posted 10-13-2005 11:16 AM         

Here ya go - apparently both went to the hospital, but Allen, the driver that crossed the track was already released.

Quote from NHRA site;

Dallas, Saturday: Kenny Koretsky was resting comfortably, albeit painfully, Saturday afternoon at Parkland Medical Center in Dallas following a spectacular drag racing accident he experienced Friday night at Texas Motorplex in nearby Ennis.

“It feels like my chest is crushed,” said Koretsky from his hospital bed. “My neck, right arm and hand hurt and the doctors think I may have a bruised heart. The doctors want to run a few more tests before they release me.”

Considering the severity of the impact when Koretsky’s Nitro Fish Wear Dodge Stratus struck Bruce Allen’s Pontiac near the finish line, the fact neither driver received broken bones or serious injuries is testimony to the safety of the race cars.

Koretsky was about to complete his quarter-mile qualifying run in the left lane when Allen’s car went out of control, turned left on its right side and crossed into Koretsky’s lane. The collision knocked the engine from Allen’s car, sending it skidding down the track.

Koretsky, of Richboro, Pa., didn’t know what hit him.

“All I remember is Bruce’s motor coming through the windshield” he recalled. “It was such a hard hit. That’s the hardest hit I’ve ever experienced. I was moving along real well and all of a sudden I came to a dead stop. I didn’t even see him.”

“Bruce and I were very fortunate we weren’t more seriously hurt. The seat belts did their job but they left serious marks on me.”

“The computer that measures the g-forces in Kenny’s car showed a plus 2.5 reading, but it immediately went to minus 6.5 – the highest it reports – when they hit each other,” said Guarnaccia.

Allen, of Arlington, Texas, was released from Parkland Medical Center Saturday afternoon.