Team owner Rick Hendrick (C), with Jimmie Johnson (L) and Chad Knaus (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
(Updated)
By Mike Mulhern
mikemulhern.net
Hendrick himself suffered a broken rib and broken collar bone; his wife Linda suffered minor cuts and bruises. The pilots suffered no serious injuries.
All four have flown back home to North Carolina, however the plane itself, a Gulfstream G150, is still at the Key West airport.
TV ratings are in from Sunday's Martinsville 500 and, finally, from last week's Talladega 500.
ESPN says Talladega was seen by about 5.4 million viewers, with a 3.9 rating; that's up from last year's 3.6 for Talladega, with 5.2 million viewers. (ABC's 2009 coverage pulled a 4.1 rating, with 6.6 million viewers.)
ESPN says Martinsville was seen by 4.9 million viewers, with a 3.6 rating; that's up from last year's 2.8, with 3.9 million viewers. (ABC's 2009 coverage pulled a 2.9 rating, with 4.7 million viewers.)
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