The jack man for #41-‘s team was sent to a local hospital after being injured while working in the pits for another car during Thursday’s first 150-mile qualifying race at Daytona International Speedway. Kyle Roland was taken to nearby Halifax Medical Center after suffering a reported shoulder injury while servicing the car of #27-Kirk Shelmerdine. He was awake and alert. “Our thoughts and prayers go out with him,” said Mayfield, who formed his team less than a month ago, and raced his way into Sunday’s Daytona 500. “Hopefully, he’s OK. We’ll be checking on him shortly. There again, I really don’t know half the guys on our pit crew [Thursday], to be honest with you. I will get to know them because they did a great job and they’re going to be with us quite a while.” Roland’s injury forced Mayfield’s team to use their own substitute jack man for the second of the two events. They borrowed Steve King, a member of Michael Waltrip’s #55 team. Mayfield finished ninth in the race [and qualified for the 500].(NASCAR.com)(2-13-2009)
