Fan injured when Gordon's hood goes into stands

Associated Press
Jul. 6, 2003 12:02 a.m.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP)  One person was injured when the hood from Robby Gordon's car flew into the Daytona International Speedway grandstands late in the Pepsi 400 on Saturday night.
Gordon's car had been damaged in a wreck earlier in the race, but his team was able to make enough repairs to get him back on the track. With four laps left in the race, the hood sailed off the car and hit a woman in the frontstretch grandstands.

Although she waved to the crowd to signal she was OK, she was transported to Halifax Medical Center to be treated. Daytona officials had no further information on her condition and her name was not released.

Gordon's car sat in the garage area after the race under a car cover and NASCAR officials had started an investigation to determine how the hood came off.