Many consider the Chili Bowl a prestigious event. However, during the latest iteration of the event, saw a rather horrifying accident. Following the crash, many of the sports community stepped forward on social media to share their messages of support. A 16-year-old driver by the name of Ashton Torgerson was competing in the event when he ended up in a terrible crash. Mostly leaving fans in shock as to what they had just witnessed.
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Torgerson‘s car was seen flipping up in the air several times. Furthermore, at one point, his head, along with the helmet, was visible, almost coming out of the top of the car. After another passing car hit his car, he flipped over a few more times. Finally ejecting the 16-year-old completely out of the car. Torgerson was then carried out by emergency services and was reported to be conscious and communicating with the first responders. Later on, they transported him to a local hospital.
The ambiance at the venue fell silent during the crash. Everyone prayed for the well-being of the young driver. Furthermore, drivers from the NASCAR community also sent out tweets praying for the teenage driver and his well-being. NASCAR driver Kyle Busch was one such personality to have sent out a message for the novice driver.
shared on Twitter, it mentioned“Passed back, neck tests waiting on CT scan… 1st thing he asked me was what place was he in!!..”NASCAR community pray for Ashton Torgerson after Chili Bowl wreck
Fans across the racing community took to social media to share their prayers for the driver. Many of them expressed their shock over the incident that had taken place.
They sent messages of support to the Torgerson family during this hard time.
Praying for this youngster. Very crazy scary ordeal
— keith akenson (@akenson16) January 12, 2023
Someone needs to give as shout out to @jakeswanson17 for managing to miss that car. Might have saved Ashtons life
— Billy Meyers (@BBillmyer) January 12, 2023
That was definitely a scary thing to see. I hope the safety team is inspecting that car to see what went wrong. No driver should ever have that happen to them. Thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.
— 🌻AnnP (@racerfan4life71) January 12, 2023
Scariest scene I’ve witnessed at the Chili Bowl in a while.
Praying for you Ashton Torgerson. 🙏🏻
— Chris Wilner (@chriswilner26) January 12, 2023
Thoughts and prayers with Ashton Torgerson 🙏🙏
— Josh Bilicki (@joshbilicki) January 12, 2023
Prayers for the whole Torgerson family. I don’t know them, but no driver wants to witness that. Let’s keep everyone safe these next few days ❤️
— Gray Leadbetter (@GrayLeadbetter) January 12, 2023
We've had a truly insane start to 2023 with Motorsport incidents and it's a relief to hear Ashton Torgerson is awake after this. But how the hell has it even happened?! https://t.co/dsK9u9puAA
— Phil (@___BMA___) January 12, 2023
Oh no. Big time praying for Ashton Torgerson 🙏🏼
— Sage Karam (@SageKaram) January 12, 2023
When Wednesday night's prelim winner @Rico_Abreu climbs on stage, he tells the MC "The most important thing" was to keep the Torgerson family in our prayers @cbnationals
— Lee Spencer (@CandiceSpencer) January 12, 2023
Wow… prayers for Ashton Torgerson & his family🙏🏼 hope we never see something like this again.
— Amber Balcaen (@amberbalcaen10) January 12, 2023
Glad to hear Ashton Torgerson is awake and alert. Tonight was probably one of the scariest things I’ve seen happen at a motorsport event in my life. Crazy. https://t.co/wJVRkp22mM
— Toby Christie (@Toby_Christie) January 12, 2023
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Moreover, this was the 16-year-old first-ever time racing in the midget series at Chili bowl. Following the update from the Torgerson family, it seems that he is recovering well. We hope that he makes a complete recovery soon and gets to return to racing. Despite the horror crash, it was great to hear that Torgerson was conscious and talking.
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