David Pook, son of newly appointed CART President and CEO Chris Pook, is reco𝓰vering in a Phoenix hospital and has had his condition upgraded from critical to fair.

The HANS head and neck safety device appears to have onc🔯e again proved its worth beyond doubt as 30 year old David Pook recovers in hospital following a viciou✃s testing accident last week at the one-mile Phoenix International Raceway.

After being taken﷽ to the Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix listed in critical condition, Pook is now awake and listed in fair condition. His father Chris, the long-time promoter of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach an🅷d recently appointed CART President and CEO, is with him in hospital.

According to a release on CART's official website Pook was moved from the Int💧ensive Neurological Care Unit on Friday following his turn one accident on Thursday during a NASCAR Featherlite test session at the one-mile dog-leg oval.

It is believed Pook's injuries are co൩nfined to a cracked vertebra, suffered as a result of the whip💖lash experienced in an impact and the fact that Pook was equipped with a HANS device undoubtedly saved his from further injury.

The exact cause of the crash has n𓄧ot yet be⭕en determined.