David Hance of Inwood, NY, was ninth and looking to move into the top half of the Flowmaster Extreme 10.5 (XTF) field with his fourth and final qualifying attempt, but instead wound taking a hard hit against the left wall near the eighth-mile mark.
Hance appeared to drift left out of the groove, then got over toward the center line before taking a hard left into the concrete.
It took a few minutes to extricate him from the car with its driver’s door wedged tight against the wall, but fortunately, Hance eventually climbed free, unhurt in the accident.
