Race driver Jeff Purvis is on the mend after a near-fatal crash, with a new bride and a new outlook on life. The only thing that hasn’t changed is his desire to race. “Purvis, who suffered severe head and neck injuries along with a broken leg in a Busch Series crash this spring, stopped short of saying he will race again some day. ”When it comes time to make that decision, there will be more people than me involved in it,” Purvis said, referring to his wife Margo, who he married during his convalescence, and his sons, Thomas and Clay. ”It’s still going to be quite awhile before I’m recovered well enough to even seriously consider it. I do know this, though: Whatever I decide, it’s going to be a very difficult decision.” Purvis said he’s walking up to 10 miles a day and is no longer in pain, but he’s not fully recovered either. He still wears a neck brace to protect two fractured vertebrae.
See full story at the Tennessean: Crash gave Purvis new outlook, tough decision by Larry Woody(8-15-2002)
