NASCAR officials say Evernham Motorsports driver #9-Kasey Kahne will have to get medical clearance before he’s allowed to test Tuesday at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Kahne talked with Dr. Jerry Petty, a Charlotte, N.C., neurosurgeon, on Monday and has a Tuesday morning appointment with Petty to get clearance. Kahne crashed early in the Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway Monday afternoon, and NASCAR officials did not allow him to return to the Nextel Cup race. “The medical people didn’t think it would be good for him to get back in the car again,” NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp said, adding that the driver of the #9 Dodge was too “shaken up” to return. Kahne went to the infield care center after the accident and walked to his hauler in the Nextel Cup garage. “I just got checked out, and everything is fine,” Kahne said. Hermie Sadler, also involved in the lap 9 crash, got behind the wheel of Kahne’s No. 9 when it returned on lap 85. By NASCAR rules, Kahne will get the driver points for the team’s finish in the race.(SceneDaily.com)(5-1-2006)
UPDATE: #9-Kasey Kahne will not test Tuesday at Lowe’s Motor Speedway after a hard crash Monday during the race at Talladega Superspeedway. Kahne said he plans to get approval Wednesday to test on the second day of the two-day test in Charlotte. He said he will not go to see Dr. Jerry Petty, a Charlotte, N.C., neurosurgeon, until Wednesday morning. No one filled in for Kahne in Evernham Motorsports’s #9 Dodge as the test on the repaved Lowe’s Motor Speedway track got under way Tuesday morning. The #9 hauler did arrive at the track to get the cars set up.(SceneDaily.com)(5-2-2006)
