I consider Kenny a very good friend. Q. I know that you were having a small child right when this all occurred. Obviously a few months have gone by now, and I've gotten stronger and stronger. Has it changed at all your perspective, having gone through what you've gone through, then watched some of this high-speed stuff, almost thrill shows that these guys put on sometimes with the side-by-side stuff? My hope is to find a solution for the future with them if the test goes well, so I can be driving and be competitive. He won the 1998 Indy Racing League championship and the 1999 Indianapolis 500, becoming the first Swedish driver to win the race. Edit: I guess to speculate, this could be one of the more gruesome racing fatalities there has been since we started thinking of safety in any capacity. 1999: J. Montoya (CART) This is according to data registered in Brck's in-car "crash violence recording system". 2006: S. Bourdais (Champ Car) There was no significant angle on the impact. I don't have any strange or adverse, negative feelings about anything. The hidden racing gem attracting ex-F1 heroes. Kenny Brack was transferred from a Dallas hospital to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, where he will begin rehabilitation for injuries sustained in a crash in Texas. Because of this, it is impossible to completely rule out mechanical failure as a cause of the accident, Barnhart said. The car split in two at first right at the cockpit. But I wasn't in a position to have a video recorder to see the actual live action, live tape basically. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. At the end, the guys on the track have been very supportive of me always. Indycar Crash - Kenny Brack Horrific Crash - Indy 500. virveli. And that probably will take a little while to decide. https://www.reddit.com/r/INDYCAR/comments/2x9w9a/i_probably_shouldnt_ask_but_what_actually/?st=JB7DDD52&sh=2fa03f65, http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php/189984-The-Renna-Crash-Revisited. Another driver for Andretti/Green, Dario Franchitti, will miss the Indianpolis 500 due to a spinal fracture suffered in a motorcycle crash. Where are you going to test in November? 1983: A. Unser Sr. (CART) (Foyt), that is Texas (laughter). Accidents are an unfortunate side of our sport. Brack underwent surgery on the thigh and ankles late Sunday. The car is horizontal with the ground and is now 120 degrees pointed directly perpendicular with the outside of the track with the back of the car facing the fencing. If you look at it from that perspective, Texas isn't giving you all the grooving situations that you will have. Former Indy 500 winner Kenny Brack got his comeback off the ground in a big way Saturday, qualifying for the May 29 race with a faster speed than pole sitter Tony Kanaan. The drivers' tub itself seemed to be broken, resting on top of the safer barrier. 2010: D. Franchitti Apart from the beginning of Brck's career, he has managed his career himself, from finding sponsors, negotiating contracts to winning races. Because every time the IRL competes at Texas it elicits the same two emotions from everyone watching: Titillation and trepidation. The new team paid dividends, as he won three consecutive races on his way to the IRL championship in 1998. I think that's going to be very good for the series. DylanJamesGP 18.4K subscribers Subscribe 727 Share 27K views 1 year ago Thought I would take a look at Kenny Brack's IndyCar crash in. I apologize for being a little bit somber. After striking the debris, the car went into the air, flipped at least twice and landed on all four tires, said. At the IRL season-opening race in Homestead, Fla., Michael Andretti said he hoped his father changed his mind and decides to "join the family" at his IRL team. In May 2007 the band released its first album "Greatest hits, volume 1" featuring the song "Legend of the Speedway". NOT THE SAME FEELING: His term as Winston Cup champion has been uncharacteristically calm and quiet, and trips to Victory Lane for Tony Stewart have been few. The power washing picture is the one that hit me the hardest. But over the past 12 months, he has made incredible strides in his comeback bid. It sounds like you're OK physically, but you're asking yourself, "Do I really want to do this again?" The stream of well wishes for injured driver Kenny Brack has been amazing says his wife Anita Thursday from Parkland Memorial Hospital. If it happened on race day, there would have been numerous fan injuries and deaths rivaling Le Mans 1955. Brck moved back to the IRL in 2003 with previous CART team owner, Bobby Rahal and his Rahal Letterman Racing team. But there are those questions that remain to be answered in due course. 