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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Kyle Busch, who missed the first 11 races of the 2015 season after suffering multiple injuries in a NASCAR XFINITY Series season-opening wreck at Daytona, confirmed he will have two additional surgeries in December.
On either Dec. 14 or Dec. 15, Busch hopes to have both procedures done at the same time -- one to remove the plates and screws from his left foot and the other to remove the rod from his right leg. Those devices were put in during corrective surgery in February.
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"When I get the foot surgery done, I haven't heard exactly how long I'm supposed to be off of that, but the doctor made it seem as if once the plates and screws come out, I'll be able to walk on it right away," Busch said during a teleconference. "It'll be to rehab to make sure that all the joints that have been immobilized for the last nine months, we get them kind of woken back up in a smooth fashion and break it in let's say.
"And then the leg, though, you know, I'm going to be down for probably they said about four weeks with the leg. Just having to re-go through the knee and to cut the knee open again in order to pull the rod out, that's going to be the most traumatic part and just having that have to heal and go back together."
Busch completed his Champion's Tour duties on Tuesday in New York City. Next up is a stop in hometown Las Vegas for Champion's Week.