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 08-11-2002, 01:50 PM | #1 |
| the road is my home. my home, the road.  Join Date: Feb 2000 Posts: 3,682   |  Actor Jason Priestley Seriously Injured in Speedway Crash What a bummer... From cnn.com: SPARTA, Ky. (AP) -- Actor Jason Priestley was seriously injured Sunday when his car crashed head-on into the wall in the final practice for an Infiniti Pro Series race at Kentucky Speedway. The former "Beverly Hills 90210" television star was in serious condition at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington but was stable and responding, Indy Racing League medical director Henry Bock said. The extent of his injuries was not immediately available. Bock said Priestley was undergoing tests at the hospital, where he had been taken by helicopter from the track. "He got sideways and he corrected and then shot off the track," said former Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendyk, whose son, Arie Jr., also competes in the Infiniti series. Luyendyk witnessed the crash from the roof of the press box. "He turned right into the wall, and his first impact was basically head-on," Luyendyk said. "What I'm thinking is, that's really the one big hit that he took that might have hurt him." Priestley's best finish in three starts in the IRL developmental series was second at Kansas Speedway. He qualified second on Saturday behind series leader A.J. Foyt IV. The 32-year-old Priestley has been racing on and off since 1991. He first raced in the California Rally Series in 1991 and the SCCA Pro Rally Series in 1992-95. He drove in the IMSA Firehawk Series and Magna Enduro Series in 1995-99, with his first victory coming at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course in 1998. In 1998-99, he also drove in the Sportscar GTS1 Series. Last year, Priestley completed an alcohol counseling program he was ordered to attend when he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor DUI charge stemming from a December 1999 car crash in the Hollywood Hills. The accident totaled Priestley's Porsche and broke one of his best friend's arms. Also last season, he was a broadcast analyst for the entire IRL series, and this year joined the Kelley Racing team for the new Infiniti Pro Series, a developmental circuit with open-wheel cars that are similar but smaller and less powerful than the IRL cars. Priestley also crashed a powerboat during a race in Miami in April. A crew member cracked several ribs in the accident, but Priestley was not injured. In 1995, he crashed into a ditch during the Michelin SCCA Pro Rally in Olympia, Wash., but recovered to finish the race. The native of British Columbia qualified Saturday at 179.064 mph on the 1.5-mile track and had a top speed of 178.122 among his eight laps of practice before the crash Sunday morning. Priestley and fellow heartthrob Luke Perry made "Beverly Hills 90210," about a group of young people growing up in Southern California, a hit for the Fox network. Priestley was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and later produced and directed a number of documentaries, television dramas, cable network specials and music videos. In addition to his television work, Priestley's film credits include "Eye of the Beholder," "Calendar Girl" and "Love and Death on Long Island." |
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| 08-11-2002, 02:17 PM | #2 |
| ahooa  Join Date: Feb 2000 Posts: 8,325 | *gasp* not Brandon!!!!!!!!!! oh man... first Timmy, now this... They're trying to kill me, i tell you! kill! |
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| 08-11-2002, 03:30 PM | #3 |
| banned  Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 5,987  | i was just watching the 90210 marathon on FX..wiiierd.. |
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| 08-11-2002, 03:34 PM | #4 | |
| Laugh until you cry/Cry until you Laugh  Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,081 | Quote:
heh..im recording that. seriously- i wake up at 6 am every morning to record 90210 ...and then go back to sleep and watch it when i wake up. im pretty much addicted. poor brandon...  | |
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| 08-11-2002, 03:36 PM | #5 |
| mani@c Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 23,106 | Those baby blues! SING WITH ME! Da na na na Da na na na Da na na na Da na na na (coosh coosh) *pictures the to the right double fist thrust move*  |
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| 08-11-2002, 03:38 PM | #6 |
| Laugh until you cry/Cry until you Laugh Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,081 |   best damn theme song ever. |
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| 08-11-2002, 08:42 PM | #7 | |
| ahooa Join Date: Feb 2000 Posts: 8,325 | Quote:
(i wouldn't call it coosh coosh though.. possible more of a thwack thwack.. hmm..) | |
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| 08-11-2002, 09:42 PM | #8 |
| backwards carolyn  Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 2,270 | UGH! I have been in Lexington, KY most of the day today for one of my nephew's b-day party and Jason is at a hospital there and the city is "excited" about this. Even though I never liked him, I do hope he gets better, but enough already!!!!He has a broken back, internal head injury, and broken feet. (since the article didn't say - for those who are curious) |
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| 08-11-2002, 11:51 PM | #9 |
| The race is on.  Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 398 | My friend called me about it. "The 90210 guy is at UK!" She seemed queerly excited, too. |
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