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A horrible crash, to be sure. It looked pretty hopeless from the video, especially the way his head snapped forward as the car returned to the track. I thought maybe a piece of debris had cut the tether on his HANS device or maybe even a strap on his harness--your head just isn't supposed to flop forward so far. I hope his "spine" injuries aren't from that, or they could be terrible.
I don't think Indycar handled it very well either, waiting so long before announcing that he was awake and alert. We had to wait over an hour to hear what should have been reported immediately after they put him in the ambulance.
Seven years after Dan Wheldon was killed, and Indycar still hasn't figured out the catch fence problem. I've heard a lot of interesting ideas ("glass" walls like in a hockey rink, spectators on the inside of the track with no walls around the outside, etc.) but no action.
I love the racing this year with the new car/aero package. It seems to be a real "driver's car" now, and it looks cool, unlike those horrid haloed monstrosities in F1. Indycar is the best racing around, IMHO.
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