Thoughts & prayers for Eric Medlin

If you follow NHRA you probably know this already, but Eric was critically injured on Monday in Gainsville Fla. testing following the Gator-Nationals over the weekend. Eric is one of the nicest guys in the sport. I'm not much of a religious person, or praying guy, but I'll be pulling my hardest hoping he recovers from his injuries. Lets all put our thoughts and prayers with Eric and his family.

The reports said he hit the right wall near the end of the track, and in Nitro-Funny Car, that means he was probably up around 300 mph.

Updated condition repot, 3/21/07 from NHRA.com

Injured NHRA Funny Car driver Eric Medlen survived a delicate, three-hour craniotomy procedure to relive pressure and hemorrhaging Tuesday evening but remained in critical condition Wednesday at Shands at the University of Florida medical center.

Over the next two weeks, the 33-year-old will remain in a drug-induced coma designed to promote healing.

“We consider ourselves fortunate that Eric is in one of the top hospitals in the world for this type of injury and is getting absolutely the best treatment possible,” said John Medlen, Eric's father and crew chief.

Update 3/22/07

Castrol has set up an email account so you can leave your thoughts and wishes for Eric which will be printed out and presented to him later. Send Eric your encouragement to this address getwelleric@castrol.com