Yep, it was a pretty nasty accident..I've been trying to catch the news about this for couple days now..

and yes, please dont make jokes, I've played hockey with him many many times, and I will tell you, you will never meet a nicer guy in your life.

 

Wow...sad sad news. Is this the 90210 Priestly we are talking of? Pardon my ignorance, but I could have sworn that he had indeed taken up racing.

Best wishes to his family. Hope things pan out alright.
Asif

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by VTEXTC
[B]Wow...sad sad news.

 

I feel for anyone injured in a racing accident. Was there an oil slick in a green flag condition?

 

Yea, he has been racing for about 6-7 years now, I believe. I don't think it's too cool to make fun of something like this. He sufferered huge injuries. He hit the wall at 180mph, sustained a broken vertebrae, both feet are shattered and, which this is the worst, suffered a closed cavity brain injury...that is where your head stops, but your brain does NOT and gets bruised from slamming against the inside of the skull.

Not pretty and usually this is something that people don't recover from...or if they do, they suffer from irrecoverable brain damage, where they have to relearn how to walk, talk, eat and that is if they are lucky! Happily, it looks like he can, on command, move all his extremtities and he can respond to outside stimuli. Thank God...no racer deserves that kind of horrendous injury. He also suffered major contusions on the face and bridge of the nose...he's basically beat to sh!t, but his prognosis is at least that he will live.

Here is the story from the IRL's web site...Godspeed to Jason's health and well-being. And if his nurse looks happy, it's got to be because he is still freaking ALIVE.


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Infiniti Pro Series driver Jason Priestley was transferred via air to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis on Aug. 12 to continue his recovery from serious injuries suffered in an Indy Racing Infiniti Pro Series practice accident Aug. 11 at Kentucky Speedway.



Priestley, 32, from Vancouver, British Columbia, was transferred to Methodist

 

My sympathies to the driver. That said, I will add that I don't believe the news reports that he hit the wall head on at 180 MPH. Look at the vehicle. Does it look to you like it was going 180? I know they are built to protect the driver, but I can't accept that was the speed at which he hit. Anybody else?

 

180 before he hit the brakes, slid, whatever. Maybe not even that. Maybe 180 is the maximum speed of the fastest car on that track or something. It's pretty standard for the mass media to report racing accidents this way. Makes it sound more impressive.

 

doctors are saying he will make a full recovery.