[Raceboy]

Er is hoop want het gaat weeral wat beter.

RICHMOND, Va. -- Winston Cup driver Jerry Nadeau, critically injured in a crash during practice last Friday at Richmond International Raceway, has been upgraded from critical to serious but stable condition, the team announced Monday.

Doctors at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center said Nadeau's head injury does not include a skull fracture, and his improvement is on course for the injuries he sustained.

Nadeau, driver of the No. 01 U.S. Army Pontiac, suffered head, lung and rib injuries when his car hit the wall on the driver's between Turns 1 and 2 only 10 minutes into the first of two Happy Hour practice sessions.

NASCAR Busch Series regular Jason Keller substituted for Nadeau in the Pontiac Excitement 400 Saturday, finishing 32nd in his Winston Cup Series debut.

Nadeau is the fourth NASCAR driver to suffer injury at RIR in the past year. Bobby Hamilton injured his shoulder in the Craftsman Truck Series event last fall, while Johnny Benson and Derrike Cope were both injured in last year's Hardees 250 Busch Series affair.

The Nadeau family has requested that get-wishes be directed to the team's race shop address at:

MB2 Motorsports

U.S. Army Racing

7065 Zephyr Place N.W.

Concord, NC 28027