Stewart missed the first eight races of the season before returning at Richmond. We’ll work closely with our folks as well as the folks at Hendrick Motorsports to, again, get Chase back as quick as possible.” “Tony was injured in (the California sand dunes) in the preseason, and the waiver wasn’t granted until, I believe, April, and then he was cleared to come back racing at Richmond that year. “Very similar situation to Tony Stewart a few years back,” Sawyer said. However, the series has also issued medical waivers for injured drivers outside NASCAR competition.

Kyle Busch was given a waiver in 2015 after missing 11 races in the Cup Series for injuries sustained in the Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway. Sawyer noted NASCAR is not in unchartered waters in granting medical waivers. The 2020 series champion was injured in a snowboarding accident earlier in the day in Colorado and did not compete in the race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is unclear what the timeline is for a possible return. But we’ll go through that process and make sure we’re checking all the boxes.”Įlliott underwent a successful three-hour surgery Friday evening for a fractured tibia in his left leg. (When) he’s medically cleared to come back, then I wouldn’t see any reason that he wouldn’t be granted a waiver. “We’re looking at the process to date as we gather more information. “We’re still in the very early stages of this, and I can’t emphasize this enough, our focus as an industry is to make sure Chase gets healthy,” said NASCAR senior vice president of competition Elton Sawyer on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. NASCAR is unlikely to rule on Chase Elliott’s playoff waiver request until the driver is close to returning to competition, but there is no reason to believe it won’t be granted.

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