Indy Car: 10 Years Later, Davey Hamilton Returns to Race at Texas

The last race on the Izod Indy Car Series schedule was the 100th Anniversary of the Greatest Sporting Event in the World, the Indianapolis 500.  This weekend's race will also have a significance when it comes to an anniversary. Saturday night's Firestone duel 275K's at Texas Motor Speedway will mark the tenth anniversary since Davey Hamilton's horrific wreck in 2001.This will be Davey's first race at the track where the accident in June of 2001 nearly forced him to have both of his legs amputated.The horrific accident started when Jeret Schroeder blew his engine exiting turn two.  The blown engine forced Schroeder to spin on some oil and make contact with the Yellow and Red #99 machine driven by Hamilton. Hamilton's car ...

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