Jack Roush, co-owner of the Roush Fenway Racing team in NASCAR, was transferred to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., on Wednesday evening, the Roush Fenway website reported Thursday. Roush was transferred after undergoing surgery Tuesday night for the facial injuries he suffered after crashing his jet while attempting to land at an Oshkosh, Wis., airport.Roush, who walked out of the crumpled jet after the crash, remains in serious but stable condition, the site said.
The NASCAR owner was attempting to land his Premier Beechcraft jet at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. An aviation buff, Roush was flying in to attend the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., this week.
Roush's only passenger, Brenda Strickland of Plymouth, Mich., also walked out of the plane after the crash and was hospitalized overnight. She was released Wednesday.
Before being transferred to the famous Minnesota clinic for further treatment of his facial injuries, Roush underwent facial surgery Tuesday night at Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah, Wisc., the site reported.
The nature of Roush's facial injuries has not yet been publicly detailed, but he was bleeding heavily around the nose and lower face when he emerged from his crashed plane after the accident -- the second plane crash Roush has survived.
Roush's jet was close to the runway when the right wing dipped, the nose veered and the plane belly flopped onto the ground. It cartwheeled nose to tail horizontally before coming to a stop on its belly, with the fuselage split.




