Racing Legend and former Indy 500 and Daytona 500 winner Mario Andretti ran well Wednesday at Indianapolis until crashing hard just before the session ended. Sweeping through the first turn with the throttle wide open, Andretti found the short chute littered with debris from Kenny Brack’s car, which had just pounded the outside wall. Andretti’s car ran over a piece of Brack’s car and launched the 1969 Indy 500 winner into the air like Evel Knievel. His car soared some 20-to-25 feet in the air [check out the video clip – quite wild], nearly cleared the spectator fence and somersaulted four times before slamming back down to earth — thankfully — rightside up. Andretti hopped out and, incredibly, only suffered a scrape on his chin. Brack also escaped injury.(see full story and video at ESPN )(4-24-2003)
