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From his debut at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Rick Mears was renowned as the man who never crashed – never even spun – at the track. But in his final two trips there as a driver, he got unlucky. Very unlucky. And the second accident in 1992, triggered thoughts of quitting the cockpit. The perils of the Brickyard aren’t taken lightly, even by those who master it, as Rick tells RACER editor David Malsher.

When you go that long and see guys crash year after year, or every other year, you know it can happen – you know it’s gonna happen, it’s just a matter of    …  More

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