Larry Pearson bad wreck at Bristol in the Legends race with Slow Mo replay

In a race where some of NASCAR's best legends from the past got the chance to race against eachother one last time in Hooter's pro cup cars, this nasty wreck occured.
clip from ESPN2

NASCAR.COM
BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Drivers Larry Pearson and Charlie Glotzbach, both injured when Glotzbach's car T-boned Pearson's during Saturday's Showdown legends charity race at Bristol Motor Speedway, remained hospitalized Sunday at Bristol Regional Medical Center.

Pearson is listed in fair condition after surgery Saturday night to repair a compound fracture of his lower left ankle. Pearson's family said, "Larry is very sore, but stable." They added that he "came out of surgery OK," but confirmed Pearson will need to undergo additional surgery on his fractured hip at a later time. He also suffered a fractured right wrist in the accident.

Pearson is likely to remain in the hospital at least one more day, according to a news release issued Sunday afternoon by Bristol Motor Speedway.

Glotzbach is listed in good condition and his family reports that he was "feeling much better" Sunday.

The 35-lap event was won Saturday by Rick Wilson, who traded passes with Phil Parsons in the closing laps after a lengthy red-flag delay following the Pearson-Glotzbach incident coming out of Turn 2 with just four laps remaining.

note the bending in of the roll cage, considering the saftey equipment the drivers started the race with.

some drivers had no gloves, and open face helmets, nobody i had seen was wearing a HANs device.

Larry was unconcious at the time of impact but was pulled from the car "awake and alert" and taken to the hospital

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[ncrxgrt]

Poor Charlie and Larry. My stomach sunk when I saw this on Saturday. What angers me is that I had to come here to find out Charlie's condition. The only one any news updates is Larry. Kinda messed up how because he's a Pearson he gets more attention then Glotzbach. The fact is, it wasn't good for either drivers and both deserve to be treated with equal concern. Larry Pearson, Charlie Glotzbach, you two have huge balls.

[FancyGapClawhammer]

Gosh dangit! Me and my dad were waiting to see Mr. September win again!

This was a terrible wreck. Thank God they're both okay.

[Saikano2012]

I missed this race, because I didn't know about it. I am still pissed about missing it. -_-

[sneezabonk]

I hope this answers the questions for the people who were wondering why they dont do these races regularly

[samothsamothsamoth]

He, Morgan Shepherd is 70 years old and a regular in Nationwide Cup. Red Farmer is 74 and drove sometimes Arcar, James Hylton drove since 2 or 3 years regulary with 77 years Arcar. Many sprint cars driver in their seventies are competetive. Google and you will see...

[lakelandchief]

Do you have the full race?

[erasetoimprove]

anybody notice that the green light was still on just prior to impact? One would wonder if this wreck could have been prevented by throwing the caution faster. We've seen yellows in Cup racing within the first second of a wreck occurring.

[jws381]

I was there. I've never seen a safety crew cut a car open so fast.  I knew it was bad when the whole safety crew rushed to Pearson's car and ignored the car on fire just down the track.

[BJC20199]

another reason why old people shouldn't drive.