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He suffered his second near-fatal car crash in March.
And after Grant Denyer recently rejected the idea of retiring from the sport, it appears he may have had a change of heart.
The 39-year-old has opened up about the horrifying crash to New Idea, revealing how the 'close call' has left him and his wife Cheryl with a tough decision to make.
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Survivor: After Grant Denyer recently rejected the idea of retiring from the sport, it appears he may have had a change of heart
'I think we're going to be reassessing what I do now,' the Family Feud host explained.
'Whenever you get a close call like that, it really does shake up your perspective a lot,' he continued. 'It brings you closer to your partner and children.'
The father of Sailor, five, and Scout, 18 months, said he feels 'highly medicated, so that's getting me through pretty well' as he recovers from the terrifying crash.
Family ties: The father of Sailor, five, and Scout, 18 months, said he feels 'highly medicated, so that's getting me through pretty well' as he recovers from the terrifying crash
The racing aficionado survived a smash that ripped apart his Lotus sports car and saw him get airlifted to hospital.
He broke his coccyx and finger and sustained lower back bruising, which lead to him being wheelchair-bound for a period of time.
He 'ditched his crutches' right before he hit the red carpet at the Logie Awards with his wife, revealing he had to sit on an 'inflatable ring cushion' during the ceremony.
'Whenever you get a close call like that, it really does shake up your perspective a lot,' he continued. 'It brings you closer to your partner and children'
Ouch! He 'ditched his crutches' right before he hit the red carpet at the Logie Awards with his wife, revealing he had to sit on an 'inflatable ring cushion' during the ceremony
'Karl [Stefanovic] squeezed my bum [on the night], which is not great when you've got a broken coccyx bone!' he recounted.
The television personality previously experienced a serious crash in 2008, when he was almost left a paraplegic after splintering his ve rtebrae in a stunt gone wrong.
For six months he was 'forced to lie still' and took two years to fully recover.
Need for speed: The television personality previously experienced a serious crash in 2008, when he was almost left a paraplegic after splintering his vertebrae in a stunt gone wrong
For more on Grant Denyer, pick up the latest issue of New Idea
