Sprint Car driver McKenna Haase is currently hospitalized at Knoxville Hospital following a vicious crash during Friday's Knoxville Nationals Hard Knox event at Knoxville Raceway. 

Haase was competing in the first heat race of the evening when she was involved in an accident with Terry McCarl. The contact between the two drivers resulted in Haase hitting the turn one wall and flipping multiple times. 

Massive hits 😬 pic.twitter.com/qIVWzM165r

— Work Area (@The_Work_Area) August 10, 2024

Safety workers carefully extracted the 27-year-old Des Moines, Iowa driver from her No. 55 Sprint Car and she was transported to the hospital. 

According to a Facebook post from her mother, Kelly Ann Haase, at 1:15 a.m. CT on Saturday morning, Haase is currently being treated for various injuries including chest pain and pneumothorax in her lungs. 

"Thank you to everyone who has reached out. Your prayers are all greatly appreciated," the post began. "McKenna is currently in a lot of pain. She has chest pain, a pneumothorax in her lungs, ripped up mouth and tongue, very sore neck and body. She was to be transferred to Des Moines, but both trauma centers (Mercy and Methodist) are full. Knoxville Hospital is going to hold her her and continue to monitor the pneumothorax with x-ray and CT. We pray that they will not need to insert a chest tube. She is currently stable."

In addition to the various injuries suffered in the accident, Haase and family are currently in search of her cell phone that "disappeared from the track." 

Updates from McKenna Haase’s mom after the scary crash at Knoxville last night. pic.twitter.com/fkLsu0UvKB

— Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) August 10, 2024

The 63rd Annual Knoxville Nationals conclude Saturday night at Knoxville Raceway with a $190,000 check on the line.