Jordan Anderson airlifted from Talladega with burns from crash in Trucks race

Credit by Google Jordan Anderson airlifted from Talladega with burns from crash in Trucks race

[{"selector":"#anim-86522a32-299f-4d85-9746-b5b8e21bd748 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.26831043321183%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google ALBERTA'S TALLADEGA — Jordan Anderson, a NASCAR driver, was taken from Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday after suffering burns in a Truck Series incident.

[{"selector":"#anim-98b42eb4-4f23-4a3c-adb6-2fcb4b4efd82 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.718749889070086%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google When flames started erupting from beneath the Chevrolet, Anderson's vehicle was whirling across the track.

[{"selector":"#anim-e1eac099-b385-4ee8-8169-3e7e1f6dc51e [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.179687404002955%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google Anderson looked to be partly out of the window as the vehicle proceeded to spin and skid toward an inside wall before coming to a stop parallel to the wall.

[{"selector":"#anim-0d235745-1bdc-48f4-89a4-67ccf444117d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-50.35234049299625%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google In order to get away from the flames, Anderson climbed to the top of the wall. He was originally examined at the infield care facility before being flown to a hospital in Birmingham.

[{"selector":"#anim-a4c81db2-f0ea-4a27-9ae1-64e5c4b8997a [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-49.22023683032273%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google For Anderson, a 31-year-old journeyman in NASCAR's lower tier national series, it was his sixth start of the year.

[{"selector":"#anim-44255b9e-21af-4b6d-a03a-b5794f5bcac6 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.718749889070086%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google Bret Holmes, who is from Alabama, and DiBenedetto waited inside their side-by-side vehicles as NASCAR analysed its data.

[{"selector":"#anim-333134a6-cc87-456f-b38b-1b478da25b79 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-52.20741488674777%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google Side-by-side images from flybys of Europa show close-up views of Jupiter's icy moon over 20 years Learn more