to see if Jerry was wearing it.
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weatherwunder wrote:After several minutes, rescue crews cut part of the roof off the car, climbed inside and removed Nadeau. He was wearing a head and neck restraint device made mandatory last year in the wake of the death in 2001 of seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt.
Great news to hear that he was wearing it. Just goes to show you the device worked even though he suffered severe neck injury and possibly why he survived the crash that three others didn't.
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Nadeau has head, lung and rib injuries
By Marty Smith, Turner Sports Interactive May 3, 2003
6:18 PM EDT (2218 GMT)
RICHMOND, Va. - Winston Cup driver Jerry Nadeau, critically injured Friday during a crash during practice at Richmond International Raceway, remains in critical condition at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center and is being treated for head, lung and rib injuries.
Nadeau has been moved to his own room, though still in the intensive care unit.
This is the latest I could find.
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pojo wrote:At least Jason Keller was able to step up and continue the race for Jerry Nadeau.
I remember watching the Daytona when Dale Sr was killed and it brought me to tears. I hope Jerry continues on an uphill battle...he is definitely a young, inspiring driver.
That was a day I will never forget. I remember when Ernie Irvan wrecked too. Almost killed him and he had some slight brain damage that also affected his eyesight. His racing career was over and he was an up and coming driver as well.
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Friday, May 2
Updated: May 3, 11:29 PM ET
Nadeau suffered head and lung injuries
Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. -- Jerry Nadeau was in intensive care with head, lung and rib injuries from a crash in Winston Cup practice, and his vital signs are "very good," team general manager Jay Frye said Saturday.
Nadeau remained in critical condition a day after the crash at Richmond International Raceway. He has not spoken since the accident, Frye said, but has been communicating with visitors despite being sedated.
"He was aware that I was there," said Frye, who has seen the 32-year-old driver three times since the accident in practice Friday afternoon. Frye said Nadeau acknowledged his presence by squeezing Frye's hand.
"He looks phenomenal," Frye said. "Once I went in to see him and left, it made a world of difference to me. You go in not knowing what to expect, and then you see -- there's your guy. Everything's OK."
Nadeau continues to undergo a series of tests, Frye said, but he could not specify what those tests were or what they have shown to this point. He also could not say whether Nadeau was breathing on his own again, but said each time he's seen Nadeau, he looked better than the last time.
"We're very encouraged," he said. "We'll know so much more tonight or tomorrow morning" after more testing has been completed and studied.
"We feel like he's in great, great care," Frye said.
Nadeau suffered a partially collapsed left lung and rib injuries, although Frye said "we don't know how many or which ones."
The driver was injured during the final practice for Saturday night's Pontiac Excitement 400 when his car skidded entering the first turn, spun and slammed into the wall between the first and second turns.
Rescue crews sawed the roof off his Pontiac, and the 32-year-old driver from Danbury, Conn., did not appear to be moving when he was lifted from the car strapped to a body board. He was being given oxygen through a bag, and his neck was in a brace. His uniform appeared to have been removed when he was loaded a short time later onto a helicopter and taken to Medical College of Virginia Hospitals.
Frye said it appeared the back end of Nadeau's car began to come around as he entered the first turn and tried to compensate by mashing the gas pedal to the floor, common practice for drivers trying not to crash.
"It looked like that helped accelerate it going backwards," he said.
NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter said Nadeau was wearing a HANS device, a head and neck restraint made mandatory in October 2001 _ eight months after the death of seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt.
The accident occurred a few hours before the Busch series race on the track Friday night. The event had a record 14 caution flags for 93 laps.
"It's not the safest sport," said Kyle Petty, whose 19-year-old son Adam was killed in a crash while practicing for a Busch Series race at Loudon, N.H., in May 2000. "But we know that, and we accept that."
Nadeau's wife, Jada, was attending her grandfather's funeral in Spartanburg, S.C., when contacted by NASCAR. Nadeau teammate Johnny Benson's team sent a plane to pick her up, but it had to turn back because of severe weather in the Spartanburg and Charlotte, N.C., areas.
A second plane, this one sent by NASCAR, brought Jada Nadeau to Richmond at about 11 p.m., and she stayed with her husband until 3:30 a.m.
Jada also was encouraged after getting to see her husband, Frye said.
NASCAR impounded the car and was transporting it to its research and development center in Concord, N.C., for further testing, Hunter said.
Investigators already have ruled out early speculation that the accident was caused by a stuck throttle or a blown tire, he said.
Nadeau was racing in the clear when he lost control of his car.
Earlier, Nadeau qualified 12th for the race. Busch Series regular Jason Keller, one of the few drivers small enough to fit in Nadeau's seat, was to make his Winston Cup debut driving a backup car Saturday night.
The team, Frye said, is coping by keeping busy.
"Sometimes when you go though a difficult time, being busy's better," he said. "We've got to continue and that's the way Jerry would want it."
Nadeau, a one-time winner in his sixth full season on NASCAR's top circuit, earned his only victory in the final race at Atlanta in 2000.
