NASCAR Driver Rushed to Hospital After Terrifying Wreck at Talladega

Multiple accidents marred a Saturday race at the Talladega Superspeedway, including one that sent a car driven by Blaine Perkins airborne. Perkins was rushed to a local hospital at the Ag-Pro 300 Xfinity Series race…

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Stacey, meanwhile, hit the inside wall of the track.

“Just got free, took the air from me and got sideways and just couldn’t cut it back and hit the inside wall,” he said, according to NBC.

“It wasn’t as bad as it looked,” Stacey said according to Outkick. “I thought it was going to be a hard hit, too, and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.”

Stacey and Buford were treated at the speedway and released.

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The three-car wreck came not long after one involving driver Park Retzlaff’, whose car was almost flipped, according to Outkick.

As the race hit lap 111, another accident took place involving Daniel Hemric, who tried to block another car but failed, according to USA Today.

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Hemric went out of control and hit several other cars. His car came to rest upside down, requiring a NASCAR crew to flip the car over before he could get out. safely exit the vehicle, according to Yahoo. Hemric walked away from the crash, and was later released from the track’s infield care center.

The race was won by Jeb Burton.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.