Injured Indy Pro driver out of hospital

UPDATE Added photo of Perez taken by our Tim Wohlford. Perez was the latest oval track victim in a long line of many. He's lucky to still have both feet so extensive were his injuries.

05/12/07 Indy Pro Series driver Pablo Perez visited his Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammates at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 12 for AAMCO Transmissions Pole Award qualifications, two days after being released from Methodist Hospital. Perez, a rookie from Argentina, sustained leg injuries in an accident during the season-opening Indy Pro Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on March 24.

PABLO PEREZ: "Today is my first day going out. Two days ago, I got out of the hospital. Today, I had to come to the track to see qualifications. Just to smell the tires, see the car, hear the noise and everything. I feel fantastic really. I'm really looking forward to getting back into the car and to feel the speed again. That's my main goal. I'm pushing so hard to walk by myself as soon as I can, so I can race again. I don't know, maybe it will take a couple of months, four, five. The doctors, every time I go to see them, they tell me that I'm doing better, better, better. So for sure in three or four months I should be walking again. In December, I will be in a car to test, and we'll see what happens." (About future plans): "I'm going back to Argentina next Friday to spend a couple of weeks to rest and to do more exercise, more rehab and spend a little time with my family. That will be good for me and my mind. I will return for the 500. I have to be over here to see that race. I'll be spend a week here for the race, and then I have one more surgery in my right leg to take out a metal plate. That will be the last surgery. I'm so glad to be here today."