July 14th Old Dominion Speedway

Today started off picture perfect but soon would turn into a nightmare!

Dave’s two practice runs and time trails would go smoothly and he would start the feature on the inside pole.

Dave would hold his position on the first lap and later would be out motored and slowly slid back into 5th place. On the 7th lap of the race, a major wreck would occur. After watching the video in slow motion, one of the front runners of the race would get tangled up with another car, causing it to flip twice on the track. Dave was not far behind the incident and would take his 04 car low to avoid the wreck. Unfortunately, while driving top speeds, another driver decided to go low as well and hit Dave’s front tire causing a broken tire rod, which in turn caused Dave to loose the steering of the car. The 04 car would slam into the guardrail causing extensive damage. Dave suffered a mild concussion, a bruised knee, a sore neck and back.

His bell was rung pretty good!

Start of the race.
Dave started on the inside poll.

Third Lap - Dave running 3rd and looking good!

Dave being pulled from the car after having his bell rung!

Flipped car being picked up.

Wrecked 04 car being pulled up onto the rollback.
Check out the front tire on the 04 car, evidence of a broken tire rod.

YOUTUBE video of wreck - HERE

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