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- Halmar Friesen Racing announced Wednesday that Stewart Friesen has been released from the hospital and is currently resting at home in Sprakers, N.Y. In the release, Stewart's wife Jessica indicated that in addition to the previously-announced pelvis injury (referred to as a "shattered pelvis" in the release) and leg fractures, he also suffered a fractured left hip and a fractured C7 vertebrae in the crash.

There is still no timeframe for a return to racing for Stewart. As you can see in the linked post, Stewart may be home, but he arrived home in a neck brace and his mobility will be extremely limited for quite some time.

- In the opening preliminary night in Knoxville, Ia., local stars came out to play. Ryan Timms started eighth and immediately scythed his way up to second. He then battled for the lead with Justin Peck in the Rudeen Racing entry.

On lap 10, Timms executed a slide job to get past Peck for the lead. From there, he was able to hold on to win the 25-lap feature on BRANDT Professional Agriculture Qualifying Night. Peck was second, then Sheldon Haudenschild, Garet Williamson and Emerson Axsom.

Timms also comes out of Wednesday night leading the all-important Knoxville Nationals points. Haudenschild is second, then Rico Abreu, Corey Day and Axsom. 

"It was going to another race team, and the other race team had a lot of demands, had a lot of stuff that they wanted to happen pretty quickly, and all of the PR people and everybody involved couldn’t make it happen. So instead of a one deal with a better-known team, they got two deals with me and Joey in Xfinity and Cup." - Carl Long, on how he and Joey Gase were able to get back from Hulu via Season 14 of King of the Hill.