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- UNSAFE AT WHAT SPEED?
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- More than anything, the 76th running of the Indianapolis 500
- resembled a war of attrition. Of the 33 drivers who started last
- week's prestigious annual auto race, only 12 finished. Along the
- way, slick tires, miserable cold and over-powered engines
- induced 10 heart-stopping crashes that sent 13 drivers to the
- hospital and 13 of the $500,000 race cars to the junkyard. But
- winner Al Unser Jr., 30, whose .043-second margin was the
- tightest win in Indy history, insists car speed has not
- outpaced car safety. Says he: "Safety technology is doing great
- right now." The win was worth $1.2 million for Unser.
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