Video: Larry Pearson Hospitalized After Hard Crash at Bristol Motor Speedway

Video: Larry Pearson Hospitalized After Hard Crash at Bristol Motor Speedway

Larry Pearson,57, is scheduled for surgery tonight after sustaining compound fractures in his lower left ankle during a crash today at the Bristol Motor Speedway. He also fractured his right hand and pelvis. The surgery will take place at the Bristol Regional Medical Center. Gather.com

Pearson spun into the outside wall with five laps remaining. As his car slid down the banking, Glotzbach rounded Turn 2 and ran directly into Pearson’s driver-side door.

Glotzbach gingerly walked from his car, but the roof had to be cut off Pearson’s car. He was placed onto a stretcher, and was moving his arms as he was loaded into an ambulance.

Pearson, the winner of consecutive titles in what’s now called the Nationwide Series in 1986 and 1987, was immediately transported to the hospital. Glotzbach, who won a caution-free Cup race at Bristol in 1971, was seen first in the infield care center before leaving for the hospital. Los Angeles Times
 

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