Park home after traumatic Darlington weekend.

Dale Earnhardt Inc. driver Steve Park is recovering at home following Saturday's Busch Grand National accident that left him in hospital and Kenny Wallace driving his No.1 Pennzoil Chevrolet in Sunday's Mountain Dew Southern 500 at the Darlington Raceway.

NASCAR Winston Cup driver Steve Park, pilot of the No.1 Dale Earnhardt Inc. Pennzoil Chevrolet, was released from Carolinas Hospital System on Monday afternoon and has returned to his home in Mooresville, N.C.

Dale Earnhardt Inc. driver Steve Park is recovering at home following Saturday's Busch Grand National accident that left him in hospital and Kenny Wallace driving his No.1 Pennzoil Chevrolet in Sunday's Mountain Dew Southern 500 at the Darlington Raceway.

NASCAR Winston Cup driver Steve Park, pilot of the No.1 Dale Earnhardt Inc. Pennzoil Chevrolet, was released from Carolinas Hospital System on Monday afternoon and has returned to his home in Mooresville, N.C.

Park was hospitalised after suffering a moderate concussion in a bizarre accident during the NASCAR Busch Grand National race held on Saturday at Darlington Raceway. Park's machine appeared to suddenly veer to the right under caution flag conditions where he was hit in the driver's side door by a lapped car picking up speed in the outside lane for the restart.

During the accident, Park suffered no broken bones and an early morning CT "Cat" scan on Sunday came back negative.

For clarification: Park was wearing the Hutchens Device while driving the #31 Whelen Engineering Chevrolet. He wears the HANS when driving the #1 Pennzoil Chevrolet in the Winston Cup Series.

With Park on the sidelines the team grabbed former Winston Cup pilot Kenny Wallace to drive Park's car in one of the classic Winston Cup races on the calendar. The former Andy Petree Racing driver had to start at the rear of the 43 car field owing to Park's withdrawal but raced well and remained solidly on the lead lap until an overheating problem ended his day early.

Under the DEI horsepower, Wallace moved smoothly through the field and was 21st when the first caution flag fell at lap 56. The Pennzoil Team returned Wallace to the track in the 18th spot where he once again surged toward the front, moving as high as 12th and knocking at a top-10 spot before loose conditions had him slipping into the field slightly.

"The Pennzoil car ran really strong and I enjoyed moving through the field with such power," said Wallace, who started the season with Eel River Racing before being released. "The pit crew was just awesome too. I was really impressed with the job that they did."

During the caution period at lap 192, Wallace radioed that the water temperature was high so during the next round of pit stops on lap 248, crew chief Paul Andrews had tape removed from the front grill. Nearly 25 laps later, Wallace pulled into the pits where the team hoped to circulate cooler water into the #1 Pennzoil Chevrolet. Noticing that water was leaking, the team pushed the car behind the wall to replace the radiator but it was discovered that the engine had already sustained damage due to overheating.

Not able to return to competition, Wallace's was posted in the 41st position at the end of the 4-hour event.

"Kenny did a great job for us today," said crew chief Paul Andrews. "He helped us out and we really appreciated it. Wish we could have gotten a better finish but that was our fault with the overheating problem. He ran a great race and got that Pennzoil Chevrolet toward the front. We couldn't have asked for any more than that."

Although he didn't earn any points for the event, Park fell only one position to 11th in the driver's point's standings. Scoring Dodge's second victory of the season, Ward Burton led the field under caution to the chequered flag with Jeff Gordon, Bobby Labonte, Tony Stewart and Bill Elliott rounding out the top five.

No decision has been made regarding Park's participation in the Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 at Richmond International Raceway on Sept. 8.

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