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Steve Park recovering faster

Rookie driver Steve Park, who’s been sidelined since early March when he broke his leg in a practice-session crash at Atlanta, is healing faster than doctors predicted. He already has chucked his walking cane and plans to get back in the #1 Pennzoil Earnhardt family-owned Chevy for test sessions at Indianapolis July 13-15. If all goes well, the team hopes to have him racing competitively at Indy for the Aug. 1 Brickyard 400.(Skip Wood-Times Dispatch)(5-25-98)