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OUT WITH A BANG; The Last IndyCar Race at Michigan Wasn't Pretty.(Competitions of car racing)
Byline: CURT CAVIN
IndyCar said goodbye, at least for now, to Michigan International Speedway (Competition, July 30), and no one shed a tear.
Not the drivers who crashed out of the rain-delayed Firestone Indy 400, not the team owners who saw their cars damaged, not the Indy Racing League officials who held their breath through the carnage and not the promoter who hosted one of the smallest crowds of the season (estimated at 10,000).
Dario Franchitti survived a nasty accident when his car got turned sideways by Dan Wheldon on lap 144 and vaulted into the air, some 20 feet at its peak. The car, which won the Indianapolis 500, rotated twice before landing on top of that of fellow championship contender Scott Dixon, whose helmet got scuffed by a tire.
Franchitti, who realized immediately what kind of ride he was in for, said the landing was soft. He headed to Dixon to thank him. "He really saved me,'' he said.
The roll bar on Franchitti's car was sheared off, parts and pieces scattered everywhere. Some struck the helmet and car of A.J. Foyt IV; others bounced off Wheldon's machine.
The incident also collected Tomas Scheckter, Sam Hornish Jr. and Scott Sharp. Hornish climbed from his car to assist, one of 10 people to help put Franchitti's car back on its wheels.
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