{"id":31898,"date":"2025-07-30T07:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/31898\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T07:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:09:11","slug":"nascar-news-stewart-friesen-breaks-hip-leg-in-speedway-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/31898\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR news: Stewart Friesen breaks hip, leg in speedway crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-30-072621-copy.jpg\" alt=\"NASCAR driver breaks hip, leg in ugly speedway crash\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNASCAR driver Stewart Friesen crashed at Autodrome Drummond.<\/p>\n<p>Friesen was racing in the Super DIRTcar Series race at Autodrome Drummond when the car hit a wall and flipped violently through the air.<\/p>\n<p>The car burst into flames before being hit by another car. Friesen was cut from the wreckage before being transported to a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of you know by now, Stewart was involved in a multi-car accident at Autodrome Drummond in Quebec, Canada last night,\u201d a statement attributed to Jessica Friesen read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCT scans have come back clear of any head, neck, or spine injuries. Unfortunately, he is still in a tremendous amount of pain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStewart suffered an unstable\/open-book pelvic fracture, meaning his pelvis is broken in two or more places, with a large hematoma on the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStewart also has a fractured right leg. Both of these injuries will require surgery. Stewart was transferred to a larger hospital this morning for these procedures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis vitals are stable, and after receiving additional pain medication he is in better spirits and resting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Friesen thanked his supporters in the wake of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to the manufacturers who had made Dirt Modifieds as safe as possible and to the track crew for their patience and hard work getting Stew out of the car,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>The injuries are a devastating blow for Friesen who was locked into the Playoffs thanks to a win at Michigan earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Only a week ago, he finished third at Indianapolis Raceway Park but was disqualified for a technical infringement. The team is appealing that penalty.<\/p>\n<p>The NASCAR Truck Series Playoffs begin in a month at Darlington Raceway on August 30. The injury could rule him out for the rest of the season, which concludes at Phoenix Raceway on October 31.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASCAR driver Stewart Friesen crashed at Autodrome Drummond. Friesen was racing in the Super DIRTcar Series race at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-31898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}