{"id":224103,"date":"2025-10-19T07:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T07:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/224103\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T07:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T07:48:08","slug":"william-sawalich-transported-to-local-hospital-after-talladega-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/224103\/","title":{"rendered":"William Sawalich transported to local hospital after Talladega crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity race at Talladega Superspeedway featured several major incidents, including a 12-car crash at the end of Stage 1 that forced a red flag stoppage.<\/a><\/p>\n

There was another multi-car crash near the end of Stage 2, which also caused a red flag.<\/p>\n

At the back of a much smaller pack following the earlier incident, things got four-wide and Leland Honeyman got hooked down the track. He slammed into Connor Zilisch<\/a>, which ended his historic streak of 18 consecutive races with a top five finish. As the wreck escalated, Connor Mosack spun up the track and got hit hard by both Dean Thompson<\/a> and William Sawalich<\/a>. Blaine Perkins<\/a> was also involved.<\/p>\n

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Watch: Honeyman gets loose, collects Zilisch, Sawalich and others late in Stage 2<\/p>\n

The six-car wreck came with just a few laps left in Stage 2, and NASCAR officials chose to red flag the race as the entrance of Turn 1 needed a lot of speedy dry. The second red flag was not as long, lasting ten minutes and 35 seconds.<\/p>\n

Sawalich, Thompson, and Mosack were unable to continue. While Thompson and Mosack were checked and released from the infield care center, Sawalich (driver of the No. 18) has since been transported to a local hospital for further evaluation.<\/p>\n

There were no details offered other than the fact that the Joe Gibbs Racing<\/a> driver was awake and alert. Sawalich, aged 19, had nearly made it through the wreck, but Mosack came sliding up in front of him in a significant impact for both drivers.<\/p>\n

In a social media post at 3:11am EST, almost nine hours after the race’s conclusion, Joe Gibbs Racing provided the latest update, saying: “William Sawalich has been released from the hospital.” The team did not expand on it beyond that brief statement.<\/p>\n

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