-ha-
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Mario pääsi testaamaan Michaelin nykyään omistana Green-tallin Dallara-Hondaa Indianapolisin radalla. Kyseessä oli 63-vuotiaan legendojen legendan ensimmäisestä kyydistä IRL/CART-auton ratissa lähes kymmeneen vuoteen ja heti pamahti. Mario ajoi Kenny Bräckin spinnauksestaan radalle jättämiin autonpalasiin ja sitten rysähti. Onneksi Mario selvisi ehjänä huimasta kolmen-neljän voltin ilmalennosta!
Mario:
Mario ja tallin vakiokuljettaja Dario.
Tässä vielä lisää asiasta ESPN:n nettisivuilta:
Sweeping through the first turn with the throttle wide open, Andretti found the short chute littered with debris from Kenny Brack's car, which had just pounded the outside wall. Andretti's car ran over a piece of Brack's car and launched the 1969 Indy 500 winner into the air like Evel Knievel.
His car soared some 20-to-25 feet in the air, nearly cleared the spectator fence and somersaulted four times before slamming back down to earth -- thankfully -- rightside up.
Andretti hopped out and, incredibly, only suffered a scrape on his chin. Brack also escaped injury.
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Mario:
It was so instantaneous. Debris was still moving on the track, so it’s not like the accident had been there for a second or two. I figured I’d get a tow from Kenny and put a big number up and instead, there he was. Something must have happened to his car. I’m very blessed. The man upstairs has been taking care of me for so many years, I can’t see him giving up now.
We didn’t want to end the day like this, but I don’t think it was anyone’s fault. It’s just one of those things.
Mario ja tallin vakiokuljettaja Dario.
Tässä vielä lisää asiasta ESPN:n nettisivuilta:
Sweeping through the first turn with the throttle wide open, Andretti found the short chute littered with debris from Kenny Brack's car, which had just pounded the outside wall. Andretti's car ran over a piece of Brack's car and launched the 1969 Indy 500 winner into the air like Evel Knievel.
His car soared some 20-to-25 feet in the air, nearly cleared the spectator fence and somersaulted four times before slamming back down to earth -- thankfully -- rightside up.
Andretti hopped out and, incredibly, only suffered a scrape on his chin. Brack also escaped injury.
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