Cody Unser, the daughter of NASCAR racing legend Al Unser Jr., was paralyzed at age 12.
Since her bizarre injury, she has helped lobby for SCI research in DC and is a huge proponent of adapted SCUBA (and the beneficial nerve side-effects!). Read this entry
FYI,
Al Unser Jr never was raced for NASCAR. He raced for Indy and CART racing.
Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Unser,_Jr.
typo fixed! gratz!