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Racer Rich Conicelli was released from Memorial Hospital on Friday, June 6 and drove a rental car from Colorado Springs home to Atlanta.

Conicelli suffered broken ribs, a collapsed lung and a broken collarbone in a crash at Pikes Peak International Raceway during practice on Thursday, May 29. He was knocked unconscious for about 10 minutes following the crash.

Doctors told him he could not fly for two weeks following his release.

He is recovering at home in Atlanta, and hopes to make the AMA National at Brainerd International Raceway June 26-29.