Kevin Windham Wins Jeremy McGrath Invitational Crown
30,000 attend 2-day race event
Los Angeles, CA (October 8, 2006) – The Jeremy McGrath Invitational came to a thunderous conclusion last evening at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA with Kevin Windham taking home the Jeremy McGrath Invitational crown! Race results can be found at trackside scoring…click here for the complete breakdown, race-by-by race, day-by-day.
Due to the injury sustained during Friday night’s racing, Jeremy was hospitalized Saturday…primary evaluations found two fractures at his C-7 vertebrae and two broken bones in the big to e of his right foot. Although Jeremy remained hospitalized during the Saturday night race event, he was released later that evening and is being treated by his personal physician, Dr. Paul Murphy.
Jeremy had this to say from St. Mary’s Hospital in Long Beach Saturday evening, “I am so disappointed by all of this – I can’t believe the timing – but I do want everyone to still enjoy a great night of racing. I want everyone to know that I am okay but just really bummed that I can’t be there to see the realization of this dream.”
This spectacular 2-day race event airs on NBC, October 22, 2006 post a NASCAR Nextel Cup race.
The Jeremy McGrath Invitational is presented by American Honda, Thor and Amp’d Mobile and sponsored by Dunlop Tires, Kicker Audio Systems, Spy Optics, Pro Taper, Motorcycle Mechanics Institute and DC Shoes and is being produced via a partnership arrangement between Jeremy McGrath and Wasserman Media Group.
Visit www.jeremymcgrathinvitational.com for continued updates and event photos.