NASCAR driver Alex Bowman told reporters Sunday that he currently has no timetable for a return to the track following a fractured vertebra suffered in a sprint car crash in April.
So far, Bowman has missed Cup races at Dover, Kansas, and Darlington. Hendrick Motorsports had initially said that Bowman was expected to miss three to four weeks, which would put his return around next week.
However, Bowman said Sunday at Darlington that he is seeing a doctor next week and is scheduled to get scans of his injury at that time. Until then, he doesn’t have any idea about the state of his injuries and when he will return.
“Every day is a little different,” Bowman said of how he’s feeling. “I definitely feel way better than I did a couple of weeks ago.”
Bowman said that when he laughs, coughs, and sneezes, he feels a lot of pain.
When asked about when he might return to sprint car racing, Bowman was also unsure of anything definite.
That’s a tough decision,” he said. “At some point, yes, but I don’t know when that point will be again.”
Bowman also noted that because he’s missing critical races, he’s also missing important playoff points.
“I missed out on a lot of points, but that’s on me,” Bowman said. “I decided to go sprint car racing.”
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