Steve A
24 April 2003, 23:48
Indianapolis, April 24 - Mario Andretti was hardly fazed after flipping a race car at more than 200 mph. And the spectacular crash Wednesday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway while testing a car owned by son Michael won't change the elder Andretti's plan to help the team prepare for the Indy 500.
Andretti, the oldest driver ever to test an Indy car, hit debris and went airborne. The impact sent his car flipping end over end.
"I'm OK, a little bump on my heel and my chin," he said. "I didn't hit anything hard."
But he found himself in an unfamiliar position - wheels up and over.
"I haven't been upside down too many times, and I didn't want to do it here," he said.
The crash occurred when he hit debris between the first and second turns. After striking the debris, the car went into the air, flipped at least twice and landed on all four tires, said Carol Wilkins, spokeswoman for Andretti Green Racing.
Link to video (not too clear) http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=1246726
Andretti, the oldest driver ever to test an Indy car, hit debris and went airborne. The impact sent his car flipping end over end.
"I'm OK, a little bump on my heel and my chin," he said. "I didn't hit anything hard."
But he found himself in an unfamiliar position - wheels up and over.
"I haven't been upside down too many times, and I didn't want to do it here," he said.
The crash occurred when he hit debris between the first and second turns. After striking the debris, the car went into the air, flipped at least twice and landed on all four tires, said Carol Wilkins, spokeswoman for Andretti Green Racing.
Link to video (not too clear) http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=1246726