Almirola out of hospital with compression fracture

Richard Petty Motorsports driver Aric Almirola has been released from the University of Kansas Medical Center and will return home to North Carolina a day after a vicious three-car crash in Turn 2 on Lap 200 of the Go Bowling 400.

Almirola, who was cut out of the No. 43 Ford, suffered a compression fracture to his T5 vertebra, the team announced. Almirola is mobile and will follow up with his doctors in Charlotte. Richard Petty Motorsports will provide further updates when available.

Joey Logano said something broke on his No. 22 Ford going into Turn 1, which saw him hook the right-rear quarterpanel of Danica Patrick's car. After both Logano and Patrick made heavy contract with the outside wall, igniting a fire in Patrick's car, Almirola collided with the driver's side of Logano's car.

The rear of Almirola's car went airborne before sitting back down and coming to rest along the backstretch wall.

The roof of Almirola's car was removed in order for safety and medical crews to remove Almirola and load him into an ambulance. Almirola was then airlifted to the University Kansas Medical Center for observation.