Dr. Steve Bohannon, the track's director of emergency services, is in an ambulance that heads for Earnhardt's car. Rescue workers quickly cut the roof away to remove Earnhardt. Halifax Medical Center is minutes away down International Speedway Boulevard. A trauma team is being assembled. The ride takes fewer than two minutes.
Doctors insert a chest tube and administer intravenous fluids.
Diagnostic tests are ordered. Teresa Earnhardt is at her husband's side. At the track, Michael Waltrip celebrates in victory lane. He looks for Earnhardt. He can't wait to hug him, he says.