Hamlin sidelined for at least six weeks

I'm hoping this won't be like Sterling Marlin's neck injury back in 2002. Sterling did come back from that injury, but he never was the same after that. Granted, it's a different injury and Sterling was a lot older then (45) than Denny is now (32). However, Denny's body has taken a beating in his short career, I just hope he can overcome it.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
I can't think of anyone who's ever been out that long that's ever come back and done anything.
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I'm sure guys did back in the 60's and 70's, we just didn't know about it.

With a back injury, I mean. I don't think guys sat out in the old days, they just kept racing.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
I can't think of anyone who's ever been out that long that's ever come back and done anything.
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Only guy that comes to mind is Tim Richmond, who came back and won his first two races after missing the first several months of the '87 season due to his health problems. Unfortunately, his comeback was short-lived.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
Mark Martin sat out six races because of that back pain and the surgery?
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BTW you statement was:
I can't think of anyone who's ever been out that long that's ever come back and done anything.

you twisted it to this:
Mark Martin sat out six races because of that back pain and the surgery? :idunno:

Dale Sr, had neck surgery, Mark Martin had back surgery, those two offhand come to mind and it didn't harm their career.
 
StandOnIt said:
BTW you statement was:
I can't think of anyone who's ever been out that long that's ever come back and done anything.

you twisted it to this:
Mark Martin sat out six races because of that back pain and the surgery? :idunno:
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I took that as he was talking about anyone thats been out that long and came back to do anything in that same season as far as making a championship run or anything.
 
StandOnIt said:
Dale Sr, had neck surgery, Mark Martin had back surgery, those two offhand come to mind and it didn't harm their career.
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Dale Sr.'s neck injury was (unfortunately) near the end of his career and I don't think he was the same afterwards.

His motorcoach driver said in that one documentary that his back/neck was so bad during the whole 1999 season after the Atlanta crash that he couldn't get his firesuit off by himself.
 
KevinWI said:
Dale Sr.'s neck injury was (unfortunately) near the end of his career and I don't think he was the same afterwards.

His motorcoach driver said in that one documentary that his back/neck was so bad during the whole 1999 season after the Atlanta crash that he couldn't get his firesuit off by himself.
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Boy, he had a bunch of injuries, I don't doubt what your saying, Earnhardt was a tough guy and he didn't let on when he was hurt.


Branch performed the surgery to fuse the C-6 and C-7 vertebrae after Earnhardt injured his neck and back during a crash in March 1999 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
"In his case, we used a little plate to help sew the bones still until the bones grow together," Branch said. "We left (the plate) where it was. That's something that's been going on for years."
Earnhardt proclaimed he never had felt better following the surgery, which cured numbness in his left hand and arm and pain in his shoulders.
"I hurt my neck and then I fought it for a couple of years and finally got it fixed," Earnhardt said in January. "I felt a big difference last year. I feel great, physically."
Earnhardt was no stranger to serious crashes. He broke his sternum in a 1996 wreck at Talladega Superspeedway. Two years later he sustained second-degree burns in a pileup at the track.

Earnhardt's most serious crash came during his rookie season in 1979 at Pocono Raceway when he sustained a concussion, heart bruises, a broken collarbone and broken pelvis.
 
StandOnIt said:
Boy, he had a bunch of injuries, I don't doubt what your saying, Earnhardt was a tough guy and he didn't let on when he was hurt.


Branch performed the surgery to fuse the C-6 and C-7 vertebrae after Earnhardt injured his neck and back during a crash in March 1999 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
"In his case, we used a little plate to help sew the bones still until the bones grow together," Branch said. "We left (the plate) where it was. That's something that's been going on for years."
Earnhardt proclaimed he never had felt better following the surgery, which cured numbness in his left hand and arm and pain in his shoulders.
"I hurt my neck and then I fought it for a couple of years and finally got it fixed," Earnhardt said in January. "I felt a big difference last year. I feel great, physically."
Earnhardt was no stranger to serious crashes. He broke his sternum in a 1996 wreck at Talladega Superspeedway. Two years later he sustained second-degree burns in a pileup at the track.

