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Brack wins crash-marred American
Memorial
By Stephen Wade, The Associated Press
KLETTWITZ, Germany — Kenny Brack won the
American Memorial Saturday and reclaimed the series points
lead in a race marred by a frightening crash involving Alex
Zanardi. Brack won the race under the yellow caution flag
followed by Team Rahal teammate Max Papis. Patrick Carpentier,
whose teammate Alex Tagliani was involved in the incident with
Zanardi, finished third. Zanardi was leading the race with 12
laps to go when his car was smashed after it left pit road by
Alex Tagliani's car, scattering debris across the asphalt
track.
Zanardi lost both of his
legs after his car was hit by Tagliani traveling about 200
mph. Tagliani, a Canadian, was ''awake and alert,'' and X-rays
showed no serious injuries, CART said. He was being treated at
the same hospital and was expected to stay 24-to-48 hours.
CART's first race in Europe was
originally called the German 500 but was renamed to honor the
terrorist victims in the United States. CART is one of the few
major U.S.-based sports competing this weekend. The NFL and
major league baseball called off all games, the PGA Tour put
off its tournaments, and NASCAR postponed its Winston Cup New
Hampshire 300 race.
It was Brack's fourth victory of the
season and moved him into the season's lead in the drivers'
standings.
Brack has 131 points with five races
remaining. Defending champion Gil de Ferran had 120 and
Michael Andretti has 115. De Ferran finished eighth and
Andretti fourth.
''I pray for my friend Alessandro
(Zanardi) that he is going to be OK,'' Papis said.
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