Jordan Anderson: NASCAR driver suffers second-degree burns after crash

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NASCAR driver Jordan Anderson says he suffered second-degree burns to his face and physique after his truck caught hearth on the Tenting World Truck Collection race at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday.

The 31-year-old described it because the “scariest second of my racing profession” after his automobile erupted into flames earlier than coming to a halt towards the interior wall.

Anderson was seen leaping out of the window shortly earlier than the truck got here to a cease and was tended to rapidly by stewards.

The motive force was taken to the observe medical middle earlier than being airlifted to a close-by hospital in Birmingham, Alabama.

“So grateful for all of the prayers and assist. Have been in some nice arms with all of the NASCAR and UAB nurses and docs,” Anderson tweeted.

“Little doubt God’s hand was defending me via that one. Scariest second of my racing profession to this point.”

Anderson, who can be a group proprietor, was making his fifth sequence begin of the yr and had been doing nicely earlier than flames all of a sudden started bellowing out from beneath his Chevrolet on the nineteenth lap of the 94-lap race.

The automobile then skidded across the observe momentarily earlier than sliding down and hitting the retainer wall in a ball of smoke, someway lacking the opposite drivers within the race.

“Ended up with second-degree burns throughout my neck, face, proper arm, arms and each knees,” Anderson added.

“Getting cleared to go dwelling tonight. Medical doctors say every thing ought to be therapeutic inside a couple of weeks.

“Will hold everybody up to date on the therapeutic course of however simply grateful it wasn’t worse.”