DARIO FRANCHITTI GETS THE WIN
I am still not fond of oval racing, but the Indy 500 is always exciting. Franchitti led at different times, but still was out there for 155 laps out of 200 for a record. At the Indy they say that only the winner counts but in second was Dan Weldon and third ended up going to Marco Andreitti. I say "ended up" because it was decided by the race stewarts. The real thrill of the show was Tony Kanaan. Starting in last place, number 33, he had the crowd on their feet as he worked his way up the field. Picking them off, one by one. All the way to second place and looking like he was going to tackle 1st for the win. It wasn't meant to be, short of fuel he had to go in for a splash. Then there was a major accident that prevented him from changing positions and he ended up in 11th. It was a great run.
By far the luckist man was Mike Conway who had this terrible accident near the end of the race. I thought he was a goner, but he apparently only suffered a broken leg....a very lucky man.
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