19-year-old NASCAR Xfinity Sequence rookie William Sawalich already missed Martinsville after a vicious crash at Talladega Superspeedway left him with concussion-like signs. He was hospitalized for a number of hours following the race earlier than lastly being launched in the midst of the night time.
Sadly, he should wait till 2026 to get again behind the wheel, as he has not been medically cleared to race within the finale at Phoenix Raceway both.
“I simply needed to get on right here and say I am sadly not medically for Phoenix this weekend,” stated Sawalich in a video posted to social media. “Whereas I might like to be within the automobile and drive the automobile for my guys, and as a lot because it sucks to see my automobile on observe with out me in it, I simply am unable to do this this weekend. I wish to handle my well being and make that my No. 1 precedence and be prepared for subsequent yr. I additionally wish to say a fast thanks to Dr. Collins and UPMC (College of Pittsburgh Medical Heart) for serving to me get via this, and hopefully we’ll be higher quickly.”
Crash involving Connor Mosack, Viking Motorsports Chevrolet; William Sawalich, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota; Dean Thompson, Sam Hunt Racing Toyota; Leland Honeyman Chevrolet
Picture by: Sean Gardner / Getty Pictures
Justin Bonsignore will once more take his place behind the wheel of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota this weekend, as he did at Martinsville. Bonsignore did a strong job, scoring a prime ten end.
Sawalich was seventeenth within the driver championship standings earlier than being compelled out of the automobile, and whereas he stays there after Martinsville, he might mathematically fall so far as twentieth by the top of Phoenix.
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