NASCAR.COM - Violent crash at Glen takes more toll on Gordon's back




Jeff Gordon walked gingerly out of the infield hospital, his ailing lower back killing him, his No. 24 car in pieces after a vicious accident at Watkins Glen International. A golf cart was waiting to whisk him away, even though a handful of laps still remained in the race. It wasn't the way NASCAR's road-course king was accustomed to leaving such a circuit behind.

NASCAR.COM - Violent crash at Glen takes more toll on Gordon's back - Aug 10, 2009


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