2000: B. Lazier Not sure anything would surpass Le Mans '55. How does your wife feel about you going back to racing? At 1:30 p.m., Arie Luyendyk took to the track, attempting to qualify for what was to be his final Indy 500. But, obviously, like I touched on a little earlier, I think that the team has been extremely loyal to me during this difficult period. Is it going to be Homestead? It felt like I wasn't ready for that type of abuse. He survived one of the racing sport's biggest crashes at Texas Motor Speedway in 2003, where he recorded the highest horizontal g-force ever survived by a human being at 214g0. I've been very competitive there in the past, when I raced in Europe in Formula 3000 and CART, won races. Brack underwent surgery on the thigh and ankles. I lived there for two years (laughter). In 1977, David Purley survived a 179.8 deceleration when his Formula One car struck the wall and went from 108 mph to 0 in a space of 66 cm. You're an IndyCar Series champion. It was great to see how Kenny was in such good condition after the surgery, said Bobby Rahal, owner of Bracks car. I'm going to go and see all the doctors and nurses and stuff that rebuilt me in Parkland Hospital on Friday. I think it was an extremely violent crash, of course, one of the worst that I've ever seen actually. He's somewhere in that capsule on the left. Q. Brck would suffer serious injuries in a crash that nearly cost him his life when his car . He's always been a fierce competitor, very competent driver, competitive. Brck still drives occasionally and won The Dukerie's Stage Rally in Nottingham, England with co-driver Emil Axelsson in June 2011. His recovery actually enabled him to get back into an IndyCar Series car for a test at Richmond International Raceway in June of this year, and we're happy to welcome him on today's call to find out how potential upcoming tests and plans might be going. I'm guessing the grand stands he went under are the ones that were removed in the last 5-10 years? I believe it was the "black box" attached to the chassis that recorded that number, likely the moment the rear of the car struck the fence post that started it spinning. Q. "IRL rookie of the year Dan Wheldon declined to describe his view of the crash. Also, the other part was I didn't feel that I was strong enough in my body if something goes wrong and you whack the wall. It was a horrific scene. Well, my wife, I guess if she had it her way, maybe she'd prefer me not going back to racing. Using this video without giving credit to the original source is an offence. Q&A: Sebastien Bourdais, Bruno Junqueira. Ekstrom replaces injured Sainz for Extreme E season, Why F1's midfield looks too close to call, Why F1's midfield looks too close to call From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. You're up against guys that are extremely fit and fully committed to do good results, so you're going to have to be on the same level as other competitors to be competitive, basically. 2007: D. Franchitti, 2007: S. Bourdais (Champ Car) http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/irl-completes-renna-crash-investigation. Dark Hallways by JOHNATHAN|CHRISTIAN. I love Texas. So I'm as busy as I've ever been, but just on different things. Yeah not a lot of information was ever really made public other than there was an accident and it was bad. In 2000 he switched to the CART series, joining Team Rahal and being awarded the Rookie of the Year. May 21, 2005 at 12:00 am. I just wasn't strong enough. How F1's other IndyCar exile finally unlocked his potential, How Ganassi's relentless new champion outfoxed IndyCar's best, How Ganassi's relentless new champion outfoxed IndyCar's best My thoughts and prayers are with them. If it happened on race day, there would have been numerous fan injuries and deaths rivaling Le Mans 1955. But, yeah, I missed driving the car and to be in that environment, of course, to be competitive. Discover Kenny Brck's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. At a point just past the apex of the turn, the car did a 90-degree spin to the left into the infield grass. The longer it takes to stop, the less force on the object. Kenny Brack underwent surgery on his ankles and femur bone on Sunday night, following his heavy crash with Tomas Scheckter during the IRL IndyCar Series race at Texas Motor Speedway Oct 13,. Comment 52 is a good descriptive and rather chilling to read. All accounts seem to say that the driver was not in one piece. He suffered multiple fractures, breaking his sternum, femur, shattering a vertebra in his spine and crushing his ankles. 2008: S. Dixon Have Harvey and RLL formed IndyCars next winning match-up? Brian Eastridge, a trauma surgeon, and Charles Reinhart, an orthopedic surgeon, performed the surgery. If we want to get gory. Is that weighing on your mind as much as anything else? KENNY BRACK: I'm doing very good. You can throw me out the window of the third floor and I will land on my feet, I will be OK. Fellow racers Michael Andretti, Bryan Herta and Dario Franchitti visited Brack. IRL officials said it appears that the most significant damage and resulting fatal injuries were caused when the bottom of the car made direct contact with one of the debris fence support posts, which is part of the Speedways fence system. I think the Andretti Green team has tremendous resources, and the biggest component of all is the engine. Not sure how credible this thread but this is what I stumbled upon years ago when I was curious about the crash. No one in that video says anything about g forces.It's all live commentary. I saw a piece from Yahoo (on the web archive) that when it was over, the tub of Renna's car was dangling from the fencewith Renna still inside. The crash occurred when he hit debris between Turns 1 and 2 at more than 200 mph. Doctors considered the surgery successful, IRL. This video is not intended to cause offence and is solely for entertainment purposes. He then shifted to CART with Team Rahal in 2000 before moving to Chip Ganassi Racing the following year. I would like to see. Not to say it wasn't an impressive crash, by a claim like that is clearly bull. Q. KENNY BRACK: Well, that's correct because nobody knows whether I'm going to be driving yet or not. 1987: B. 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