CART changes race name UPDATE Sad News Zanardi Injured badly: The first CART race in Europe was renamed “The American Memorial” in tribute to victims of terrorist attacks in the United States. ESPN announced that it would not carry Saturdays American Memorial race from the German Lausitzring live, instead opting to show it Monday afternoon on a tape-delayed basis. UPDATE – Zanardi Hurt: Two-time CART champion Alex Zanardi lost both of his legs after his car was hit by another traveling about 200 mph Saturday during the American Memorial 500. CART officials described the 34-year-old Italian’s condition as “stable” and said he lost one leg above the knee and one below. He was airlifted to a Berlin hospital for surgery. Kenny Brack won the race under a yellow flag.(ESPN)(9-15-2001) UPDATE 2 on Zanardi: Alex Zanardi, the CART driver who had both legs amputated after a gruesome crash last weekend in Germany, is now listed in “critical but non-life-threatening condition,” and doctors are performing surgery every 48 hours to clean out and remove debris from his wounds. Doctors have used drugs to place Zanardi in a medically induced coma, but the amount of medication is now being gradually reduced.(9-19-2001) (9-18-2001)
