Swede Brack is serious but stable
NEW YORK -- Sweden's Kenny Brack, who suffered multiple fractures in a crash at the Texas 500 IRL race on Sunday, remains in a serious but stable condition after surgery on his lower back.
The operation followed surgery on Brack's right thigh bone and both ankles in Dallas late on Sunday night, the Indy Racing League's director of medical services Dr Henry Bock said
Dr Kevin Morrill, chief neurologist at the Parkland Memorial Hospital, where Brack was airlifted, oversaw Monday's surgery, which involved an open fixation on the spinal fracture and a spinal fusion of three vertebrae.
"Kenny's spine is stable and he's moving his legs and toes," Morrill said. "We will continue to watch him closely over the next couple of days. Kenny is a world-class athlete and his physical conditioning will really aid him in this situation."
Brack, the IRL champion in 1998 and Indy 500 winner in 1999, locked wheels with South African Tomas Scheckter, the son of ex-Formula One world champion Jody, on the back straight heading for turn three and his Team Rahal car was flipped into the air.
He crashed into the catch fencing before bouncing back on to the track where his car disintegrated leaving just the driver's pod.
Brack was taken to the infield care center at the track before being airlifted to the Parkland Memorial Hospital.
Brazil's Gil de Ferran won the event, which was shortened by the accident with five laps to go, while Scott Dixon of New Zealand, who finished second, clinched the IRL series title.
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