{"id":234013,"date":"2025-10-23T09:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/234013\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T09:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:04:13","slug":"william-sawalich-out-with-concussion-like-symptoms-after-talladega-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/234013\/","title":{"rendered":"William Sawalich out with concussion-like symptoms after Talladega crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>19-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/william-sawalich\/956679\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">William Sawalich<\/a> is currently competing in his rookie season as NASCAR Xfinity Series driver, but he will not take part in this weekend&#8217;s race at Martinsville Speedway. He sits 17th in the championship standings, and hasn&#8217;t missed a race all year.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, on Lap 46 at Talladega Superspeedway, he was involved in a six-car crash at the entrance of Turn 1, which caused a ten-minute red flag. As cars collided in front of him, Sawalich remained close to the outside wall as he tried to find a way through the chaos. Unfortunately, Connor Mosack\u2019s car spun up the track, and Sawalich hit him in a high-speed impact that resulted in a red flag. He finished 30th, recording his ninth DNF of the 2025 season. He started the race from the outside of the front row.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761210253_301_crash-involving-connor-mosack-.jpg\" alt=\"Crash involving Connor Mosack, Viking Motorsports Chevrolet; William Sawalich, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota; Dean Thompson, Sam Hunt Racing Toyota; Leland Honeyman Chevrolet\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Crash involving Connor Mosack, Viking Motorsports Chevrolet; William Sawalich, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota; Dean Thompson, Sam Hunt Racing Toyota; Leland Honeyman Chevrolet<\/p>\n<p class=\"photographer\">Photo by: Sean Gardner \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>While awake and alert, the rookie driver was transported to a local hospital for further evaluation. He was discharged several hours later, but the team now confirms that he is experiencing\u00a0concussion-like symptoms after the crash.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m disappointed to not be in the car this weekend, but my health is my number one priority,&#8221; said Sawalich in a statement. &#8220;I\u2019m feeling better every day and working with Dr. Collins at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and NASCAR to go through their concussion protocol to return to the track as soon as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/justin-bonsignore\/16004\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Justin Bonsignore<\/a> will take his place behind the wheel of the No. 18 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/team\/joe-gibbs-racing\/80\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Joe Gibbs Racing<\/a> Toyota this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Bonsignore was originally going to drive the No. 19 at Martinsville, but swapped out with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/aric-almirola\/7837\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Aric Almirola<\/a> as the car is set to take part in the Championship 4 next weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Read Also:<\/p>\n<p>            We want your opinion!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our 5 minute survey.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Motorsport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"19-year-old William Sawalich is currently competing in his rookie season as NASCAR Xfinity Series driver, but he will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,12101,68863,110853,26793,634,6902,82,107302,110852],"class_list":["post-234013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-joe-gibbs-racing","tag-justin-bonsignore","tag-martinsville-ii","tag-martinsville-speedway","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-xfinity","tag-sports","tag-william-sawalich","tag-william-sawalich-out-with-concussion-like-symptoms-after-talladega-crash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}