Jeremy Waibel

Larry Sullivan · 02-16-2009, 09:46 AM

No accident - he pulled off the track after losing to Adam Davis in the first round of Stock and stopped near the scales, unable to get out of the car, with severe back and neck pain.

The first anyone in the tower knew of the problem was when the safety crew was called to the scales to help, and they called in the Fire Department paramedics to assist them.

They wanted to airlift him to a trauma center (Tampa, I think), but there was a weather front between the helicopter home base and the track and they could not fly through that weather, so he was transported by ambulance instead.

As noted, the safety crew and paramedics treated it the same as they would a back pain complaint following an accident.

It was an unusual chain of events and all we can do now is pray that Jeremy recovers with no long-term consequences.

02-16-2009, 09:46 AM	#3
Larry Sullivan Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Baytown, TX Posts: 340 Likes: 0 Liked 3 Times in 1 Post	Re: Jeremy Waibel No accident - he pulled off the track after losing to Adam Davis in the first round of Stock and stopped near the scales, unable to get out of the car, with severe back and neck pain. The first anyone in the tower knew of the problem was when the safety crew was called to the scales to help, and they called in the Fire Department paramedics to assist them. They wanted to airlift him to a trauma center (Tampa, I think), but there was a weather front between the helicopter home base and the track and they could not fly through that weather, so he was transported by ambulance instead. As noted, the safety crew and paramedics treated it the same as they would a back pain complaint following an accident. It was an unusual chain of events and all we can do now is pray that Jeremy recovers with no long-term consequences.