Good evening everyone and welcome to a special news update. As you may of heard, Nascar Sprint Cup driver Tony Stewart broke his right leg this past monday night in a sprint car crash in a race in iowa. Stewart had to have two surgeries which were successful. Stewart is now currently in the hospital recovering. Some people have said that Stewart is at fault for the accident, that he shouldn't of been racing sprint cars due to his ownership of Stewart-Haas Racing in the Sprint Cup Series. Nascar driver Jimmie Johnson said this week to the media: "I don't understand why people are giving him (Stewart) a hard time. I think its great what he does for the sport and he's a racer." We all hope for Stewart to recover and return to the track as soon as possible. Max Papis will be in his car for this weekends 2nd road course race at Watkins Glen International in New York. But as for the weeks to come after that, SHR doesn't have a replacement driver. Dale Earnhardt Jr suggested Regan Smith as a driver because of Smith replacing Jr late in the 2012 season because Jr had a concussion in a testing crash earlier in the year. Smith replaced Jr at the chase races Charlotte and Kansas, which led to Smith getting a full-time ride in the Nationwide Series going for the championship this year.
We only hope the best and speedy recovery for the three-time champ and hope he returns to the track as soon as possible. Get well Smoke.
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