Saturday, August 22, 2009

Franchitti on Pole; Power, Philippe Hospitalized




The run for the pole between Target Chip Ganassi Racing and Team Penske was upstaged Saturday at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California by an accident that put two IndyCar drivers in the hospital.





According to IndyCar Public Relations, Will Power suffered a concussion, as well as compression fractures to two vertebrae.










Rookie Nelson Philippe has had surgery to repair an open fracture of his left foot. He, too, has a concussion.






E.J. Viso was also involved in the crash but was not injured.

Dario Franchitti claimed the pole, followed by Team Penske's Ryan Briscoe.

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