His best season in Winston Cup was 2001, when he had four top-five and 10 top-10 finishes in 34 races as a Hendrick Motorsports teammate to four-time series champion Jeff Gordon. Nadeau finished 17th in points.
After parting ways with Hendrick last season, he landed in a ride with Petty Enterprises in June and was on his way to an easy victory in Sonoma, Calif., when a gear broke in his car with two laps left.
It was just another bad break in his Winston Cup career: He ran out of gas while leading on the final lap of the 2001 season finale in Atlanta. A few months earlier, he'd been dominant in the inaugural race at Chicago when he lost his motor.
Friday, May 2
Updated: May 3, 11:29 PM ET
Nadeau suffered head and lung injuries
Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. -- Jerry Nadeau was in intensive care with head, lung and rib injuries from a crash in Winston Cup practice, and his vital signs are "very good," team general manager Jay Frye said Saturday.
Nadeau remained in critical condition a day after the crash at Richmond International Raceway. He has not spoken since the accident, Frye said, but has been communicating with visitors despite being sedated.
"He was aware that I was there," said Frye, who has seen the 32-year-old driver three times since the accident in practice Friday afternoon. Frye said Nadeau acknowledged his presence by squeezing Frye's hand.
"He looks phenomenal," Frye said. "Once I went in to see him and left, it made a world of difference to me. You go in not knowing what to expect, and then you see -- there's your guy. Everything's OK."
Nadeau continues to undergo a series of tests, Frye said, but he could not specify what those tests were or what they have shown to this point. He also could not say whether Nadeau was breathing on his own again, but said each time he's seen Nadeau, he looked better than the last time.
"We're very encouraged," he said. "We'll know so much more tonight or tomorrow morning" after more testing has been completed and studied.
"We feel like he's in great, great care," Frye said.
Nadeau suffered a partially collapsed left lung and rib injuries, although Frye said "we don't know how many or which ones."
The driver was injured during the final practice for Saturday night's Pontiac Excitement 400 when his car skidded entering the first turn, spun and slammed into the wall between the first and second turns.
Rescue crews sawed the roof off his Pontiac, and the 32-year-old driver from Danbury, Conn., did not appear to be moving when he was lifted from the car strapped to a body board. He was being given oxygen through a bag, and his neck was in a brace. His uniform appeared to have been removed when he was loaded a short time later onto a helicopter and taken to Medical College of Virginia Hospitals.
Frye said it appeared the back end of Nadeau's car began to come around as he entered the first turn and tried to compensate by mashing the gas pedal to the floor, common practice for drivers trying not to crash.
"It looked like that helped accelerate it going backwards," he said.
NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter said Nadeau was wearing a HANS device, a head and neck restraint made mandatory in October 2001 _ eight months after the death of seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt.
The accident occurred a few hours before the Busch series race on the track Friday night. The event had a record 14 caution flags for 93 laps.
"It's not the safest sport," said Kyle Petty, whose 19-year-old son Adam was killed in a crash while practicing for a Busch Series race at Loudon, N.H., in May 2000. "But we know that, and we accept that."
Nadeau's wife, Jada, was attending her grandfather's funeral in Spartanburg, S.C., when contacted by NASCAR. Nadeau teammate Johnny Benson's team sent a plane to pick her up, but it had to turn back because of severe weather in the Spartanburg and Charlotte, N.C., areas.
A second plane, this one sent by NASCAR, brought Jada Nadeau to Richmond at about 11 p.m., and she stayed with her husband until 3:30 a.m.
Jada also was encouraged after getting to see her husband, Frye said.
NASCAR impounded the car and was transporting it to its research and development center in Concord, N.C., for further testing, Hunter said.
Investigators already have ruled out early speculation that the accident was caused by a stuck throttle or a blown tire, he said.
Nadeau was racing in the clear when he lost control of his car.
Earlier, Nadeau qualified 12th for the race. Busch Series regular Jason Keller, one of the few drivers small enough to fit in Nadeau's seat, was to make his Winston Cup debut driving a backup car Saturday night.
The team, Frye said, is coping by keeping busy.
"Sometimes when you go though a difficult time, being busy's better," he said. "We've got to continue and that's the way Jerry would want it."
Nadeau, a one-time winner in his sixth full season on NASCAR's top circuit, earned his only victory in the final race at Atlanta in 2000.
His best season in Winston Cup was 2001, when he had four top-five and 10 top-10 finishes in 34 races as a Hendrick Motorsports teammate to four-time series champion Jeff Gordon. Nadeau finished 17th in points.
After parting ways with Hendrick last season, he landed in a ride with Petty Enterprises in June and was on his way to an easy victory in Sonoma, Calif., when a gear broke in his car with two laps left.
It was just another bad break in his Winston Cup career: He ran out of gas while leading on the final lap of the 2001 season finale in Atlanta. A few months earlier, he'd been dominant in the inaugural race at Chicago when he lost his motor.
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