Hamlin tears ACL

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How is Denny Hamlin, widely considered the top challenger to Jimmie Johnson for the 2010 Sprint Cup Series championship???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
 
Because if he hadn't had those DNF's he would have been right there in the points with JJ last year.
 
if, if, if. when he's a nascar legend like mikey i'll take him seriously as a contender for the championship. <g>
 
I realize the commitment here, his, the teams, the sponsors and the list goes on and on. Be nice if Na$car had some provision that injured drivers could sit out and heal without the penalty of loosing points, but I haven't a clue how it'd be done, just speculating.

I'm not a doc and haven't stayed at a Holiday Inn recently. Just going by what we were told when my son tore his ACL playing hockey.That surgery sooner is better.
 
SST55 said:
I realize the commitment here, his, the teams, the sponsors and the list goes on and on. Be nice if Na$car had some provision that injured drivers could sit out and heal without the penalty of loosing points, but I haven't a clue how it'd be done, just speculating.

I'm not a doc and haven't stayed at a Holiday Inn recently. Just going by what we were told when my son tore his ACL playing hockey.That surgery sooner is better.
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Many of the drivers feel the same way as you would expect. I've read of several ways to accomplish this and the best way I've heard is to count only 20 of the first 26 races. That would give a minimum of 6 weeks to heal and more if the timing was right. It would also allow for teams to throw out 6 of their worst races, i.e. blown engines, wrecks, poor performance. But once the chase began, all races count
 
So maybe no big deal as originally reported.....

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin shouldn't have too much trouble driving a race car despite a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, according to JGR President J.D. Gibbs and doctors familiar with ACL injuries. Hamlin, 29, uses his left foot to brake as well as to control the clutch in his #11 Toyota. "In essence, it's not that big a deal given what drivers normally have to do in the car," said ESPN analyst Dr. Jerry Punch, a former emergency-room physician. "No two people are the same in terms of how much instability they have when they tear an ACL. Typically, somebody that is Denny's age, young and in great physical shape, can rehab that knee without having it operated on." The ACL keeps the lower part of the leg from moving forward when a person stops running. Starting and stopping quickly would make the knee feel unstable. It doesn't have to do with rotation or side-to-side movement, Punch said, and the pedals could be adjusted to make it more comfortable. Reconstructive ACL surgery requires six to 10 weeks of immobility, and that's why Hamlin plans to wait until after the season is over, Punch said. He could have arthroscopic surgery to clean out the injured area and that would require only 10 days of being off his feet, but Gibbs said that no surgery is planned.
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