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Old 10-12-2003 | 06:42 PM
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He was just in horrific wreck at the IRL finale. They haven't yet gotten him out of what's left of the car. Say a prayer.
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Old 10-12-2003 | 06:45 PM
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Wow, that sucks
Scary, I was just watching the CART race with my girlfriend and telling her how much safer racing is now as compared to years ago.
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Old 10-12-2003 | 07:38 PM
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Prayers for him! Just hang in there, Kenny, that's all you need to do right now, so the emergency crews can help you.

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Old 10-12-2003 | 07:49 PM
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Yahoo news says he is awake and alert and being helicoptered to a local hospital. That sounds hopeful.

Anybody else have better info.
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They're going to give an update on Sportscenter on ESPN at 7. Looking at the crash I'm amazed he's conscious-this was one of the worst I've seen, only the tub seemed left of the whole car.
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Old 10-12-2003 | 09:03 PM
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You should have seen it LIVE!!!! I just came from there. Maybe the worst IRL crash I have ever seen. You can almost never see the accidents at TWS, this one was unmistakeable.
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Old 10-12-2003 | 09:28 PM
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I'm glad he's still hanging in there! I hope he has a full recovery. That's one of the worst crashes I've ever seen.

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Old 10-12-2003 | 09:39 PM
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Originally posted by Marc Gelefsky
Wow, that sucks
Scary, I was just watching the CART race with my girlfriend and telling her how much safer racing is now as compared to years ago.
You still have a point... ten years ago a similar crash would've resulted in him being six feet underground. I really hope he makes a full recovery...
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Old 10-12-2003 | 10:00 PM
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that wmv file is really jumpy. I can basically guess that they touched tires, right?
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Old 10-12-2003 | 10:10 PM
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Hey Matt, you meant TMS, right? Texas World Speedway is down by Houston...

Regardless... terrible accident and amazing that he survived at all. Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Kenny!

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Old 10-12-2003 | 11:31 PM
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Scott - I spend so much time at TWS I forget where I am - yeah I meant TMS. There was so little left of the car I thought initially it was the fuel cell!
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Horrific crash. The car immediately went airborne and into the fence. Totally destroyed. Took a long time to get him out of the car. Last I heard he was alert, being flown out. Any updates.
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Old 10-12-2003 | 11:37 PM
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Originally posted by PeteL
Horrific crash. The car immediately went airborne and into the fence. Totally destroyed. Took a long time to get him out of the car. Last I heard he was alert, being flown out. Any updates.
Last I heard was "Critical but stable" condition.
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Old 10-12-2003 | 11:46 PM
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That was really ugly. it did look like they touched tires.

A prayer goes out.
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