UPDATE: According to Emily Brandt, McClure’s sister and PR representative, ‘@ericmcclure is alert and taking to family members. He is being kept overnight 4 further observationâ.(5-5-2012
UPDATE 2: According to Eric’s Facebook page, ‘Eric is awake and alert. He has pain in the right arm and leg. He’s going to be bruised and sore for a while but should be okay. They are keeping him in the hospital overnight for observation.â(5-5-2012)
UPDATE 3: Eric McClure, driver of the #14 Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota, is stable and alert following a late-race incident yesterday (Saturday) during the NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Talladega Superspeedway. He is undergoing tests and remains under observation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham hospital. McClure and his family would like to express their thanks to the NASCAR community for their thoughts, support and concern. The team will release any updates as they occur.(TMI)(5-6-2012)
UPDATE 4: Eric McClure, driver of the #14 Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota will remain hospitalized overnight for further observation at UAB Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama.(TMI)(5-6-2012)
UPDATE 5: Update from Emily Brandt regarding Eric McClure: Eric McClure, driver of the #14 Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota, was released this evening [May 7th] from the UAB Medical Center in Birmingham, AL where he was airlifted Saturday afternoon following a racing incident at Talladega Superspeedway. McClure suffered a concussion and mild internal bruising and is expected to make a full recovery. This week he will follow up with specialists regarding his injuries. McClure has said he will make himself available to the media in the Jim Hunter Media Center at Darlington Raceway on Friday, May 11, time to be announced.(TMI)(5-7-2012)
UPDATE 6: It is NASCAR’s policy that a driver that receives a concussion must be cleared by a neurosurgeon with at least five years of experience with sports-related head injuries before being allowed back in the car. In some sports leagues the athlete must wait at least seven days before returning to action. There will be only six days between Saturday’s crash and Friday’s race. Brandt said McClure will meet with a specialist on Tuesday or Wednesday to determine his status. He is scheduled to hold a press conference on Friday at Darlington. ‘He’s sore and just needs to rest a few days and be with his family and go to his doctor appointments’ Brandt said. After his release McClure was driven back to his Chilhowie, Va., home by his father, who has been with him at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center since the accident.(ESPN)(5-7-2012)
UPDATE: TMI (Team McClure, Inc.) announced that due to injuries sustained last Saturday following a crash at Talladega Superspeedway, Eric McClure will be sidelined for Friday night’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Darlington Raceway. Jeff Green, the 2000 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion and teammate to McClure at TriStar Motorsports will drive the #14 Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota at Darlington.(TMI)(5-9-2012)
UPDATE 8:Eric McClure says he remembers only bits and pieces of his accident at Talladega, but knows he had lost his brakes before the impact. McClure suffered a concussion and internal bruising in the accident in the Nationwide Series race on Saturday. He says he believed he was headed toward his first career top-10 when the accident began in front of him. McClure was then hit by another car, and heading toward the inside wall, he says he ‘went to hit the brake pedal and the brakes were not there.â(AP/ESPN.com)(5-11-2012)