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- <text id=92TT1280>
- <title>
- June 08, 1992: Finish Line
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- June 08, 1992 The Balkans
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 31
- SOCIETY
- Finish Line
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- <p> UNSAFE AT WHAT SPEED?
- </p>
- <p> 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.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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