Earnhardt's most serious crash came during his rookie season in 1979 at Pocono Raceway when he sustained a concussion, heart bruises, a broken collarbone and broken pelvis.
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Dale had a great 2000 season (2nd in points behind Labonte), but in hindsight, I think after the 1999 Atlanta crash he started fade. The Dale Earnhardt crash and broken neck is what I immediately thought of when it was reported Hamlin had a back injury and immediately made me concerned for him, because I remember the effect it had on Dale Sr.'s performance. Granted, Dale Sr. was 48 and Hamlin is a young man, but this Hamlin stuff really worries me.

While we're talking about injuries, remember Steve Park's concussion? Not a spine injury, but something definitely was wrong with Steve Park after that head injury. He slurred his words and everybody on TV said he was back to full health but he was terrible after that and couldn't talk right. Something was definitely diagnosed or being kept quite there.
 
Yeah because of Dale's death Hamlin had the head restraint and a safer car, the better belts, helmet, and seat. he hit as hard or harder then Dale did it looked like. I still get pissed that there isn't safer barriers on at least all the high speed tracks. 1.5 and up
 
StandOnIt said:
Yeah because of Dale's death Hamlin had the head restraint and a safer car, the better belts, helmet, and seat. he hit as hard or harder then Dale did it looked like. I still get pissed that there isn't safer barriers on at least all the high speed tracks. 1.5 and up
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Hang in there, this injury will spur some action out of these tracks.
ACS will surely replace the inner fence with the safer barrier. Other tracks will as well. No track wants bad publicity.
 
IMO, EVERY barrier at the bigger tracks should be a SAFER Barrier. I can't believe tracks like Daytona and Fontana don't have SAFER barriers all the way around inside and out.
 
Kinda ironic too Bobby that this was a track that Penske built, his baby, and when he merged with the France family, you would think he and his partners would have had it done long ago. I know he isn't hurting for money, he is a multi billionaire and the Frances aren't hurtin either..they both need a tax write off. I don't want to see another driver die from pinching pennies.
 
I think animals have more rights than racing drivers. The days of you make big money to defy death so when you do die you know the risks, we will act real sorry and because you did die, we will make it safer to salvage our reputation, and silence fan outcry, should be over and done with. replaced with we try to make the arena and the cars as safe as possible so you can drive on the ragged edge as safely as possible for the drivers and the fans.
 
Hopefully Denny's injury prompts action from NASCAR to inspect and scrutinize every track on the schedule. IMO, NASCAR has stepped up and mandated changes, with regard to safety, in virtually every incident of driver injury in the modern era.
 
He also noted the wall had been in place since the 2-mile oval's 1997 opening and hadn't been identified as a high-risk impact spot, or "it would have probably been different.


It doesn't matter how likely or unlikely it is that a driver will hit it. If it's part of the track, it can and inevitably will be hit at some point.
 
BobbyFord said:
We didn't need another thread on the same subject. Jus'sayin' :idunno:
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Remember who your talking about here. I've seen him start as many as three weather related threads for the same weekends race before. Besides this thread is an entirely different subject. This one is dedicated the recovery time of his back injury and not that he has a back injury. o_O Completely different. :p
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Remember who your talking about here. I've seen him start as many as three weather related threads for the same weekends race before. Besides this thread is an entirely different subject. This one is dedicated the recovery time of his back injury and not that he has a back injury. o_O Completely different. :p
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Geez, now Andy will post 3 threads covering the weather at Dennys house.

Nice work, dpk. ;)
 
That sucks.. at least he will be back though. Hopefully it doesn't affect him mentally he could come back with the attitude of a frightened turtle. So much for a championship run this year he was looking very strong too. But even if he comes back to start winning all the time he may not be able to make it back to the top 20 in points. Best wishes for Denny. It sucks to see that happen to anyone.
 
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