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NASCAR Video of the Week: California Crash

Feb 28, 2008 – 8:16 AM
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Geoffrey Miller

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This incident started so innocently with Casey Mears hitting a slick spot on track and sliding up into the loose stuff in turn 2 Sunday at Auto Club Speedway.

Within the first 20 seconds of the video below Mears has flipped, Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s day is ruined, Sam Hornish Jr. is out, and the red flag is waved. Enjoy:



What most impressed me in that crash was around the :50 mark, where the NASCAR safety worker that arrived on scene. When Hornish's engine engulfed in flames, Mears was stuck in an odd position and that worker jumped on to Mears' car with the fire burning behind him to help the driver. Kudos to all of the track safety workers involved.
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