Bad things happen when brakes go out in racecars. If everyone is lucky, then no one is hurt. Everyone was lucky in this one.IndyCar drivers were practicing for the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix when Tony Kanaan's breaks stopped stopping his car. That set up for a breathtakingly surreal scene. Kanaan was barreling into a turn when his brakes gave out. Helio Castroneves was right in front of him and began to make his turn. Kanaan ran up and over the right wheels of Helio and launched into the air. This is one of the few times you can consider a driver lucky for crashing into another car.Here is Kanaan following the incident, as quoted on ESPN.com: "Going down to Turn 1, I had no brakes. Fortunately, I ended up hitting Helio. If it wasn...

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Bad things happen when brakes go out in racecars. If everyone is lucky, then no one is hurt. Everyone was lucky in this one.IndyCar drivers were practicing for the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix when Tony Kanaan's breaks stopped stopping his car. That set up for a breathtakingly surreal scene. Kanaan was barreling into a turn when his brakes gave out. Helio Castroneves was right in front of him and began to make his turn. Kanaan ran up and over the right wheels of Helio and launched into the air. This is one of the few times you can consider a driver lucky for crashing into another car.Here is Kanaan following the incident, as quoted on ESPN.com: "Going down to Turn 1, I had no brakes. Fortunately, I ended up hitting Helio. If it wasn...

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