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Former racer Phil McDonald is scheduled to undergo nerve transplant surgery February 3rd at LSU Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.

In the procedure, doctors plan to transplant nerves from one of McDonald’s legs into his left arm, which is paralyzed as the result of a serious street crash in McDonald’s native Tulsa, Oklahoma area last June.

McDonald has regained use of his right arm, which was also seriously damaged when McDonald’s streetbike was hit by a pickup truck coming out of a parking lot, sending McDonald into a road sign in the center median.

McDonald has recovered to the point where he can work partial days at the family business, K&N Motorcycles in Tulsa.