I had a better opportunity to check out the damage this morning and discovered a couple of things that I couldn't see last night.

The entire forward splash shield was completely gone along with all of the air deflectors that normally resided above it.

In the photo above that looks downward near the radiator, I would normally not be able to see the ground. But I could now that the splash shield was gone.

The photo above shows the right side of the trim panel under the hood.
The torx fastener seen in the photo is a guide for the top of the radiator. The impact pushed everything upward which resulted in the trim panel being cracked.

Damage to the forward trim panel under the hood.

The daylight allows the damage to the condenser and radiator to be seen more clearly. Both are bent rearward, but not broken.

The forward splash shield did its job and protected everything above it.

Thanks to the splash shield, the engine belts and hoses were not damaged.

Thankfully, I lost no fluids, and was able to continue my journey home.

I hit the road heading eastbound on Interstate 40. Soon, I would arrive in Memphis, Tennessee where I would pick up Interstate 22 heading east to Birmingham, Alabama. The familiar Interstate 20 would take me the rest of the way to Georgia. But first, I had to endure a traffic backup on the western side of Memphis.

Traffic came to a halt near the Mississippi River crossing.

Some kind of roadwork was taking place.

Road construction along Interstate 40, Memphis, Tennessee.

Road construction along Interstate 40, Memphis, Tennessee.

Traffic thinned out once I made it through the mess in Memphis. I didn't have a reason to take any pictures until I stopped for lunch at Love's Travel Plaza in Tupelo, Mississippi.

A beautiful 1959 Edsel Corsair convertible pulled in for some fuel.

This is actually a very rare car.

In Edsel's inaugural year of 1958, a convertible was offered in the Pacer and Citation lines with a total of 2,806 cars produced, (1,876 Pacers and 930 Citations). For 1959, a convertible was only offered in the Corsair line. This car is one of 1,343 produced that year.

Edsel's familiar "horse collar" grill.

My picture taking came to an end after the photo above. I made it back to Athens without incident. Today's leg of the trip added another 533 miles to the Z4's odometer bringing the final total to 4,735 miles over a period of 11 days. And even in the face of a rogue truck tire tread, the car never missed a beat.