Hailing from Kissimmee, Florida, Nelson Aleman made the long haul to Budds Creek, Maryland for the 20th Annual Haltech World Cup Finals at Maryland International Raceway on November 6-8th. Aleman put his 1992 Honda Civic in the No. 8 qualifying spot in the Super Street category with his 1.8-liter powered import. In the first round of eliminations, Aleman faced off against the No. 25-qualified Rolando Blanco in front of a capacity crowd at MDIR.

As the tree dropped and the two cars blasted down the quarter-mile tarmac, both looked to be on their way for a clean pass until around the 1,000-foot mark when Aleman’s car began pushing some smoke but stayed tried and true. As soon as the cars went though the traps and the scoreboards lit up, Aleman’s car took a hard right hand turn directly into the concrete retaining wall at over 150 miles per hour.

The quick responding safety safari got the track cleaned up and Nelson’s car and himself tended to and back to racing in a timely matter.

The front wheel drive car smacked and climbed the wall and went into a corkscrew flip, landing hard on it’s roof and sliding into the left lane retaining wall on its roof. The Maryland International Raceway safety crew jumped on the scene immediately and raced to Aleman’s side as he slid to a stop. While the safety crew was tending to Nelson’s side and getting him extracted from the extensively damaged Honda Civic, the race crew began repairs on the concrete barrier that was demolished during the hard impact.

MDIR officials released that Nelson was in stable condition and talking as he was getting out of the car on the track.

We at Dragzine want to send our best wishes to the Nelson Aleman and his team on a quick recovery and getting back on track soon. We also want to send a big shoutout to the MDIR safety crew for their rapid response and getting to Nelson’s side, it is a great scene to see race tracks putting in the extra effort to keep their racers and fans as safe as possible.

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