Austin Theriault has been cleared by both doctors and NASCAR and will compete in Friday’s season-ending Ford EcoBoost 200 Camping World Truck Series event at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Theriault, 21, has been sidelined since Oct. 3 when he was involved in a crash with teammate Tyler Reddick that sent Theriault head 0n into a retaining wall at Las Vegas Motor Speedway that was not protected by SAFER Barrier.
Theriault suffered a compression fracture of his lower back and has not raced since.
The wreck was so violent that the impact snapped Theriault’s HANS head-and-neck restraint device.
Theriault drives for Brad Keselowski Racing, which confirmed in a tweet on Thursday that the young driver will be behind the wheel of the No. 29 truck on Friday.
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Been a long time a coming. Glad he is now cleared and feeling great after Vegas. https://t.co/nAWsmzkeDE
— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) November 19, 2015
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Theriault had been impressive up to the time of his wreck, accumulating two top-five and four top-10 finishes in eight starts this season.
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