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Dario Franchitti in Horrific Crash at Houston IndyCar Race

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A terrifying crash put three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti in a Houston hospital with a spinal fracture on Sunday and left over a dozen spectators injured.

Franchitti's car went airborne and destroyed a portion of the catch fence at the Grand Prix of Houston, sending shards of debris into the packed grandstands where spectators were on their feet cheering the race's final lap.

The 40-year-old Briton, who also suffered a concussion and broken ankle, was awake and alert when he was sent to hospital, where he will stay overnight but not require surgery for the spinal fracture, IndyCar said in a statement.

"He's talking," Chip Ganassi, team owner of the car that Franchitti drives, said during a television interview. "His ankle is a little sore. His back is a little sore. He's going to take a trip to the hospital, but he is OK."

The crash came less than eight months after nearly 30 fans were injured at the Daytona International Speedway when a 10-car crash sent debris, including a tire, into the crowd during the final lap of a Nationwide NASCAR race.

It is also nearly two years since the motor racing world was left reeling when one of Franchitti's best friends, fellow Briton Dan Wheldon, died after a fierce 15-car crash in the IndyCar season-finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Franchitti made contact with Japanese driver Takuma Sato on one of the final turns, sending the four-time IndyCar champion's car airborne into the protective fence before spinning several times, while debris was sprayed toward the grandstands.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/...rs-hurt-horror-crash-224816503--spt.html?vp=1

 
Not nice. I was just reading his column in EVO!
 

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