Newport, TN --- Dirt Late Model star Duayne “Hollywood” Hommel, 25, of Newport, TN, was severely injured on Tuesday September 23 in a two car accident near Newport. Hommel, who had just left his race shop and was enroute to pick up his wife and son, was driving a Chevrolet Envoy when he was forced to swerve to avoid and on-coming car as he crested a hill on a two lane road. The vehicle Hommel was driving struck a ditch and rolled five times, according to preliminary reports. Hommel suffered severe head injuries and trauma. The accident occurred at approximately 8:00 PM EST.
Hommel was airlifted to University of Tennessee Hospital in Knoxville, TN where he is undergoing emergency medical treatment. He is currently in critical condition with internal and external bleeding of the brain. He is currently under the care of a team of surgeons and specialists and many family members of friends are holding vigil at the hospital.
“We are just praying he comes out of this deal,” stated Ron “Flea” Fleenor, a family spokesman, from the University of Tennessee Hospital early Wednesday morning. “If anyone can get through something like this he can. If you give him a challenge he will step up to the plate. But this is different, he is fighting for his life.”
According to Fleenor upon possible recovery Hommel will likely have some partial paralysis and possibly the loss of sight in one eye, according to preliminary diagnosis.
Hommel is married to Christi and they have a son, Daegan Cole, 1.
Hommel, one of dirt Late Model racing’s fastest rising stars, is the 2002 Southern Allstars Racing Series champion. During the 2003 season Hommel has 12 feature wins in his Lakeway Concrete/Alert Oil & Gas sponsored Warrior Race Cars/Pro Power Engines # H2. He is the current Southern Allstars Racing Series point leader.
Cards and notes can reach Hommel at: Duayne Hommel Motorpsorts, 311 Industrial Road, Newport, TN 37821.
More details will be released as they become available.
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Hommel was airlifted to University of Tennessee Hospital in Knoxville, TN where he is undergoing emergency medical treatment. He is currently in critical condition with internal and external bleeding of the brain. He is currently under the care of a team of surgeons and specialists and many family members of friends are holding vigil at the hospital.
“We are just praying he comes out of this deal,” stated Ron “Flea” Fleenor, a family spokesman, from the University of Tennessee Hospital early Wednesday morning. “If anyone can get through something like this he can. If you give him a challenge he will step up to the plate. But this is different, he is fighting for his life.”
According to Fleenor upon possible recovery Hommel will likely have some partial paralysis and possibly the loss of sight in one eye, according to preliminary diagnosis.
Hommel is married to Christi and they have a son, Daegan Cole, 1.
Hommel, one of dirt Late Model racing’s fastest rising stars, is the 2002 Southern Allstars Racing Series champion. During the 2003 season Hommel has 12 feature wins in his Lakeway Concrete/Alert Oil & Gas sponsored Warrior Race Cars/Pro Power Engines # H2. He is the current Southern Allstars Racing Series point leader.
Cards and notes can reach Hommel at: Duayne Hommel Motorpsorts, 311 Industrial Road, Newport, TN 37821.
More details will be released as they become available.
-Prepared by Lehman Motorsports Services
