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Just wanted to give everyone an update on Todd. After the wreck in 1 and 2 last night Todd suffered from multiple face fractures. He has a shattered cheek, a broken jaw, and a fracture around his eye socket. All other test were negative. He obviously has some swelling and as soon as the swelling goes down they will take him to Indianapolis to have some surgery. Please put Todd and the entire Kirkman family in your prayers. I want to thank Mr. Kinser and Mr. Spencer for the support at the track. I will keep everyone updated if things change.


Curt Bullick

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Curt, Thanks for the update. Our thoughts and prayers are with Todd and his family. Hope he gets well soon and gets back to the track.

Dwayne and Connie

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Our thoughts and prayers are with the Kirkman family. Let us know if there is anything you need!

Julie & Norm

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Curt,

Thanks for the update. Our thoughts and prayers are with Todd and the Kirkman family. Please send our best to Todd & Family and let them know we pray for a speedy recovery.

Bill & Andrew Elson

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Wishing a very speedy recovery!

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Thoughts and prayers to todd and family.......the nimee and kammerer familys

Thoughts and prayers are with Todd and the family!
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Best wishes for a quick recovery, our prayers to you and your family.

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Hope for a quick recovery.

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My thoughts and prayers are with Todd and his family.

Patti

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Wish you all the best Todd. Just hurry and get healed up, we have races to win.
Fastrax Family:22:

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Here is too a quick recovery......

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A number of hard hits last night at Kokomo. Sorry to hear the news about Todd but hoping he returns to the cockpit in very short order.

Like most accidents, it isn't how hard you hit but how you hit. Here is to a quick recovery.

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Best wishes buddy, Get well soon!!

Trent Niflis

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Sorry to hear about this accident...Todd has entered 600s with us at the Rumble In Fort Wayne....We wish you the best and will be thinking of you.

Best,
Tony Barhorst
http://www.rumbleseries.com/

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Best of luck for a speedy recovery.Our thoughts and prayers are with you Todd.

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Get well soon Todd!
You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers
and we are all pulling for a speedy recovery!

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Our thoughts are with Todd and his family. Please keep us posted.

The Hughes Family #76

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Here's to a speedy recovery!!!

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Here's to a speedy recovery Todd,hang in there!! Missy,Cindy,Doc,Charley and Kathy,if you need anything let me know. Haley Motorsports and Brandon Rose.

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My thoughts are with todd and the whole Kirkman Family

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This was posted on www.maximumdirt.com by Todds father.

Update on Todd.
He is going to the surgen tomorrow (Tuesday) for consultation and to find out when he will have surgery.

Charlie Kirkman

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Thoughts and prayers to Todd and his family. Hoping for a speedy recovery.

Kokomo Speedway

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Not that it makes any difference in the outcome, but after viewing the video at http://www.millsvideoproductions.com/, it wasn't a tire that made contact with todd's helmet but actually the rear bumper :18: . Pretty scary lookin when you slow it down. Continued prayers for Todd, Miss, and the whole gang.

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Thoughts and prayers go out to Todd and his family.
John Ballou

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Thoughts and Prayers are with the Kirkman's.....
Landon

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First of all, thank you to all of our racing "family" for the calls, thoughts and prayers for Todd. To update you, Todd will be undergoing surgery on Thursday in Indianapolis to repair the numerous fractures in his cheek, jaw and around his eye, and should be released Friday. Much to his relief, this is not a racing career ending injury, but it will likely be fall before he can consider getting back on the track.

Special thanks to the track owners, track and safety personel, the Bullick and Foreman families, and other racing teams who helped out on Sunday and have continued to show us support and assistance.

I will post another update on Thursday.

Again, thank you so much.

Cindy Harmon (Todd's mom)

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Todd - Hang in there and get better soon!

Wes and Carl McIntyre

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Hang in there Todd. We are praying for you

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I copied these from the Microsprint website www.maximumdirt.com


The Kirkman family would like to thank the Miami Co. Speedway family for bringing the food to the hospital while we are waiting for Todd to get out of surgery. YOU ARE A CLASS ACT!!! Todd went into surgery about 11:30 and will be out of surgery in 2.5 to 3 hours. Thanks again for your support and prayers.

God Bless each one of you.
Charlie


Update on Todd. He is out of surgery and is in recovry. The Drs said everything when pretty good and he should be out of recovery in about an hour. They think he should recover just fine, and with your prayers I'm sure he will.

Charlie

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Todd is back in his room now and everything is looking really good at this point. The surgeons had to use 3 plates, 12 screws and an implant to repair the damage, but he already looks so much better. Recovery time may be a little longer than he had hoped and will also depend on whether he has to have additional surgery on his jaw. We will know more on that next week but the doctors who did the work today are hopeful that the repair work they did today will do the trick.

Even though he is still groggy he said he was having some great dreams. Of course it involved racing. His doctors just shake their heads!

Thank you again for all of your calls, thoughts and prayers!

Cindy

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Great News!!

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Tim you are right. I don't know how to post pictures but the picture by Cary Manvel clearly shows the bumper in the cage. The link to the picture is http://manvelmotorsports.smugmug.com...77237060_yRtki

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Glad to hear the great news. Get well Todd. Hope the recovery continues to be smooth.

The Hughes Family#76

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You are right about the bumper, at my angle all we could see was the tire come around after the bumper had done the damage. Todd is a strong kid and will be back as soon as he can. Dan & Cindy have been friends and sponsors of Spencer Racing since Josh ran the 600, without them we could have not made the jump into the big car. They will continue to help this sport that we love one way or another as they love racing as much as we do.
Get well kid and just call if you need anything.

Jerry,Sarah,Paul,Josh and Sonny Spencer #66j
stida.com

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Dave great shot of a bad situation. Thanks to good seats and helmets or it may have been a lot worse.

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11:00 am Friday and I just got off the phone with Missy Kirkman. She said they are headig home and that he feels pretty good considering what he went through. The doctors said they have never seen swelling go down so fast and that's a good sign. Hope to have him healthy soon, Keep Todd in your prayers and hope for a speedy recovery.

Get well my friend..........



Curt Bullick:6:

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We hope you have a speedy recovery. Looking forward to seeing on the track again. Thanks for the updates.
Bob and Monica