So glad that he's going to be okay! That was a horrific wreck and the safety program the Nelson's did (car and PPE) definitely saved his life. Here's to a fast and complete recovery!
Photograph Courtesy Calvin Nelson
During the annual Sick Week, a five-day-long drag-and-drive competition, longtime $2000 Challenge competitor Andrew Nelson crashed a Vortec 4200-powered Volvo PV5444.
According to a Facebook post by Andrew’s son Calvin, Andrew is banged up but okay:
We’re relieved to hear that Andrew is stable, and all of us here at Grassroots Motorsports wish him a speedy recovery.
For those interested in a build breakdown of the Volvo, you can watch the entire build on the Nelsons' YouTube channel.
So glad that he's going to be okay! That was a horrific wreck and the safety program the Nelson's did (car and PPE) definitely saved his life. Here's to a fast and complete recovery!
And this is why most of us here tout safety. Even the very best of us can get snake bit.
Best wishes and speedy recovery.
Yikes! So glad that he is okay. My PV544 was skittery in a crosswind, and I never got it over 80 MPH, much less a 9.1 quarter!
Glad to hear that he's OK!
That is the most severe bank-shot I have ever seen. I was expecting to see an in-lane pole-vault with maybe a right hand side exit, not an off-track parabolic arrival at the other side of the track.
Cage did what cage is supposed to do...good.
I really feel bad now. I was one of several urging Calvin and Andrew to stick with the stock rods. They were proud of the success they had with Stock bottom engine.
Previously the rods had failed after a 40 PSI dyno run. But it made 824 horsepower prior to that at 30 PSI.
The Datsun got the after market rods etc.
Ooooof. Scary!!! Wish I could see more of what happened. So glad he's okay!!!
Glad he's stable.
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