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"I'm sorry for the Matt Connolly Motorsports team and Chris Gleason; I felt we had a winning car," Hand said on Sunday. "This was my second huge wreck; I'm really sore but I'm surprised and very happy to be walking today. I'm excited that all my limbs move. I'm bruised but the CAT scans and X-rays were all OK. I always say that I'm either going to win or put on a show trying, but this was a big one and I don't want to replay it.
"I was taking stock of everything after every roll. My right shoe and my right glove got blown off; that kind of weirded me out. I tried to get out on my own but my HANS device got caught twice on the window net. The safety crew also poured about 200 gallons of water on me afterwards because of all the fuel that was spilled.
"I'm glad it was a PPG-built race car and it was prepared right by Matt Connolly Motorsports," he concluded, adding with a smile, "And I hope it makes the 'And They Walked Away Seven' video too! It was definitely a Dukes of Hazard-type launch, only I didn't stick the landing too well."
Saturday's Rolex Series race was broadcast at 3 p.m. Eastern time Sunday on SPEED.
Sunday's Grand-Am Cup race will be shown on the same network at 11 a.m.
Eastern time on July 9.
Gleason isn't sure when he'll enter another Rolex Series race, since the Matt Connolly Motorsports No. 21 was destroyed. The next Grand-Am Cup race will be held at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala. July 28-30; Gleason and Auberlen are doing that one for sure as they fight for the championship.
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