After nearly a week-long stay in two different hospitals, Kyle Busch was released Friday and is home recuperating from injuries sustained in a crash last weekend.
Kyle Busch released from hospital following Xfinity crash
Kyle Busch is home recovering from a broken right leg and a broken left foot.
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Busch broke his right leg and left foot in an Xfinity Series crash Saturday at Daytona International Speedway when his car slammed nearly head-on into a concrete wall with no protective SAFER (Steel and Foam Energy Reduction) barrier.
Busch underwent surgery on his right leg Saturday night at Halifax Medical Center, located just down the road from Daytona. He was transported to a North Carolina medical facility Tuesday and had surgery on his left foot the following day.
Matt Crafton drove Busch’s No. 18 car in the Daytona 500 and finished 18th. On Tuesday, Joe Gibbs Racing named David Ragan to substitute long-term. A timetable for Busch’s return is not known, but he is expected to miss several weeks.
Following Busch’s crash, Daytona track president Joie Chitwood III apologized for not having SAFER barriers on all of the track’s walls and vowed to install the safety measure on every wall surrounding the racing surface.
Officials for Atlanta Motor Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway and Kentucky Speedway have stated in the days since the incident that they intend to install SAFER barriers throughout their respective tracks.
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