#14-Tony Stewart, who sustained a burst fracture of the L1 vertebra in an all-terrain vehicle accident Jan. 31 while vacationing on the West Coast, commented in a SHR PR about his health: ‘We won’t know anything until the end of the month, when we go get scanned again. Unfortunately, it’s a lot of waiting right now, which is about to drive me crazy. Tomorrow, in my heart (I could be back) but, the reality is, I’m 45 and I don’t know how fast my bones are healing. It’s not like you go in there every week and get scanned and (get) an update. The hard part is literally waiting until we get scanned and they’ll have a better idea when we can get back in. In the meantime, you’re just waiting. I feel confident that when they say I’m ready, I will be ready. Breaking a leg or an arm is a lot different than when you have something going on in your back because that is your core, (and it) is important to make sure it gets healed right. This is important to make sure it heals right, but it hasn’t stopped me from pushing the envelope here and there just to see where I’m at. If I get sore at the end of the day, I’m very good about it. I think breaking (my) leg and going through that cycle (in 2013), I learned to just listen to my body and, when it’s telling you it’s had enough, then OK, stop. The doctor has to go to NASCAR to clear me, so there’s no point in going through the agony (of questioning) when it’s still in their hands. It’s literally about doing what they tell you to do and, when they say it’s time to go, it’s time to go.’(SHR)
