It is nothing new, but Jeff Gordon has been plagued with recurrent back problems for some time now but for the first time the current Sprint Cup leader admitted that those problems could eventually shorten his driving career.
The Hendricks Motorsports’ ace revealed that an MRI scan had showed a mild arthritis among other things that might have come as a result of previous crashes and last week he had an injection performed on his back to try to keep pain under control.
Gordon admits that the pain he has suffered has been such that if his doctors are unable to find a solution, his NASCAR career may be cut short.
"If my back were the way that it was at Bristol this year it's definitely going to shorten my career," said Gordon. "I can't race like that for long periods of time. If it's like that and it was getting worse or getting like that at all the tracks, no doubt about it."
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The Hendricks Motorsports’ ace revealed that an MRI scan had showed a mild arthritis among other things that might have come as a result of previous crashes and last week he had an injection performed on his back to try to keep pain under control.
Gordon admits that the pain he has suffered has been such that if his doctors are unable to find a solution, his NASCAR career may be cut short.
"If my back were the way that it was at Bristol this year it's definitely going to shorten my career," said Gordon. "I can't race like that for long periods of time. If it's like that and it was getting worse or getting like that at all the tracks, no doubt about it."
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