Actor Jason Priestley, 32, suffered head injuries when his car crashed coming out of the second turn in the final practice for an Infiniti Pro Series race at Kentucky Speedway.
Priestley, former star of the "Beverly Hills 90210" television series, was taken by ambulance to the infield hospital and then by helicopter to the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. His injuries are critical, a hospital spokesperson said.
Priestley has showed some signs of responding, ESPNs' Marlo Klain reports.
"He got sideways and he corrected and then shot off the track," said former Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendyk, whose son, Arie Jr., also competes in the Infiniti series.
"He turned right into the wall, and his first impact was basically head-on," Luyendyk said. "I saw it from the top of the roof. What I'm thinking is that's really the one big hit that he took that might have hurt him."
The native of British Columbia qualified Saturday at 179.064 mph on the 1.5-mile track and had a top speed of 178.122 among his eight laps of practice before the crash this morning.
Priestley, former star of the "Beverly Hills 90210" television series, was taken by ambulance to the infield hospital and then by helicopter to the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. His injuries are critical, a hospital spokesperson said.
Priestley has showed some signs of responding, ESPNs' Marlo Klain reports.
"He got sideways and he corrected and then shot off the track," said former Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendyk, whose son, Arie Jr., also competes in the Infiniti series.
"He turned right into the wall, and his first impact was basically head-on," Luyendyk said. "I saw it from the top of the roof. What I'm thinking is that's really the one big hit that he took that might have hurt him."
The native of British Columbia qualified Saturday at 179.064 mph on the 1.5-mile track and had a top speed of 178.122 among his eight laps of practice before the crash this morning.
