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Breaking News: Levi Jones Out For The Rest Of The Season For Surgery
by John Gibson on August 31, 2012 Email Facebook Twitter Print Comments (4)
Earlier this week we brought you the breaking news about the penalties that Levi Jones received after a scary incident with Jon Stanbrough. As a result, Jones was placed under probation for the remainder of the National Sprint Car season. Also, Jones and his team were docked 25 championship points going into the next series’ event.
But now according to TonyStewartRacing.com, Jones will miss the remainder of the season to repair two herniated discs in his neck:
Levi Jones, the five-time and reigning United States Auto Club (USAC) National Sprint Car champion, will undergo season-ending surgery on Tuesday to repair two herniated discs in his neck. While a full recovery is expected, the 12-week rehabilitation period will not allow for Jones to finish out the 2012 season, where he has competed in the USAC Sprint Car and Silver Crown divisions for Tony Stewart Racing (TSR).
“This is something I was hoping could wait until the end of the year, but when two different surgeons tell me that I needed it done within two weeks, there was only one thing I could do,” said Jones, who was leading the point standings in the USAC Sprint Car division and ranked fourth in USAC Silver Crown points. “I didn’t need to be hard-headed and ignore what was wrong any longer. We’re going to get it fixed and be better for the next 30 years of my life.”
In the meantime the #20 will still be on the track as TSR also announced today that Chris Windom will be piloting the Chevrolet Performance/Curb Records/Eagle for Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing for the final 13 USAC Sprint Car races of 2012.
“I’m very excited for this incredible opportunity,” said the 21-year-old Windom. “I know I’m trying to fill some incredibly big shoes. I can’t thank everyone at Tony Stewart Racing enough for giving me the chance to go out and run really well the rest of the season. My goal is to help bring another championship to TSR. Hopefully, it doesn’t take long for me to get on the same page with the guys. We have a lot of tracks coming up where I enjoy racing. I’m optimistic things will go well right away and we can get some wins to finish out the year.”
http://www.onedirt.com/news/breaking-news-levi-jones-out-for-the-rest-of-the-season-for-surgery/
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