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'Where's the patient?' 'I am the patient,' Jeff Gordon says
By SceneDaily Staff
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
AVONDALE, Ariz. – While talking about his massive crash Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Jeff Gordon recalled a somewhat-humorous visit to a hospital after a big wreck at Pocono Raceway in 2006.
Gordon lost the brakes in his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet heading into Turn 1 at Pocono and slammed the outside wall. He was fine, though he was sent to a New York hospital for a CAT scan.
“This part of the hospital, I don’t think many of their patients walk in,” Gordon said.
“I’m here for my CAT scan,” Gordon told hospital personnel.
“Well, where’s the patient?”
“Well, I am the patient.”
“They told us there was a car accident.”
“Yeah.”
“How fast were you traveling?”
“About 200 when the brakes went out. I think I hit about 150, 160 mph.”
“No, seriously. Where’s the patient?"
Mentioned Drivers: Jeff Gordon
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4 responses to "'Where's the patient?' 'I am the patient,' Jeff Gordon says". Post a Comment.
Tim Edick said:
Mar 4, 2008 at 7:53 PMIt's a wonderful thing that any of these guys can walk away and be able to find humor in their disasters. What a great job they have, and I this new car is everything NASCAR hoped it would be, this weekend's wrecks prove it's value.
Scott Baker said:
Mar 5, 2008 at 2:22 PMAmazing what they walk away from, his wreck this past weekend at Vegas was bad. I though Poconao was worse, I thought he was dead.
Tim Edick said:
Mar 17, 2008 at 9:14 PMIt's a wonderful thing that any of these guys can walk away and be able to find humor in their disasters. What a great job they have, and I this new car is everything NASCAR hoped it would be, this weekend's wrecks prove it's value.
Scott Baker said:
Mar 17, 2008 at 9:14 PMAmazing what they walk away from, his wreck this past weekend at Vegas was bad. I though Poconao was worse, I thought he was dead.