Who Says a Broken Wrist Is a Bad Thing?

Just look at what Brian Scott has done since he broke his right wrist at Michigan International Speedway during the Michigan 200 on June 13.

Scott finished 34th, ran only eight of 100 laps and dropped six positions in the points. From fifth to 11th in the points standings.

It's amazing what he's accomplished since, his wrist hasn't slow-en him down and leads me to say, "he's going to be special."

Only in his sophomore season.

You would have thought he would miss a portion of the season, that Xpress Motorsports would bring in a replacement driver, and Scott would be helping the team from pit road.

But that was not the case, sure Ted Musgrave stood by in the pits in relief for two races and never used.

It has actually made Scott that much better for the experience, he's the new "tough guy" in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and one of it's rising stars.

It's made his Jeff Hensley led pit crew that much better, they are a top three pitcrew and they have rallied around their driver.

Making the team that much stronger as they adapted to Scott's injury and haven't let it effect the job they do preparing his Tundra's.

We've seen over the years, teams struggle when there driver isn't 100 percent or have had many bad days with a replacement driver.

Since Michigan, Scott has finished outside the top 10 twice a 12th-place finish at O'Reilly Raceway Park, then 28th-place finish at Chicagoland Speedway and now sits fifth in the points.

It's night and day when you look at Scott's statistics prior to his broken wrist and after the accident.

His stats up to the Michigan race, in the first nine races are as follows: a Average Finish of 14.8, Average Running Position of 15.7, 20 Fastest Laps Run, a 55.4 percent for Laps Run in the Top 1, led 22 laps and a Driver Rating of 82.7 percent.

Here's his stats over the seven races since breaking his wrist (doesn't include Friday's race statistically).

He has a Average Finish of 5.0, Average Running Position of 8.1, 45 Fastest Laps Run, a 87.6 percent for Laps Run in the Top 15, led 49 laps and a Driver Rating of 102.6.

With the 2009 NCWTS schedule down to nine races, were going to see Scott be a factor as the series heads to it's finale at Homestead and crowns it's champion as the checkered flag flies.

One thing for sure, Ron Hornaday's nickname of the one-armed bandit will stick with him for quite sometime and so will his surge of momentum he's been on driving left handed.

Source: truckseries.com