Running in his final qualifying lap at Pocono, Kurt chose to take the turn low, near the bottom of the track and, while traveling at such a high speed, his car seemed to lose rear traction, causing his tail to spin out. With no control, the back of his car drilled the wall squarely in his car’s right-rear quarter panel before snapping the front of the vehicle back into the wall for a second impact. He sustained a serious concussion in the wreck.