TOPEKA, Kansas – Less than 24 hours after his Pro Stock Pontiac crashed hard into one of Heartland Park Topeka’s concrete guard walls, Kenny Koretsky was in his Nitro Fish/Indicom Electric Pontiac pit area, patiently answering the most asked question of passing fans and fellow drivers – “How are you feeling.”
“I’m still sore in my lower back, left leg and elbow, ” he commented. “I’ll know more after I get home (to Richboro, Pa. ) and get checked out by my doctor. I am thankful I as wearing the HANS device because that definitely prevented injuries to my neck and head. I really got a jolt when I hit. ”
The car was already loaded into the transporter and is now on its way to builder Jerry Bickel’s shop near St. Louis.
“I don’t think I’ll be ready to go again next weekend at Chicago (Route 66 Nationals), and neither will the car. ”
Koretsky’s crash came in his third qualifying run Saturday. The car moved to the center line before making a sudden left-hand turn into the wall. It bounced off, turned on its side and flopped on its top, sliding across and smacking the right guard wall before stopping, still on its top, with Koretsky hanging upside down.
Crew chief Eddie Guarnaccia went through the wreckage Saturday and said, “Bickel will evaluate the car to see what options we have. The car didn’t look too bad to me, but we didn’t measure it to see if it’s out of alignment or anything. It really took a hard hit.
“We are sending the motor to (engine builder) Sonny (Leonard) so he can go through it and we can see what’s up (for us) in the next couple of races. ”
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