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Respect The Guys Who Go Over The Wall
Auto sport is unique in that it is both a tremendous team effort and based off of individual skill. Drivers are the stars, but they have their backup “band,” as it were.
And those people really matter.
What Happened at Indianapolis?
NASCAR raced at Indianapolis last weekend, with no fans in the stands (which was particularly stark at this track) and without Jimmie Johnson, who is in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19. (I hope he has a mild case and recovers quickly).
What happened was a racetrack nightmare. A wreck near the entrance to pit road sent the back half of the field spinning. Indianapolis’ pit road is one of the narrowest on the circuit. This video shows what happened. It may well be one of the worst pit road crashes in the history of NASCAR, involving multiple cars.
One car slammed into Ryan Blaney’s pit, forcing one crew member to take a dive over the hood of Blaney’s car and briefly pinning another, Zach Price.
Price was taken to the hospital for evaluation, but has since been released. He has an unspecified leg injury.
He got lucky.