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LRRS and AMA 250cc Grand Prix racer Tim O’Connor was released Sunday after spending eight days in a Concord, New Hampshire hospital, following a crash during LRRS practice at New Hampshire International Speedway on July 5.

Reached by phone at his home Tuesday, O’Connor said that he is on the mend and feeling better every day.

“The crash took place on the out lap of Saturday morning’s second practice session. I was taking it easy, being it was the out lap, when entering turn six I was hit from behind and thrown into the air,” said O’Connor. “I was knocked unconscious and transported to the hospital. Once I arrived at the hospital they found that I had a broken left clavicle, and a torn spleen.”

O’Connor said he was kept in the ICU for several days following surgery to stem bleeding from the torn spleen. O’Connor also said he had just returned from seeing an orthopedic surgeon and that no further surgery will be needed, and that recovery from his injuries will take an estimated two months.

O’Connor can be contacted via e-mail, [email protected].